{"id":8861,"date":"2019-12-12T15:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T07:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/?p=8861"},"modified":"2025-04-15T20:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:17:39","slug":"10-books-that-data-analyst-should-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/data-analysis\/10-books-that-data-analyst-should-read.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Must-Read Data Analyst Books for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past few years, the term \u201cdata science\u201d has been widely used, and people seem to see it in every field. \u201cBig Data\u201d, \u201cBusiness Intelligence\u201d, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/data-analysis\/the-skills-that-data-analysts-need-to-master.html\">Data Analysis<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/data-analysis\/why-do-movies-increasingly-love-data-science-and-ai.html\">Artificial Intelligence<\/a>\u201d came into being.<\/p>\n<p>For a while, everyone seems to have begun to learn data analysis. However, before you get started, you can&#8217;t help but ask questions: is it suitable for me to learn data analysis? What is the application of data analysis? What is the outlook for data analysis? Then these books, I think you must read.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Data-Science-Manufacturing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Data-Science-Manufacturing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1572\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Data-Science-Manufacturing.png 750w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Data-Science-Manufacturing-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Data-Science-Manufacturing-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Data-Science-Manufacturing-1024x500.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1572px) 100vw, 1572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From Google<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_transparent no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#1_About_thinking\">1. About thinking<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#2_About_methodology\">2. About methodology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Data_Analyst_Books_Conclusion\">Data Analyst Books Conclusion<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#You_might_also_be_interested_in\">You might also be interested in\u2026<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"1_About_thinking\">1. About thinking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<em>Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Viktor Mayer-Sch\u00f6nberger and Kenneth Cukier <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u65f6\u4ee31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8863\" style=\"width: 315px; height: 475px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u65f6\u4ee31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u65f6\u4ee31.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u65f6\u4ee31-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIlluminating and very timely . . . a fascinating \u2014 and sometimes alarming \u2014 a survey of big data\u2019s growing effect on just about everything: business, government, science and medicine, privacy, and even on the way we think.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2014New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The author is known as &#8220;the prophet of the big data era&#8221;, this book is the first of its kind in the study of big data systems. Although this book may have been somewhat outdated in the present, many of the ideas in it are still very useful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<em>Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <\/strong><strong>Viktor Mayer-Sch\u00f6nberger<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5220\u96642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8862\" style=\"width: 340px; height: 528px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5220\u96642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5220\u96642.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5220\u96642-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Delete<\/em> received the &#8220;Tang K. Price Award&#8221; from the American Political Science Association and the &#8220;Marshall McLuhan Award&#8221; from the Media Environment Society. <em>Delete<\/em> started a heated discussion about \u201cforget\u201d, let us always remember the virtue of forgetting. This book tells us how to make a positive and safe future in the face of massive information in the big data era.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<em>Power Thinking: Thinking Determines Leadership<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Ohmae Kenichi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u601d\u8003\u7684\u6280\u672f3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8866\" style=\"width: 340px; height: 430px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u601d\u8003\u7684\u6280\u672f3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u601d\u8003\u7684\u6280\u672f3.png 340w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u601d\u8003\u7684\u6280\u672f3-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book provides us with a new way of thinking. Enterprises and individuals can only find the correct thinking mode by changing the existing thinking mode, giving up their fascination with past success, and learning creative ways of thinking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><em><strong>Consumer Behavior<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>: Buying, Having, and Being<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Michael R. Solomon, Gary J. Bamossy, Soren Askegaard, and Margaret K. Hogg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6d88\u8d39\u8005\u884c\u4e3a\u5b664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8867\" style=\"width: 294px; height: 385px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6d88\u8d39\u8005\u884c\u4e3a\u5b664.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6d88\u8d39\u8005\u884c\u4e3a\u5b664.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6d88\u8d39\u8005\u884c\u4e3a\u5b664-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pioneering work combining international frontier theory in consumer behavior with Chinese local practice. Pay attention to the profound influence of social media on consumer behavior; present new consumer behavior characteristics in the new network environment; analyze new hotspot marketing and consumption events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><em><strong>Understanding Business<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>By William G Nickels, James McHugh, Susan McHugh <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8ba4\u8bc6\u5546\u4e1a5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8870\" style=\"width: 340px; height: 437px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8ba4\u8bc6\u5546\u4e1a5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8ba4\u8bc6\u5546\u4e1a5.png 340w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8ba4\u8bc6\u5546\u4e1a5-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the preferred business introductory book, this book covers the business environment, job hunting, business management, human resources, marketing, finance, and other aspects, leading readers to master comprehensive knowledge of business operations. The article is interspersed with rich columns and pictures, introduces the basic business principles in a simple way with real cases from many companies and entrepreneurs around the world.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"2_About_methodology\">2. About methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<em>Lean Analytics: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u7cbe\u76ca\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8869\" style=\"width: 333px; height: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u7cbe\u76ca\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67906.