2026 Berrett-Koehler Bestsellers List

2026 Berrett-Koehler Bestsellers List

Berrett-Koehler Publishers has an impressive track record of sales of our publications. Already 322 Berrett-Koehler books—approximately one-third of our total booklist—have sold over 20,000 copies, which is our definition of a bestseller. And 77 of these books have sold more than 100,000 copies. These figures include sales of all US and foreign editions in all formats.

This is a remarkable track record at a time when the average new book published in the US sells less than 2,000 copies over its lifetime. The number one bestselling BK title is Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy, which has sold over 4 million copies. And Eat That Frog! is published in 59 different languages!

Listed below are total sales of each bestseller and the number of languages in which each title is published. As you can see, most of these BK titles are published in multiple languages—often in 10 or more languages.

NUMBER OF BOOKS SOLD AND NUMBER OF LANGUAGES IN WHICH EACH TITLE IS AVAILABLE

BK CURRENTS

330,000+ • 10 • The Body Is Not an Apology

170,000+ • 10 • Affluenza

150,000+ • 22 • When Corporations Rule the World

100,000+ • 12 • One from Many

70,000+ • 1 • Decolonizing Wealth

65,000+ • 2 • Screwed

60,000+ • 11 • A Game As Old As Empire

60,000+ • 10 • Solving Tough Problems

50,000+ • 2 • Black Fatigue

40,000+ • 11 • Power and Love

40,000+ • 11 • The Post-Corporate World

40,000+ • 12 • Agenda for a New Economy

40,000+ • 6 • The Great Turning

40,000+ • 1 • Best Care Anywhere

40,000+ • 5 • Out of Poverty

35,000+ • 2 • Unequal Protection

30,000+ • 3 • Global Mind Change

30,000+ • 9 • The Fourth Wave

25,000+ • 5 • This Changes Everything

25,000+ • 5 • Gangs of America

25,000+ • 5 • Ten Years to Midnight

25,000+ • 6 • Infinite Vision

25,000+ • 4 • The Shareholder Value Myth

25,000+ • 5 • Making Sustainability Work

20,000+ • 8 • Macroshift

20,000+ • 4 • The Divine Right of Capital

20,000+ • 4 • Capitalism 3.0

20,000+ • 3 • The Small-Mart Revolution

20,000+ • 2 • Walk Out Walk On

20,000+ • 1 • Corporations Are Not People

20,000+ • 2 • The Real Wealth of Nations

20,000+ • 1 • The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America

BK LIFE

4,000,000+ • 59 • Eat That Frog!

1,000,000+ • 42 • Goals!

800,000+ • 21 • The Anatomy of Peace

650,000+ • 20 • Repacking Your Bags

400,000+ • 25 • A Peacock in the Land of Penguins

360,000+ • 7 • Trauma Stewardship

275,000+ • 18 • The Laws of Lifetime Growth

230,000+ • 24 • How to Get Ideas

220,000+ • 26 • I Moved Your Cheese

220,000+ • 27 • Prisoners of Our Thoughts

220,000+ • 10 • No More Regrets!

210,000+ • 33 • Kiss That Frog!

200,000+ • 18 • The Power of Purpose

180,000+ • 12 • The Referral of a Lifetime

175,000+ • 24 • Be a Sales Superstar

170,000+ • 29 • Flight Plan

160,000+ • 12 • The Hamster Revolution

140,000+ • 18 • Singletasking

130,000+ • 11 • Turning to One Another

130,000+ • 6 • Shifting Sands

130,000+ • 5 • On the Brink of Everything

120,000+ • 17 • Eat That Frog! for Students

110,000+ • 18 • Love It, Don’t Leave It

110,000+ • 6 • It’s the Way You Say It

105,000+ • 16 • PeopleSmart

105,000+ • 13 • The Nonverbal Advantage

100,000+ • 15 • Catch!

100,000+ • 13 • Stepping Up

100,000+ • 11 • The Resiliency Advantage

90,000+ • 11 • Be Your Own Brand

90,000+ • 9 • Creating Personal Presence

85,000+ • 11 • Accidental Genius

80,000+ • 9 • Be the Hero

75,000+ • 11 • Whistle While You Work

75,000+ • 13 • Quiet Influence

75,000+ • 9 • Get to the Point

75,000+ • 7 • Eat That Frog! Action Workbook

70,000+ • 11 • The Answer to How Is Yes

70,000+ • 10 • The Highest Goal

60,000+ • 12 • The Power of Failure

60,000+ • 10 • Prosper

60,000+ • 5 • Life Reimagined

55,000+ • 5 • The Age of Overwhelm

50,000+ • 12 • What Would Buddha Do at Work?

