Required reading: These are the books top professors at the best business schools in the country are having their MBA students read

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From "Bad Blood" to "Naked Economics," these are professors' top choices for their students.

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• Business Insider spoke with professors at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, and other top institutions to see what books are on their syllabi this year.
• Among the top choices are "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson, "Good to Great" by Jim Collins, "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan, and "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou
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Want a sneak peak at the reading lists for MBA programs around the US? Business Insider tapped business schools nationwide - including elite programs such as Harvard Business School, Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, and Indiana University's Kelley School of Business - to see what titles top professors are assigning to their fall 2019 students.

Here are some of their favorite picks: