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# Best Books about Marketing

By [Scott Clement (@scottc)](https://listium.com/@scottc)

721 views · 1 like  
Published 12 April 2016 · Updated 12 April 2016

Category: books &amp; literature

Great books I've picked up on marketing, how many have you read?

## Items

### 1. [Positioning: The Battle for your Mind](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/0/positioning-the-battle-for-your-mind)

Item ID: `0`

- Author: Al Ries &amp; Jack Trout
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ht0zj3ojcbgylm0pswsq.jpg)

### 2. [Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/1/purple-cow-transform-your-business-by-being-remarkable)

Item ID: `1`

- Author: Seth Godin
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/zhjrwo28bxfat6yf5fsm.jpg)

### 3. [Ogilvy on Advertising](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/2/ogilvy-on-advertising)

Item ID: `2`

- Author: David Ogilvy
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/f6epbmvxioeio2bljkll.jpg)

### 4. [A Technique for Producing Ideas](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/3/a-technique-for-producing-ideas)

Item ID: `3`

- Author: James Webb Young
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/mtyc8gqmdxelzv89yxou.jpg)

### 5. [Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/4/buyology-truth-and-lies-about-why-we-buy)

Item ID: `4`

- Author: Martin Lindstrom
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vhza5ggnz13bnjrj1tsr.jpg)

### 6. [Crossing the Chasm](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/5/crossing-the-chasm)

Item ID: `5`

- Author: Geoffrey A. Moore
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/mtmnvpafx9lunwtdmobs.jpg)

### 7. [Drive](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/6/drive)

Item ID: `6`

- Author: Daniel Pink
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/pb29hap5s2owegwccpvw.jpg)

### 8. [Eating the Big Fish](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/7/eating-the-big-fish)

Item ID: `7`

- Author: Adam Morgan
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vkoysvdld3biu4acopip.jpg)

### 9. [Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/8/extraordinary-popular-delusions-and-the-madness-of-crowds)

Item ID: `8`

- Author: Charles Mackay
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dxbc3jzw5wugnm7qrvqm.jpg)

### 10. [Fascinate](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/9/fascinate)

Item ID: `9`

- Author: Sally Hogshead
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/yhtle5bvkwsj1eehl9sl.jpg)

### 11. [From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/10/from-those-wonderful-folks-who-gave-you-pearl-harbor)

Item ID: `10`

- Author: Jerry Della Femina
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/l2iisbrgstcevrqplx0b.jpg)

### 12. [Guerilla Marketing](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/11/guerilla-marketing)

Item ID: `11`

- Author: Jay Conrad Levinson
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/lwync39iqr0daptbza0s.jpg)

### 13. [Here Comes Everybody](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/12/here-comes-everybody)

Item ID: `12`

- Author: Clay Shirky
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ex9t7dydkmmsez7lszrx.jpg)

### 14. [Hey Whipple, Squeeze This](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/13/hey-whipple-squeeze-this)

Item ID: `13`

- Author: Luke Sullivan
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/coni7rxz5j8vcadfa3lc.jpg)

### 15. [Influence](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/14/influence)

Item ID: `14`

- Author: Robert Caidini
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/fxptpwhxfgl9ina6mb7d.jpg)

### 16. [Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/15/influence-the-psychology-of-persuasion)

Item ID: `15`

- Author: Robert B. Caildini
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/d1mxpz6xcns3zozigblj.jpg)

### 17. [Life After the 30 Second Spot](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/16/life-after-the-30-second-spot)

Item ID: `16`

- Author: Joseph Jaffe
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ekwnbl8hh6edoi1wwvem.jpg)

### 18. [Made to Stick](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/17/made-to-stick)

Item ID: `17`

- Author: Chip and Dan Heath
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/srfs1iaywlvmkx2ch8k1.jpg)

### 19. [Made With](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/18/made-with)

Item ID: `18`

- Author: John Grant
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/nmrolyxrvkrhkwl9bgfu.jpg)

### 20. [Never Eat Alone](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/19/never-eat-alone)

Item ID: `19`

- Author: Keith Ferrazzi
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/o8k5igiameastsxspt5o.jpg)

### 21. [Re-Imagine](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/20/re-imagine)

Item ID: `20`

- Author: Tome Peters
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/oqa8eypaum0vg6rak4ix.jpg)

### 22. [Rules for Revolutionaries](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/21/rules-for-revolutionaries)

Item ID: `21`

- Author: Guy Kawasaki
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/rnjo9nygxotfkenxwnwg.jpg)

### 23. [Selling the Invisible](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/22/selling-the-invisible)

Item ID: `22`

- Author: Harry Beckwith
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: -

### 24. [The Anatomy of Buss](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/23/the-anatomy-of-buss)

Item ID: `23`

- Author: Emanuel Rosen
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/wamwbkteqha8mshydygl.jpg)

### 25. [The Art of Pitch](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/24/the-art-of-pitch)

Item ID: `24`

- Author: Peter Coughter
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ted8lioakfe3joifsjhj.jpg)

### 26. [The Cluetrain Manifesto](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/25/the-cluetrain-manifesto)

Item ID: `25`

- Author: Chris Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger &amp; Rick Lavine
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/b9x3hfwrayr2uncqexau.jpg)

### 27. [The Innovator's Dilemma](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/26/the-innovators-dilemma)

Item ID: `26`

- Author: Clayton Christensen
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vujtipswyjitzlp69exs.jpg)

### 28. [The Life of PT Barnum](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/27/the-life-of-pt-barnum)

Item ID: `27`

- Author: P.T. Barnum
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ymoncwcequancme6ixj6.jpg)

### 29. [The Little Red Book of Selling](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/28/the-little-red-book-of-selling)

Item ID: `28`

- Author: Jeffrey Gitomer
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vgyf16ojqzifxsekkcrq.jpg)

### 30. [The Long Tail](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/29/the-long-tail)

Item ID: `29`

- Author: Chris Anderson
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/vkay1nhb0m9ohymvmnau.jpg)

### 31. [The New Rukes of Marketing and PR](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/30/the-new-rukes-of-marketing-and-pr)

Item ID: `30`

- Author: David Meerman Scott
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/dhpoa9wtry6mkaqd96a7.jpg)

### 32. [The Tipping Point](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/31/the-tipping-point)

Item ID: `31`

- Author: Malcom Gladwell
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/eggbg2izdhejrq3xktnu.jpg)

### 33. [Truth, Lies &amp; Advertising: The Art of Account Planning](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/32/truth-lies--advertising-the-art-of-account-planning)

Item ID: `32`

- Author: Jon Steel
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Reading Status: -
- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/qkogthnhlh0uoi7vocvo.jpg)

### 34. [\[empty primary field\]](https://listium.com/@scottc/2647/best-books-about-marketing/33/)

Item ID: `33`

- Author: -
- Book rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
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- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/c6vg14v1nmu1hfryblyk.jpg)
