All articles tagged: business books

The novel In Bed We Cry had early insights into the lives of prosperous working women.

In her new book, Yale School of Management professor Marissa King explores the topographies of three network models and the networking styles of their builders.

In her new book, Freelancers Union founder Sara Horowitz urges people to rely less on government and more on a powerful cooperative spirit.

In his novel The Embezzler, Louis Auchincloss delved into the true story of Richard Whitney, a patrician financier who lost it all.

In his new book, Futureproof, Kevin Roose provides useful advice for humans on life amid rampant automation.

In Making Great Strategy, Stanford b-school professors Jesper Sørensen and Glenn Carroll bridge the gap between abstract strategic visions and executable plans.

Homicide, David Simon’s classic study of Baltimore’s detective squads, contains powerful management lessons.

Friday, the Thirteenth, a classic 1907 novel by the muckraker and stock manipulator Thomas Lawson, reminds us that telling stories can weaponize resentment.

In his new book, John Hudson, a survival instructor for the British military, offers lessons on how to get through the most challenging ordeals.

In her new book, Can’t Even, Anne Helen Petersen lays out the immense challenges millennials face in gaining a foothold in the economy.

David Lodge’s comic novel explores what business can learn from literature, and vice versa.

Writers at strategy+business pick the year’s best books in seven categories.

Strategy with a purpose

In the 20th edition of strategy+business’s Best Business Books section, our writers identify the three most compelling reads in seven genres.

The iconic novel, which celebrates risk-taking and self-interest, has important lessons for current debates surrounding inequality and liberty.

The novel The Magnificent Ambersons reveals the dangers of complacency in the face of transformative new technologies.

In his new book, journalist Matthew Yglesias argues that the U.S. should strive to triple its population.

NYU’s Christian Busch makes the case that serendipity is a skill, resulting from a mindset that allows you to see and act on opportunities in seemingly unrelated facts or events.

Philip Roth’s American Pastoral measures the gulf between a careful business leader and his radical daughter.

In The Ends Game, professors Marco Bertini and Oded Koenigsberg explain how companies can help their customers meet goals by rewriting the rules of commerce.

What captains of industry can learn from captains in the great age of sail.

In an age of big data, artificial intelligence, and continual forecasting, fiction can help us navigate uncertainty by opening our eyes to a wide range of scenarios.

A 20th-century working-class philosopher has a lot to teach modern workers — and managers — about finding meaning in life, and on the job.

For those who want to slow down and still keep up.

George Bernard Shaw’s 1905 play Major Barbara, the best stage drama written about business, has lessons that resonate with today’s audiences.