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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$uperHubs: How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World
Book Review by Porchlight
Sandra Navidi pulls back the curtain on the financial elite for a personal look at the most powerful individuals, a scientific examination of the network dynamics at play, and an analysis of where it is all headed.
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Creative Change: Why We Resist It ... How We Can Embrace It
Book Review by Porchlight
We have incredibly complicated and complex challenges to address and overcome in this world—none more so than our own psychology. Jennifer Mueller's new book comes at the perfect time to help us do just that.
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Own It: The Power of Women at Work
Book Review by Porchlight
Sallie Krawcheck wants women to stop trying to act like men in the workplace, to recognize and leverage their power as women in the workplace and the world.
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Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos
Book Review by Porchlight
Heidi K. Gardner's book helps us transform our outlook and our organization from a hammer into a toolbox.
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Books for Living
Book Review by Porchlight
Will Schwalbe has written memoir of a life lived intimately with books and people, and a manifesto for all readers.
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Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Book Review by Porchlight
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang delivers a timely message that rest needs to be deliberate, or our work will become debilitating
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The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream
Book Review by Porchlight
Futurist Amy Webb teaches us to decipher the signals popping up on the fringes of culture and society and what they mean for our industries and organizations.
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Book Review by Porchlight
Michael Lewis has delivered what may be his best book yet, one he seems predestined to have written—if only that were a logical possibility.
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Rethink: The Surprising History of New Ideas
Book Review by Porchlight
Steven Poole asks us to maintain a healthy skepticism, to suspend both belief and disbelief, and to keep thinking by rethinking.
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Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
Book Review by Porchlight
Steven Johnson's new history of how we got to now is an exploration of ideas and attitudes, invention, art and whimsy.
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