10. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz; Crown Business, 309 pages ($26). YaYa CEO Ferrazzi works with "Inc." writer Raz to explain the guiding principles he has mastered over his lifetime.

The remaining books in the list of the top 25 for December are:

11. Clients First: The Two Word Miracle by Joseph Callaway and Joann Callaway; John Wiley & Sons, 240 pages ($21.95)

12. Service Failure: The Real Reasons Employees Struggle with Customer Service and What You Can Do about It by Jeff Toister; AMACOM, 208 pages ($17.95)

13. It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership by Colin Powell and Tony Koltz; Harper, 304 pages ($27.99)

14. Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work by Laura A. Liswood; John Wiley & Sons, 192 pages ($21.95)

15. Laws of Subtraction: Six Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything by Matthew E. May; McGraw-Hill, 240 pages ($24)

16. Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, eBooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business by Ann Handley and C. C. Chapman; John Wiley & Sons, 282 pages ($24.95)

17. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter; Hyperion Books, 236 pages ($24.99)

18. Mastery by Robert Greene; Viking, 352 pages ($28.95)

19. Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon; John Wiley & Sons, 192 pages ($21.95)

20. Likeable Business: Why Today’s Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver by Dave Kerpen; McGraw-Hill, 256 pages ($22)

21. The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation by Frans Johansson; Harvard Business Press, 207 pages ($16) 22. The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg and John David Mann; Portfolio, 144 pages ($21.95)

23. What If? Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue by Steve L. Robbins; Davies-Black, 148 pages ($18.95)

24. What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly; Penguin, 416 pages ($18)

25. Howard’s Gift: Uncommon Wisdom to Inspire Your Life’s Work by Eric Sinoway; St. Martins Press, 288 pages ($24.95)