50,000+ • 5 • Be BIG

50,000+ • 2 • Calling Cards

50,000+ • 3 • Perseverance

45,000+ • 4 • Embrace the Chaos

45,000+ • 9 • The Mood Elevator

40,000+ • 18 • Find Your Balance Point

40,000+ • 3 • Who Do We Choose to Be?

40,000+ • 2 • The Memo

40,000+ • 2 • Subtle Acts of Exclusion

40,000+ • 7 • The Pause Principle

35,000+ • 10 • The Five Thieves of Happiness

35,000+ • 7 • Aligned Thinking

35,000+ • 5 • Whale Done Parenting

30,000+ • 12 • Being Buddha at Work

30,000+ • 9 • Refire! Don’t Retire

30,000+ • 8 • Fear Your Strengths

30,000+ • 5 • Living in More Than One World

30,000+ • 4 • We Are All Self-Employed

30,000+ • 4 • Why Wait to Be Great?

30,000+ • 2 • I’m Stuck, You’re Stuck

30,000+ • 8 • You Are What You Believe

30,000+ • 10 • Flux

30,000+ • 6 • The Discomfort Zone

25,000+ • 12 • Sprout

25,000+ • 11 • Downshifting

25,000+ • 8 • Three Deep Breaths

25,000+ • 5 • Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever

25,000+ • 5 • 50 Jobs in 50 States

25,000+ • 2 • Communicate Like a Leader

25,000+ • 9 • The Genius of Opposites

25,000+ • 7 • How You Learn Is How You Live

25,000+ • 4 • Burnout to Breakthrough

25,000+ • 1 • Journal of Radical Permission

25,000+ • 2 • Shift into a Higher Gear

25,000+ • 4 • Ask Outrageously

20,000+ • 12 • Reawakening the Spirit in Work

20,000+ • 9 • Zenobia

20,000+ • 8 • The Connect Effect

20,000+ • 8 • Emotional Discipline

20,000+ • 5 • Second Innocence

20,000+ • 5 • The 3 Gaps

20,000+ • 4 • Teaching That Changes Lives

20,000+ • 3 • The Seven Paths

20,000+ • 3 • Overcoming Bias

20,000+ • 3 • The Greater Goal

20,000+ • 3 • The She Spot

20,000+ • 3 • So You’re New Again

20,000+ • 1 • Zip! Tips

20,000+ • 1 • The Sisters Are Alright

20,000+ • 9 • Who’s in Your Room?

BK BUSINESS

3,000,000+ • 36 • Leadership and Self-Deception

790,000+ • 26 • Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em

700,000+ • 30 • The Secret

420,000+ • 22 • Leadership and the New Science

400,000+ • 23 • The Outward Mindset

350,000+ • 19 • Humble Inquiry

320,000+ • 23 • Full Steam Ahead!

255,000+ • 23 • A Complaint Is a Gift

250,000+ • 22 • Managing By Values

225,000+ • 6 • Leadership from the Inside Out

210,000+ • 17 • Synchronicity

190,000+ • 8 • Stewardship

190,000+ • 17 • Know Can Do!

175,000+ • 10 • The Serving Leader

175,000+ • 5 • Breaking through Gridlock

160,000+ • 10 • Change Is Everybody’s Business

160,000+ • 8 • Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go

150,000+ • 14 • Go Team!

150,000+ • 12 • Managers As Mentors

150,000+ • 17 • Theory U

150,000+ • 18 • Managing

140,000+ • 13 • The Introverted Leader

140,000+ • 8 • The Heart of Leadership

135,000+ • 5 • Community

130,000+ • 7 • On-the-Level

130,000+ • 18 • Collaborating with the Enemy

130,000+ • 13 • Got Your Attention?

