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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions
Modern · Humor, Business, Nonfiction

The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

by Scott Adams
1996 · 336 pages · Nonfiction
24 Modern ★ 3.87 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
Lifetime bestseller
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

#1 New York Times bestseller (11 weeks at #1). 3.87★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

24Must-Read Score
  • Readers22 out of 100 · counts 40%+10
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Bestseller40 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+14
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.

Where it ranks

Bestseller

Reads as

Funny, Practical, Uplifting

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