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BusinessWeek Bestsellers -- Best of 1998

HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS

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

2 by Thomas J. Stanley, PhD, and William D. Danko, PhD. The penny-pinchers shall inherit the earth.

3 by Ron Chernow (Random House $30) John D.Rockefeller Sr., the devil and angel..

4 by Harry S. Dent Jr. (Simon & Schuster $25) Forget the Dow--good times won't go away.

5 by Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine (HarperBusiness $25) Forget about the will--and the conventional wisdom, says a financial adviser.

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

7 by Harry Beckwith (Warner $16) A collection of bite-size lessons on marketing.

8 by Lou Holtz (HarperBusiness $25) Follow your dream, says South Carolina's new coach.

9 by Scott Adams (HarperBusiness $22) Office pranks and ploys to fend off the cubicle blues.

10 by Geoffrey A. Moore, Paul Johnson, and Tom Kippola (HarperBusiness $26) Spotting high-tech stocks that dominate their market niches.

11 by Dave Ramsey (Viking $21.95) Getting out of debt--for good.

12 by Wade B. Cook (Lighthouse Publishing $24.95) A former cabdriver's formulas for striking it rich.

13 by Mary Buffett and David Clark (Scribner $27.50) An ex-daughter-in-law's take on Buffett's techniques.

14 by James O'Shaughnessy (Broadway $25) Number-crunching your way to the golden years.

15 by David and Tom Gardner (Simon & Schuster $25) Help for the investment-challenged.

PAPERBACK BUSINESS BOOKS

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

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

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

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

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

8 by Kenneth M. Morris and Alan M. Siegel (Fireside $14.95) Concise explanations enriched with graphics.

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

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

11 by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (Penguin $11.95) To achieve financial independence, restructure your life.

12 by Rick Pitino with Bill Reynolds (Broadway $13) Coach says work harder, harder!

13 by John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman (Barron's $11.95) What is an oligopsony anyway?

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

15 by Eric Tyson (IDG Books $19.95) Lighthearted primer.

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, January through December, 1998.

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