The Center for Women in Business recommends several books that address issues facing women in business. We are continuously updating this list, so be sure to check back again soon for new ideas.
We take suggestions, so if there is a book that has made an impact on your life, let us know.
Work/Life Balance
Getting to 50/50
by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
by Anna Quindlen
The Libra Solution: Shedding Excess and Redefining Success at Work and at Home
by Lisa Levey
Chief Daddy Officer: The Business of Fatherhood
by Christos Efessiou
Leadership
How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life
by Joanna Barsh, Geoffrey Lewis, Susie Cranston
POWERING UP: How America's Women Achievers Become Leaders
by Anne Doyle
Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking that Block Women's Paths to Power
by Jill Flynn, Kathryn Heath and, Mary Davis Holt
Learn more and watch an interview with Mary Davis Holt
Even Par: How Golf Helps Women Gain the Upper Hand in Business
by Leslie Andrews
How Women Lead: The 8 Essential Strategies Successful Women Know
By Sharon Hadary and Laura Henderson
Entrepreneurship
A Rising Tide: Financing Strategies for Women-Owned Firms
by Susan Coleman and Alicia M. Robb
Women's History
A Matter of Simple Justice: The Untold Story of Barbara Hackman Franklin and a Few Good Women
by Lee Stout
Learn more from Barbara Franklin
Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth
International Issues
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn