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According to the Economist, data has replaced oil as the “world’s most valuable resource.” And like oil, to unlock the true value of data, it has to be mined. This is where data science comes in.

Supplementing your studies by reading business books is a move in the right direction. Reading books about business offers many benefits, to include: 1) Enhance your business vocabulary 2) Teach you common business concepts and philosophies 3) Broaden your perspective 4) Challenge your beliefs 5) Introduce you to insights and ideas that could be worth millions in the future.

At NCU, we pride ourselves on teaching cutting-edge business ideas, theories and strategies in the classroom. However, innovative ideas and concepts are not limited to scholarly mediums. Best-selling books, readily available to anyone, are full of creative, innovative, and effective practices and methods. With hundreds of thousands of business books available on Amazon alone, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff? Here we’ve culled down the list to our top 10 best business books to read from last year: