Nine most influential business books of the past decade

You are what you read, so you better choose wisely. For a little help, each year, The Financial Times sifts through dozens of new business books and gives an annual " Business Book of the Year" award.

This year, Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty took home the title. Collectively though, this award has brought together some of the greatest and most influential business books out there. Here are the winners:

2013

The Everything Store by Brad Stone

2012

Private Empire: Exxon Mobile And American Power by Steve Coll

2011

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking Of The Way To Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

2010

Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy by Raghuram Rajan

2009

Lords Of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The World by Liaquat Ahamed

2008

When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies For The Age Of Global Economic Change by Mohamed El-Erian

2007

The Last Tycoons: The Secret History Of Lazard Freres & Co by William Cohan

2006

China Shakes The World: A Titan's Rise And Troubled Future by James Kynge