Ask HN: Best books for dealing with workplace politics and dishonesty?

Recommendations from 41 sampled comments out of 41 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

28 books

Arubis · Dec 27, 2020
Reading this is likely to make being around crappy, toxic office politics feel even worse, without offering a solution if you’re not already in an empowered position.
abhayb · Dec 28, 2020
"Radical Candor" by Kim Scott is an attempt to bring directness in to otherwise passive aggressive situations.
allie1 · Dec 28, 2020
"Power: Why Some People Have It—and Others Don't" by Jeffery Pfeffer
andrei_says_ · Dec 28, 2020
Peter Hintjens' Psychopath Code fits the bill perfectly.
abhayb · Dec 28, 2020
Someone recommended "Moral Mazes" and I heartily second it.
rramadass · Dec 28, 2020
A good follow up is his other book Action!: Nothing happens until something moves.