125,000+ • 15 • Great Leaders Grow

120,000+ • 13 • Helping

110,000+ • 7 • Performance Consulting

110,000+ • 14 • The World Café

105,000+ • 17 • Managers Not MBAs

100,000+ • 11 • 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work

100,000+ • 8 • The Secret of Teams

100,000+ • 10 • Negotiating the Impossible

90,000+ • 10 • The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus

90,000+ • 17 • The 3 Keys to Empowerment

90,000+ • 6 • The 8 Dimensions of Leadership

85,000+ • 10 • The Courageous Follower

85,000+ • 10 • Servant Leadership in Action

85,000+ • 19 • The Essentials of Theory U

80,000+ • 7 • Evaluating Training Programs

80,000+ • 4 • A Simpler Way

80,000+ • 6 • Chess Not Checkers

80,000+ • 11 • Humble Leadership

70,000+ • 13 • A Higher Standard of Leadership

70,000+ • 8 • Appreciative Inquiry

65,000+ • 17 • Hire and Keep the Best People

65,000+ • 6 • Finding Our Way

65,000+ • 3 • How to Be an Inclusive Leader

65,000+ • 6 • Humble Consulting

60,000+ • 11 • The B Corp Handbook

60,000+ • 9 • Positive Leadership

60,000+ • 12 • Open Space Technology

60,000+ • 11 • The Daily Edge

60,000+ • 11 • Corporate Creativity

60,000+ • 9 • How to Change Minds

60,000+ • 8 • Ideas Are Free

60,000+ • 5 • Leaders Make the Future

60,000+ • 16 • Bedtime Stories for Managers

55,000+ • 15 • The One Minute Negotiator

55,000+ • 6 • Customers As Partners

55,000+ • 5 • The Art of Community

50,000+ • 7 • Cultural Intelligence

50,000+ • 11 • Fun Works

50,000+ • 9 • Your Leadership Legacy

50,000+ • 8 • Attracting Perfect Customers

50,000+ • 3 • Customer at the Crossroads

50,000+ • 2 • The 4-Dimensional Manager

50,000+ • 2 • Seeing Systems

50,000+ • 11 • Simply Managing

50,000+ • 5 • Dare to Serve

45,000+ • 11 • Hot Spots

45,000+ • 6 • The Path of Least Resistance for Managers

45,000+ • 6 • Intrinsic Motivation at Work

45,000+ • 3 • Speaking Up

40,000+ • 7 • The Long-Distance Leader

40,000+ • 5 • The Critical Few

40,000+ • 5 • The Change Handbook

40,000+ • 5 • Future Search

40,000+ • 4 • Make Their Day!

40,000+ • 1 • Salsa, Soul, and Spirit

40,000+ • 4 • Leaders Made Here

40,000+ • 8 • Simple Truths of Leadership

40,000+ • 4 • Conversations Worth Having

40,000+ • 4 • The Magic of Tiny Business

35,000+ • 3 • Co-Active Leadership

35,000+ • 10 • Branded Customer Service

35,000+ • 8 • The Intelligent Organization

35,000+ • 8 • Mother Teresa, CEO

35,000+ • 6 • Seeing Red Cars

35,000+ • 4 • How to Make Collaboration Work

35,000+ • 4 • Managers As Facilitators

35,000+ • 2 • The Disciplined Leader

35,000+ • 2 • Hello, My Name Is Awesome

35,000+ • 2 • DEI Deconstructed

35,000+ • 3 • Trusted Leader

35,000+ • 3 • The Thin Book of Trust

30,000+ • 5 • Talent Magnet

30,000+ • 9 • The New Organizational Wealth

30,000+ • 6 • Lead More, Control Less

30,000+ • 5 • Putting Total Quality Management to Work

30,000+ • 4 • Analysis for Improving Performance

30,000+ • 4 • Action Inquiry

30,000+ • 3 • Selling with Integrity

30,000+ • 3 • The New Leadership Literacies

30,000+ • 6 • A Great Place to Work for All

30,000+ • 3 • Do What Matters Most

25,000+ • 3 • Imaginization

25,000+ • 8 • Magnetic Service

25,000+ • 5 • Get There Early

25,000+ • 5 • Fusion Leadership

25,000+ • 5 • The Change Cycle

25,000+ • 4 • Bootstrap Leadership

25,000+ • 4 • Getting to Resolution

25,000+ • 3 • Strategic Business Partner

25,000+ • 3 • Terms of Engagement

25,000+ • 3 • Humility Is the New Smart

25,000+ • 2 • The Influence Edge

25,000+ • 7 • Practicing Positive Leadership

25,000+ • 5 • The Idea-Driven Organization

25,000+ • 2 • Inclusive Conversations

25,000+ • 11 • The Blind Man and the Elephant

25,000+ • 3 • Win the Heart

25,000+ • 7 • Real Leadership

20,000+ • 12 • Ideaship

20,000+ • 8 • Show Me the Money

20,000+ • 7 • Emotional Value

20,000+ • 6 • Working at Warp Speed

20,000+ • 6 • Structured On-the-Job Training

20,000+ • 6 • Supply Chain Optimization

20,000+ • 5 • Execution IS the Strategy

20,000+ • 5 • Accountability

20,000+ • 4 • Collaboration Begins with You

20,000+ • 4 • Real Time Strategic Change

20,000+ • 4 • The Circle Way

20,000+ • 3 • True North Groups

20,000+ • 3 • The Healing Manager

20,000+ • 3 • Intrapreneuring in Action

20,000+ • 3 • The Four Conversations

20,000+ • 2 • Your Leadership Story

20,000+ • 3 • The Innovation Code

20,000+ • 4 • Leapfrogging

20,000+ • 1 • The Power of Latino Leadership

20,000+ • 5 • Stop Guessing

20,000+ • 3 • The Creativity Leap

20,000+ • 3 • The Art of Caring Leadership

20,000+ • 3 • Win Every Day

20,000+ • 6 • Facilitating Breakthrough

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