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Click for the annoying BusinessWeek "slide show" of 2008's top 10 innovation and design books. Includes pictures and short summaries.

Or, here's the alphabetical list:

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Author: Dan Roam
Publisher: Penguin Portfolio

Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy

Author: Judy Estrin
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Books

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Authors: Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. Horn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Books

The Endless City

Authors: Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic
Publisher: Phaidon

The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation

Authors: A.G. Lafley and Ram Charan
Publisher: Crown Business

Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

Authors: Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff
Publisher: Harvard Business Press

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Author: Clay Shirky
Publisher: Penguin Press

The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks

Authors: C.K. Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Books

The Numerati

Author: Stephen Baker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World

Author: Amar Bhidé
Publisher: Princeton University Press