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BusinessWeek's Bestsellers of 1997

BusinessWeek's Bestsellers of 1998

HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS

1 by Suze Orman (Riverhead $24.95) The rites of passage - and their financial consequences.

2 by Suze Orman (Crown $23) Practical and "spiritual" steps for managing money.

3 by Bill Gates with Collins Hemingway (Warner $30) A detailed guide to the fast-emerging E-business age.

4 by Michael Dell with Catherine Fredman (HarperBusiness $26) Dell Computers' CEO, on his life and business.

5 by John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson $17.99) Lessons drawn from the worlds of business, sports, politics and the military.

6 by David S. Nassar (McGraw-Hill $24.95) Trading stocks moment by moment via PC.

7 by Harry S. Dent Jr. (Simon & Schuster $25) Why the good times won't go away.

8 by Lisa Endlich (Knopf $27.50) The investment bank's life and times, by a former trader.

9 by Marc Friedfertig and George West (McGraw-Hill $34.95) Hopping in and out of the market electronically.

10 by Edmund J. Pankau (HarperCollins $22) Get lost - and shake your creditors, says a private eye.

11 by Guy Kawaski with Michele Moreno (HarperBusiness $25) Storming the digital barricades, by Apple's former "chief evangelist".

12 by David and Tom Gardner (Simon & Schuster $25) Investing in upstarts and in established companies.

13 by Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Putnam $19.95) Finding happiness, just like rats in a maze.

14 by John Hagel III and Marc Singer (Harvard Business School $24.95) On the emerging business of the "infomediary", by two McKinsey consultants.

15 by Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business School $27.50) Anticipating new technologies' disruptive effects.

PAPERBACK BUSINESS BOOKS

1 by Thomas J. Stanley, PhD, and William D. Danko, PhD (Pocket Books $14) The simple ways of the wealthy among us.

2 by Stephen R. Covey (Fireside $14) Habitually popular.

3 by David and Tom Gardner (Fireside $12) The online duo puts it on paper.

4 by Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed Press $16.95) The enduring job-search bible.

5 by the Tax Partners and Professionals of Ernst & Young LLP (Wiley $15.95) You can relax now.

6 by the J.K. Lasser Institute (Macmillan $14.95) Wait until next year.

7 by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras (HarperBusiness $15) How 3M, Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble, and others became standouts.

8 by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton (Penguin $12.95) A Harvard team's step-by-step guide to conflict resolution.

9 by David and Tom Gardner (Fireside $12) "So where do I find stocks" and other queries, asked and answered.

10 by Kenneth M. Norris and Alan M. Siegel (Fireside $12) Concise explanations enriched with graphics.

11 by Bob Nelson (Workman $10.95) Give them a champagne brunch, a casual-dress day - or plain old cash.

12 by Eric Tyson, MBA (IDG Books $19.99) From stocks to small business--with cartoons, too.

13 by John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman (Barron's $12.95) What is an oligopsony anyway?.

14 by Richard Carlson, PhD (Hyperion $11.95) Methods for minimizing stress and conflict.

15 by Kenneth Blanchard, PhD, and Spencer Johnson, M.D. (Berkley $11.95) Three management techniques, conveyed in brief story form.

BUSINESS WEEK's Best-Seller List is based on a survey of chain and independent booksellers that carry a broad selection of books on economics, management, sales and marketing, small business, investing, personal finance, and careers. Well over 1,000 retail outlets nationwide are represented. Current rankings are based on a weighted analysis of unit sales in March.

By HARDY GREEN

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