Category Report
Which books are shaping founder thinking this month, as mentioned across top entrepreneurship podcasts.
Biggest mover: High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove #2, rising 81 places.
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon was the top newcomer at #5. In total 10 books had their debut mentions.
My First Million drove the most book chatter, with 41% of this months book mentions.
December’s most-discussed books cluster around leadership under pressure, disciplined execution, and reconciling ambition with a sustainable life. Ben Horowitz, Andy Grove, and Patrick Lencioni are invoked as playbooks for CEOs and founders confronting uncomfortable conversations, operational rigor, and the “unseen” responsibilities of leadership, suggesting a practical appetite for straightforward guidance over abstract theory. Mentions of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Atomic Habits, and Creativity, Inc. emphasize systems, culture, and trust as levers for long-term performance rather than one-off goals. At the same time, How Will You Measure Your Life? and Endurance introduce a values and resilience lens—what success costs, and what it takes to endure extreme conditions. The inclusion of niche titles on building modern law firms underlines that these concerns extend beyond tech into professional services and traditional industries.
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers-Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship
Ben Horowitz
2
mentions
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
2
mentions
The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
Patrick M. Lencioni
2
mentions
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey, Jim Collins, Sean Covey
1
mentions
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon
1
mentions
You Can't Teach Hungry: Creating the Multimillion Dollar Law Firm
John Morgan
1
mentions
You Can't Teach Vision: The Twenty-First Century Law Firm
John Morgan
1
mentions
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
1
mentions
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
1
mentions
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
1
mentions
How Will You Measure Your Life? to #5.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
You Can't Teach Hungry: Creating the Multimillion Dollar Law Firm to #6.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
You Can't Teach Vision: The Twenty-First Century Law Firm to #7.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
The Dealmaker’s Will to #85.
Down from #1 last month
The Dealmaker’s Will to #85.
No mentions after ranking #1 last month.
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture to #30.
No mentions after ranking #3 last month.
The shows that surfaced the most book mentions this month.
Mentions recorded per 30-day window (past 8 months)
How many of the mentions were for the top 10 books.
The entrepreneurship podcasts included in this report are curated by MavenSignal to represent the voices founders and operators trust most for playbooks, launches, and long-term strategy.
We ingest public RSS feeds, analyze each episode, extract book mentions with AI, and validate with humans. The resulting data is normalized and deduplicated, building the canonical signal for the MavenSignal platform. Every insight and ranking is drawn from that verified layer.
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