Strategy Book List - Condensed MBA

Do NOT read all these books. No one in an MBA program would either…just pick the ones that strike you as interesting and get reading. (Each book contains an affiliate link to an Amazon purchase, but you could probably find used books for cheaper elsewhere.)

Title	Author	Summary
Competitive Strategy	Michael E. Porter	A seminal work introducing frameworks for analyzing industries and competitors to develop competitive strategies.
Competitive Advantage	Michael E. Porter	Explores how companies can create and sustain competitive advantage through various strategic initiatives.
Good Strategy Bad Strategy	Richard P. Rumelt	Highlights the hallmarks of good strategy and exposes the pitfalls of bad strategy in organizational contexts.
Blue Ocean Strategy	W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne	Introduces the concept of creating uncontested market space to make competition irrelevant.
Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works	A.G. Lafley, Roger L. Martin	Provides a framework for making strategic choices to win in the marketplace, based on the authors’ experience at Procter & Gamble.
The Art of Strategy	Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff	Explains how game theory can be applied to strategic decision-making in business and life.
The Innovator’s Dilemma	Clayton M. Christensen	Discusses why successful companies fail to adopt new technologies and how to avoid this pitfall.
Strategy Safari	Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel	Provides a comprehensive overview of different schools of thought in strategic management.
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done	Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan	Emphasizes the importance of execution in strategy and provides guidance on effective implementation.
The Art of War	Sun Tzu	An ancient Chinese military treatise offering timeless insights on strategy and leadership.
Blue Ocean Shift	W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne	A follow-up to “Blue Ocean Strategy,” providing practical steps to create new markets and shift from competition to innovation.
The Innovator’s Solution	Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor	Provides strategies for creating and sustaining successful growth through disruptive innovation.
The Art of the Long View	Peter Schwartz	Introduces scenario planning as a tool for strategic thinking and anticipating future challenges.
Good to Great	Jim Collins	Analyzes why some companies make the leap from good to great and others do not, identifying key factors of success.
Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases	Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, Robert E. Hoskisson	Offers an in-depth exploration of strategic management concepts with real-world case studies.