FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist

In the UK, the shortlist has been announced for the 2023 Financial Times Business Book of the Year.

The shortlisted titles are:

• Material World: A substantial story of our past and future (Ed Conway, W H Allen)
• Right Kind of Wrong: Why learning to fail can teach us to thrive (Amy Edmondson, Cornerstone Press)
• How Big Things Get Done: The surprising factors behind every successful project, from home renovations to space exploration and everything in between (Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner, Macmillan UK)
• Elon Musk (Walter Isaacson, S&S)
• Cobalt Red: How the blood of the Congo powers our lives (Siddharth Kara, Macmillan)
• The Coming Wave: AI, power, and the 21st century’s greatest dilemma (Mustafa Suleyman & Michael Bhaskar, Bodley Head).

First presented in 2005, the Business Book of the Year Award goes to the book that provides ‘the most compelling and enjoyable’ insight into modern business issues. The winner receives £30,000 (A$57,000) and each of the remaining shortlisted books will be awarded £10,000 (A$19,000).

Chip War: The fight for the world’s most critical technology (Chris Miller, S&S) was the winner of last year’s Financial Times Book of the Year Award.

The winner of this year’s prize will be announced on 4 December.

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