With mounting responsibilities at work and home, working women around the globe struggle with a different kind of challenge as they advance in their career, a challenge only other career women can fully understand. As of 2019, 29% of senior management roles were held by women globally and 33 of the Fortune 500 CEOs were women, meager numbers, but still the highest ever on record. We've made great strides, but women lag substantially behind men in terms of pay and their representation in leadership and management positions. Keeping this in view, here is a list of five career advice books written by driven, successful women, books that empower women and teach them to balance their professional dreams and personal goals, inspiring them to transform their career and live a fuller life.

Marketing and Selling is an art that demands charisma, persuasion, and natural intuition, but in a world where marketers continue to compete aggressively for people's attention and money, sometimes even those qualities aren't enough to close a sale. Fortunately, many of the world's greatest marketers and thought-leaders have written some incredible books to share their mistakes and experiences, in order to teach us tactics and strategies that work vis-à-vis those that don't. Here are some of the best marketing books you can read to crush your marketing strategy and gain an edge over your competition in 2020.