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Business Book Suggestions
Larry Gennari writes a regular column in the Boston Business Journal reviewing business books and other thoughtful publications as part of our curation for Authors & Innovators each year.


Notable Reads of 2024
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The Everything War by Dana Mattioli
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Making It In America by Rachel Slade
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Actual Malice by Samantha Barbas
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Job Moves by Ethan Bernstein, Michael Horn, and Bob Moesta
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Personalized by Dave Edelman and Mark Abraham
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The Power of Instinct by Leslie Zane
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No Right to an Honest Living by Jacqueline Jones
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The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen
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The Age of Grievance by Frank Bruni
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Is Your Work Worth It? by Jennifer Tosti-Kharas & Christopher Wong Michaelson
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The Treasure You Seek by Archie Jones, Jr.

Gifts for Thinkers: 2023 Notable Books
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Higher Purpose Venture Capital by Ron Levin
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Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners by Jean Eddy
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The Portfolio Life by Christina Wallace
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The Injustice of Place by Kathryn Edi and Timothy Nelson
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The ROI of LOL by Steve Cody and Clayton Fletcher
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Your Face Belongs To Us by Kashmir Hill
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Know What Matters by Ron Shaich
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Powered By Me by Neha Sangwan
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Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
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Paved Paradise by Henry Grabar
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Deeply Responsible Business by Geoffrey Jones
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The Way We Build by Mark Erlich

Talking, and not talking
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Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way
by Jonah Berger
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STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut In An Endlessly Noisy World
by Dan Lyons
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Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking
by Mehdi Hasan
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The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
by Saket Soni

Maybe We Need More "Travels with Charley"
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​Still Broke​
by Rick Wartzman​
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The Future Of Business Journalism: Why It Matters For Wall Street And Main Street
by Chris Roush
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Chip War: The Fight For The World’s Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
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Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict With China
by Michael Beckley and Hal Brands

Top 10 Must-Reads for 2022
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This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas
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Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet by Michael Meyer
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Rebel With A Clause by Ellen Jovin
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Purpose + Profit by George Serafeim
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When Women Lead by Julia Boorstin
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The Man Who Broke Capitalism by David Gelles
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Build For Tomorrow by Jason Feifer
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Golden by Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz
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The Art of Insubordination by Todd Kashdan
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Influence Is Your Superpower by Zoe Chance

For the Sake ofArgument
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Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill
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Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Monica Guzman
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Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done
by Charlie Baker and Steve Kadish
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Gifts for Thinkers: The top 10 business books of 2021
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Machiavelli for Women by Stacey Vanek Smith
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You Have More Influence Than You Think by Vanessa Bohns
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The New Builders by Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride
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American Made by Farah Stockman
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The Power of Trust by Sandra Sucher
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Think Again by Adam Grant
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High Conflict by Amanda Ripley
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Better, Simpler Strategy by Felix Oberholzer-Gee
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The Unspoken Rules by Gorick Ng
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Living a Life That Matters by Rabbi Harold Kushner

You've got the power. Now use it!
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Power for All by Julie Battilana & Tiziana Casciaro
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The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War and Business. by William Silber
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The Transformation Myth: Leading Your Organization Through Uncertain Times by Gerald Kane & Anh Nguyen Phillips
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You Have More Influence Than You Think by Vanessa Bohns
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Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust & Connection,
No Matter the Distance by Erica Dhawan
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Beyond Collaboration Overload by Rob Cross
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Republic of Detours by Scott Borchert
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Recent articles:

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Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding From Anywhere
by Tsedal Neely
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The Human Cloud by Matthew Mottola and Matthew Coatney
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Humor, Seriously: Why Humor is A Secret Weapon In Business And In Life by Jennifer Aaker & Naomi Bagdonas

Must-Read Books of the Year
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Post-Corona by Scott Galloway
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How I Built This by Guy Raz
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The Growing Season by Sarah Frey
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Blindsight by Prince Ghuman
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The Power of Bad and How to Overcome It by John Tierney
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The Startup Playbook by Will Herman and Raj Bhargava
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First Pitch by Debi Kleiman
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Girl Decoded by Rana el Kaliouby
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Overground Railroad by Candacy Taylor
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The Tyranny of Merit by Michael Sandel

Welcome to the Rest of 2020
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The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good
by Michael Sandel
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If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
by Jill Lepore
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Good Company by Arthur Blank
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The Entrepreneur's Journey by Hambleton Lord, Christopher Mirabile and Joseph Mandato

Rewriting Your Story
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How I Built This by Guy Raz
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The Growing Season by Sarah Frey
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Time Smart by Ashley Whillans​

Bill Murray, Negotiating, and the Art of the Deal
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Protocol by Capricia Penavic Marshall
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Blindsight by Matt Johnson and Prince Ghuman
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Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
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Entrepreneurial Negotiation by Samuel Dinnar & Lawrence Susskind

Zombies, Books, and the End of the World
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People, Power & Profits by Joseph Stiglitz
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The Reality Game by Samuel Woolley
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Black Entrepreneurship Matters

Channeling Warren Buffet
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The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
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The Power of Bad and How to Overcome It
by John Tierney and Roy Baumeister
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Thinking Fast Means Going Slow
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Girl Decoded by Rana el Kaliouby
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Lift by Dan Ward
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MLK and the Unfinished Fight for Economic Justice
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To the Promised Land by Michael Honey
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Ripples of Hope by Josh Gottheimer
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VC: An American History by Tom Nichols
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The Broken Road by Peggy Wallace Kennedy

The Truth About Sharks
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Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral & Drive Major Economic Events by Robert Shiller
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Messengers, Who We Listen to, Who We Don’t and Why by Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks
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Reboot: Leadership and The Art of Growing Up by Jerry Colonna

Love It Or List It
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Creative Construction by Gary Pisano
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The AI Advantage by Tom Davenport
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The Technology Fallacy by Gerald Kane
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Leading With Dignity by Donna Hicks
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Jump-Starting America by Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson
Bill Murray is Everywhere You Want to Be
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How We Make Stuff Now by Jules Pieri
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Are We There Yet: The American Automobile, Past, Present and Driverless by Dan Albert
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FinTech, Small Business & the American Dream by Karen Mills
Hello, Cleveland
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Crooked River Burning by Mark Winegardner
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The Birth of Loud by Les Paul and Leo Fender
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The Final Days of EMI by Eamonn Forde
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Music on the Chain by Anthony McGuire

Fishing for Answers
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Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table by Langdon Cook
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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze
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2019 is Here!
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AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee
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Inspired: How to Build an Organization where Everyone Loves to Work by Aron Ain
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Factfulness by Hans Rosling

Time to Reflect on 'Vocational Discernment'
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The Job: Work and its Future in a Time of Radical Change by Ellen Ruppel Shell
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The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future by Chris Guillebeau
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Holiday Food and Common Ground
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Entrepreneurial Negotiation by Samuel Dinnar and Lawrence Susskind
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The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy and Society by William Kerr
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Devotions by Mary Oliver

Head to Sweden...and Bring These Books
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Reach by Andy Molinsky
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The Startup Playbook by Will Herman and Rajat Bharagava
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Detonate by Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach

In Search of a Good Business Book
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A New U: Faster & Cheaper Alternatives to College by Ryan Craig
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The Challenge Culture by Nigel Travis
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Success Through Diversity by Carol Fulp
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