Dewey Decimal System and Business Books
I’ve stumbled on this concept:
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), which is a library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876 and since then revised through 23 major editions, the latest printed in 2011. The classification’s notation makes use of three-digit numbers for main classes, with fractional decimals allowing expansion for further detail.
I found a web that will show the classification for books that you search there:
http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo
After finding this I was curious about some of the books I’ve read to check on how they were classified. And while going through the books I’ve noticed patterns that made me check on more books.
I searched for a list of books and found this on Goodreads. I’ve searched the 100 top books ranked on that list and checked their classifications in the Dewey System and here are the results:
Book | No | Main category | Secondary category | Tertiary Category |
Tools of Titans | 81 | Computer science, information and general works | Quotations | Collections in American English |
Fooled by Randomness | 123 | Philosophy and psychology | Epistemology | Determinism and indeterminism |
Blink | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Crucial Conversations | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Drive | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Essentialism | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Influence | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Originals | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Predictably Irrational | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Range | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
Thinking, Fast and Slow | 153 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Conscious mental processes and intelligence |
David and Goliath | 155 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Differential and developmental psychology |
Who Moved My Cheese? | 155 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Differential and developmental psychology |
Getting to Yes | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
Give and Take | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
How to Win Friends and Influence People | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
Never Split the Difference | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
The Dip | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
The Power of Habit | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
To Sell is Human | 158 | Philosophy and psychology | Psychology | Applied psychology |
Made to Stick | 302 | Social sciences | Social sciences, sociology and anthropology | Social interaction |
Outliers | 302 | Social sciences | Social sciences, sociology and anthropology | Social interaction |
The Tipping Point | 302 | Social sciences | Social sciences, sociology and anthropology | Social interaction |
Extreme Ownership | 303 | Social sciences | Social sciences, sociology and anthropology | Social processes |
Switch | 303 | Social sciences | Social sciences, sociology and anthropology | Social processes |
The 48 Laws of Power | 303 | Social sciences | Social sciences, sociology and anthropology | Social processes |
Freakonomics | 330 | Social sciences | Economics | Economics |
The Big Short | 330 | Social sciences | Economics | Economics |
Flash Boys | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
Liar’s Poker | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
The Intelligent Investor | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
The Millionaire Next Door | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
The Richest Man in Babylon | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
The Snowball | 332 | Social sciences | Economics | Financial economics |
Bad Blood | 338 | Social sciences | Economics | Production |
Barbarians at the Gate | 338 | Social sciences | Economics | Production |
Elon Musk | 338 | Social sciences | Economics | Production |
How Google Works | 338 | Social sciences | Economics | Production |
Losing my Virginity | 338 | Social sciences | Economics | Production |
Shoe Dog | 338 | Social sciences | Economics | Production |
The Art of War | 355 | Social sciences | Public administration and military science | Military science |
The Everything Store | 381 | Social sciences | Commerce, communications and transportation | Commerce (Trade) |
The Checklist Manifesto | 610 | Technology | Medicine and health | Medicine and health |
Steve Jobs | 621 | Technology | Engineering | Applied physics |
Getting Things Done | 646 | Technology | Home and family management | Sewing, clothing, management of personal and family life |
Business Adventures | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
Crush it | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
Deep Work | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
Linchpin | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
Principles | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
So Good They Can’t Ignore You | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
The 4-Hour Workweek | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
The One Thing | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
The Personal MBA | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
Think and Grow Rich | 650 | Technology | Management and public relations | Management and auxiliary services |
Blue Ocean Strategy | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Building a StoryBrand | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Built to Last | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Business Model Generation | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Contagious | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Creativity, Inc. | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Crossing the Chasm | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Delivering Happiness | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
First, Break All the Rules | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Good Strategy Bad Strategy | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Good to Great | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Great by Choice | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
High Output Management | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Hooked | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Leaders Eat Last | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Lean In | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Measure What Matters | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Never Eat Alone | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Purple Cow | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Radical Candor | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Rework | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Sprint | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Start with Why | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Strengths Finder 2.0 | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The $100 Startup | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Art of the Start | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Effective Executive | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The E-Myth Revisited | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The First 90 Days | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Hard Thing About Hard Things | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Innovator’s Dilemma | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Long Tail | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The One Minute Manager | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Phoenix Project | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Ride of a Lifetime | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Tribes | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Winning | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Work Rules! | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
Zero to One | 658 | Technology | Management and public relations | General management |
The Goal | 823 | Literature | English and Old English literatures | English fiction |