Editor's Choice
Looking for a new book to dive into? Our in-depth reviews cover some of the best new books being released into the world and use those books to gain a better understanding of the world, helping guide where to go—and what to read—next.
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Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future
Book Review by Porchlight
Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson have written a book with real human intelligence, concern, feeling, and values, about how the second machine age is reshaping business.
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The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone
Book Review by Porchlight
Brian Merchant provides a full history—human, cultural, and technological—of the device that has changed the world.
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Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude
Book Review by Porchlight
Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin employ exquisite storytelling to teach us the importance for leaders to carve out some time for solitude.
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The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
Book Review by Porchlight
Mihir Desai puts values back at the center of value creation by bringing the humanities to bear on finance, and finance to our understanding of our humanity.
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Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Jennifer Romolini's new book about building a career is honest, real, wonderfully written, and just wonderful.
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Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination
Book Review by Porchlight
Uber's story is one worth telling and listening to, and we’re fortunate Adam Lashinsky took on the formidable task.
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Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Dr. Tasha Eurich's new book is a sometimes uncomfortable, always powerful eye-opener to what it takes to be truly successful.
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The Land of Enterprise: A Business History of the United States
Book Review by Porchlight
Benjamin C. Waterhouse opens up the grand sweep of American history by looking at it from a business perspective.
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The CEO Pay Machine: How it Trashes America and How to Stop it
Book Review by Porchlight
Steven Clifford chronicles the inexorable rise of CEO pay, how it harms companies, curbs economic growth, and undermines democracy, and how we can fix it.
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Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy
Book Review by Porchlight
Jonathan Taplin's new book asks us to reconsider the virtues and values of the digital economy, and how we can rebuild it on more decentralized, democratic values.
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