The Top 28 Must Read Books for Social Entrepreneurs #socent
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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586481983?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1586481983">1. Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus </a> <img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1586481983" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060541717?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0060541717">2. Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All by Robert Egger</a> <img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0060541717" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586484931?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1586484931">3. Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus</a> <img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1586484931" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374139563?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0374139563">4. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo and Niall Ferguson</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0374139563" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0910503974?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0910503974">5. Design for the Other 90% by Cynthia E. Smith</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0910503974" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155849393X?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=155849393X">6. Despite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has Failed by Thomas W. Dichter</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=155849393X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787986127?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0787986127">7. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant  </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0787986127" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565492943?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1565492943">8. Freedom From Want: The Remarkable Success Story of BRAC, the Global Grassroots Organization That's Winning the Fight Against Poverty by Ian Smillie</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1565492943" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307267148?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0307267148">9. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide  by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0307267148" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195334760?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0195334760">10. How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0195334760" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061121088?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0061121088">11. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children by John Wood </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0061121088" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1576754790?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1576754790">12. Mission, Inc.: The Practitioners Guide to Social Enterprise by Kevin Lynch and Julius Walls</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1576754790" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812973011?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0812973011">13. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0812973011" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1905172885?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1905172885">14. One Wild Life: A Journey to Discover People Who Change Our World by Clare Mulvany</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1905172885" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1605092762?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1605092762">15. Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail by Paul Polak</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1605092762" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691141487?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0691141487">16. Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0691141487" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0865713979?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0865713979">17. Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies by Ernesto Sirolli</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0865713979" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594869154?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1594869154">18. The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1594869154" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061730327?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0061730327">19. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0061730327" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375758291?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0375758291">20. The Cathedral Within: Transforming Your Life by Giving Something Back by Bill Shore </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0375758291" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0137009275?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0137009275">21. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Revised and Updated 5th Anniversary Edition: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C.K. Prahalad </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0137009275" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0871134691?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0871134691">22. The Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business by Graham Hancock</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0871134691" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422104060?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1422104060">23. The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World by John Elkington</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1422104060" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143038257?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0143038257">24. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0143038257" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584657235?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1584657235">25. Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives) by Dan Pallotta   </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1584657235" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1853396672?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1853396672">26. Whats Wrong with Microfinance? Thomas Dichter (Editor), Malcolm Harper (Editor)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=1853396672" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810970856?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0810970856">27. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century by Alex Steffen </a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0810970856" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />


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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0787986097?ie=UTF8&tag=eyescreamonlinep&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0787986097">28. You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy by Nicholas P. Sullivan</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eyescreamonlinep&l=as2&o=1&a=0787986097" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />



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