According to sales data from Dymocks Australia, the cheese has moved again — right to the top of the June charts. And I think the cheese has set off a definite aroma of self-improvement in this month’s top books.
Here are the Top 5 selling books for June, 2009:
- Who Moved My Cheese?
By Spencer Johnson
For a book that was first published over a decade ago (in 1998), all we can really say about this top-seller is that is seems to aging nicely. - Good to Great
By Jim Collins
Following up on Collins’ last book, Built to Last, this bestseller puts forth the concept that traditional business thinking may not always be the answer. - Think Big and Kick Ass
By Donald Trump and Bill Zanker
Documenting a journey from being involved in one of the biggest real estate bankruptcies in history right back to the top, and co-authored by the CEO of the Learning Annex, this book talks about the benefits of stepping up to challenges. Personally, I find it difficult to understand, though, how publishers could have missed titling this book: “You’re Fired (Up)”. - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R Covey
According to the blurb, this book “presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems”. Put more simply (and with fewer “p”s), Covey uses anecdotes to illustrate effective methods of adapting to change. - Fish!
By Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen
Last month, this was the only book not based on coping with the recession. In June, it rounds out a Top 5 that seems more concerned with how to do things better.
