The Week contest - Business books

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

Click here for the results of the previous contest: Funeral home cafes

Last week's question: Publishers release as many as 11,000 new business books a year, hoping that one of the books flooding the market will hit it big, like last year's All I Know About Management I Learned From My Dog. We asked you to come up with the title of the next big business book.

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THE WINNER: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Hiring

Alice Preece, Edmonds, WA

SECOND PLACE: The Billionaire's Guide to Bail-Outs

Mary Hogan, New York, NY

THIRD PLACE: All I Know About Being Managed I Learned from My Fire Hydrant

L. Robert Hill, Santa Rosa, CA

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Everything I Know About Success I Learned from My Magnificent Boss

Stephen Dudzik, Olney, MD

All I Know about The Tech Industry I Learned from My 14-year-old

Kristin Loudis, Encinitas, CA

The 7 Habits of Highly Unethical People

Nancy Schreiber, Irving, TX

How to Profit from a Worthless Book

Alan Levy, New York, NY

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Building It

Rich Rochna, Virginia Beach, VA

I Didn't Write This Book

Diane Kirkland, Valley Village, CA

Too Big to Read

Michael Leary, Walnut Creek, CA

Fearlessly Outsource Yourself!

Mike Fleice, El Granada, CA

The Thanksgiving Turkey (And Other Ways of Not Paying Bonuses)

Robert Schechter, Dix Hills, NY

Texas Chainsaw Management

Tom Saulnier, East Longmeadow, MA

How to Write a Book After Your Business Fails

Gaylene Shafer, Pueblo, CO

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Reading this Book

Jim Testa, Northbrook, IL

From Lemonade Stand to MBA — and Back!

Charles & Mary Parry, Catonsville, MD

How to Find Joy in Failure

Jim McMullan, Island Heights, NJ

Who Ate My Cheese?

Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, MN

Keep Your Friends Close and Your Lobbyists Closer

Janine Witte, New Hope, PA

Fifty Shades of Green

Richard Grossman, Wilmington, DE

Fifty Shares of Greed

Linda Gage, Auburn, WA

No Bain, No Gain

Shelley Barnes, Newbury Park, CA

100 Ways to Profit from 100% Unemployment in 100 Degree Temperatures

Mike Berkley, Tempe, AZ

Retroactive Management

Jim Bertram, St. Cloud, MN

Oh Wow: Steve Jobs’ Lessons from Beyond

Marci Williams, Bainbridge Island, WA