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Dewey Decimal System and Business Books

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 by Zgjim Dida

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

Dewey Decimal System and Business Books

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