11 factors that make a great business book

I'm no businessman, but I (sometimes) read business books.

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1. No foreword by a celebrity

2. The main point is easy to understand

3. It has at least one practical application for me

4. It references other great books

5. It contains something unexpected

6. It contains at least one good story

Even better if that isn't a sob story.

7. It has illustrations that are interesting, beautiful or funny

8. It costs less than € 20

9. It is useful for creating or understanding something

10. The style is clear

Without being boring

11. It is free of nonsense

Get rich quick, positive thinking, passive income, gratefulness, live life to the fullest etc.