11 of the best books you can read in a week

If you want to emulate some of the most successful people in the world, you can start by reading books lots of them.From Elon Musk to Mark Cuban to Oprah Winfrey, the most powerful innovators in the world all read several hours a day.But starting a new book can be a daunting task if you don't have a lot of free time. With that in mind, we've selected 11 insightful, rewarding books around 250 pages or less that you can finish in a week.Read on for the full list:SEE ALSO:15 books Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk think everyone should read'Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination' by Adam LashinskyPage count: 240Amazon description:"Wild Rideis the first truly inside look at Ubers global empire. Veteran journalist Adam Lashinsky, the bestselling author ofInside Apple, traces the origins of Kalanicks massive ambitions in his humble roots, and he explores Ubers murky beginnings and the wild ride ofits rapid growth and expansion into different industries."Buy it here 'Animal Farm' by George OrwellPage count: 124Amazon description:"Manor Farm is like any other English farm, expect for a drunken owner, Mr Jones, incompetent workers and oppressed animals. Fed up with the ignorance of their human masters, the animals rise up in rebellion and take over the farm. Led by intellectually superior pigs like Snowball and Napoleon, the animals how to take charge of their destiny and remove the inequities of their lives. But as time passes, the realize that things aren't happening quite as expected. Animal Farm is, one level, a simple story about barnyard animals."On a much deeper level, it is a savage political satire on corrupted ideals, misdirected revolutions and class conflict-themes as valid today as they were sixty years ago."Buy it here 'Fight Club' by Chuck PalahniukPage count: 224Amazon description:"In his debut novel, Chuck Palahniuk showed himself to be his generation's most visionary satirist.Fight Club's estranged narrator leaves his lackluster job when he comes under the thrall of Tyler Durden, an enigmatic young man who holds secret boxing matches in the basement of bars. There two men fight 'as long as they have to.' A gloriously original work that exposes what is at the core of our modern world."Buy it here See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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