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u7cbe\u76ca\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67906.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u7cbe\u76ca\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67906-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book shows how to validate your vision, find real customers, create profitable products, and increase your company&#8217;s visibility. More than 30 case studies, the insights of more than 100 well-known entrepreneurs around the world, presenting hard-won, proven entrepreneurial experiences for everyone to read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;<em>Head First Data Analysis: A learner&#8217;s guide to big numbers, statistics, and good decisions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Michael Milton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6df1\u5165\u6d45\u51fa\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8868\" style=\"width: 354px; height: 410px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6df1\u5165\u6d45\u51fa\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67907.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6df1\u5165\u6d45\u51fa\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67907.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u6df1\u5165\u6d45\u51fa\u6570\u636e\u5206\u67907-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Head First Data Analysis<\/em> vividly presents readers with excellent techniques that should be known to data analysts: basic steps of data analysis, experimental methods, optimization methods, hypothesis testing methods, Bayes statistical method, subjective probabilistic method, heuristic method, histogram method, regression method, error processing, related database, data sorting skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <em>Data Divination: Big Data Strategies<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Pam Baker and Bob Gourley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u7b56\u75658.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8864\" style=\"width: 355px; height: 447px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u7b56\u75658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u7b56\u75658.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u7b56\u75658-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u7b56\u75658-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u7b56\u75658-813x1024.jpg 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Big data is changing our world. The rapid development of the Internet and the mobile communication market has created a large amount of data. Data availability and data applications have had a huge impact on business and the broader social area. Effective use of big data helps companies analyze critical information more accurately, ultimately improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, reducing risk, accelerating innovation, and increasing revenue. This book details the planning and execution of big data strategies, with a number of real-world examples from 10 different industries. You&#8217;ll learn about the concept of big data and how to use big data\u2014from computing ROI and big data strategies that drive business cases to the overall development and specific projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <em>Sexy Little Numbers: How to Grow Your Business Using the Data You Already Have<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Dimitri Maex and Paul B. Brown <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u8425\u95009.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8865\" style=\"width: 340px; height: 530px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u8425\u95009.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u8425\u95009.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u5927\u6570\u636e\u8425\u95009-192x300.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, all our actions are generating data, and the number is huge. Every time you browse the web, search, or surf the Internet with your smartphone, you&#8217;ll almost add billions of bytes of data, and this increase is still growing. Such huge amounts of data can help us better understand and predict customer behavior. The big news is that we no longer need to be proficient in math or statistics, or even rely on expensive modeling software to analyze customers. Data analysis is setting off a revolution. As if overnight, the methods and tools for mining these \u201cbig data\u201d became extraordinarily simple and the price was no longer high. From the industry leader &#8211; Ogilvy &amp; Mather&#8217;s Managing Director, in this book tells you how to use data to identify the most profitable customers and use the most effective way to reach these customers, thereby increasing their purchasing power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <em>Beyond Big Data: Using Social MDM to Drive Deep Customer Insight <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Martin Oberhofer, Eberhard Hechler, Ivan Milman, Scott Schumacher, and Dan Wolfson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8d85\u8d8a\u5927\u6570\u636e10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8871\" style=\"width: 340px; height: 484px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8d85\u8d8a\u5927\u6570\u636e10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8d85\u8d8a\u5927\u6570\u636e10.png 340w, https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/\u8d85\u8d8a\u5927\u6570\u636e10-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Combining social data, mobile data, location data and main data can create a closer relationship with existing customers, adopt appropriate products, improve the way to find new customers, and gain a deeper understanding of customer ideas and Product perspectives, <em>Beyond Big Data<\/em> will teach you how to get to know your customers through social master data management.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Data_Analyst_Books_Conclusion\"><strong>Data Analyst Books <\/strong>Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although the concept of data analysis is very popular, I believe that we can never break the world into data and algorithms, but let humans use data and algorithms to make the world more concrete.<\/p>\n<p>After the end of the work, I believe that there is no better way to relax than reading a book. I\u2019m sure that these ten books will let you understand more about data analysis and answer your doubts!<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\"><em>Follow\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/finereport\/\">FineReport Reporting Software<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook to know more about data visualization!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span id=\"You_might_also_be_interested_in\">You might also be interested in\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/data-analysis\/data-cleaning-guide-saving-80-of-your-time-to-do-data-analysis.html\">Data Cleaning Guide: Saving 80% of Your Time to Do Data Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/data-analysis\/data-analysis-practice-guide-how-to-begin.html\">Data Analysis Practice Guide\u2014\u2014How to begin<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/data-analysis\/6-key-skills-that-data-analysts-need-to-master.html\"><em>6 Key Skills That Data Analysts Need to Master<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These ten books will tell you what is data science and how to get started with data science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161],"tags":[151],"yst_prominent_words":[280,901,2783,2800,2779,249,2791,291,2802,2785,2801,2795,2798,2797,2796,1303,1302,2790,2780,2784],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8861"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19546,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions\/19546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8861"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.finereport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}