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  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Management
    Control Science — a one-sided case against managers

    From the inspection towers of 19th-century factories to the data architecture of Amazon warehouses, Henry Snow casts those who surveil workers as capitalism’s villains

  • Sunday, 26 April, 2026
    Work & Careers
    Interview. LinkedIn’s Ryan Roslansky: ‘No one is taking care of your career for you’

    Co-author of ‘Open to Work’ argues AI will bring opportunity — if workers are brave enough to take the initiative

    Montage image of the Open to Work book cover, and Ryan Roslansky
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    Non-Fiction
    House of Fidelity — the dynasty at the heart of the investment powerhouse

    A journalist lifts the lid on how the Johnson family battled to keep control of the asset manager in a history packed with luminaries of finance

    Abigail Johnson and Edward (Ned) C. Johnson III smiling and applauding while seated at an event.
  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    FT Business Book of the Year Award
    Breaking cover: the future of the business book

    Authors are experimenting with new technology and formats to better communicate ideas

    Illustration of five books with tiny figures exploring them, interacting with an interface, recording a podcast and delivering a lecture
  • Friday, 27 March, 2026
    Books
    Business books: what to read this month

    Scaling innovation, the problem with philanthropy and top tips for communication at work

    Four business book covers are displayed side by side, featuring titles by Erin McGoff; Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, and Jason Wild; Glen Galaich; and Jon McNeill
  • Friday, 20 February, 2026
    Work & Careers
    Business Books: What to read this month

    How to run good meetings, the economy of self-improvement, and a new kind of intelligence

  • Tuesday, 27 January, 2026
    Books
    Business Books: what to read this month

    Goal-setting with intention, corporate scandals with impact, and companies with tentacles

    Covers of five business books: "Billionaire Backlash" by Pepper Culpepper, "Do More in Four" by Joe O’Connor and Jared Lindzon, "Capital Evolution" by Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride, "Intentional" by Chris Bailey, and "The Octopus Organization" by Phil Le-Brun and Jana Werner.
  • Wednesday, 14 January, 2026
    Book awards
    FT & Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year 2026

    The best business books selected by our judges

  • Wednesday, 14 January, 2026
    FT & Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year 2026
    FT book award enters new partnership with Standard Chartered

    Bank to back Business Book of the Year and Bracken Prize for Young Authors for next three years

    Illustration of a book on a pedestal with its cover reading: ‘Business book of the year 2026’, with the Financial Times and Standard Chartered logo above it and ‘in partnership with Nikkei’ written below
  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
    Work Watch
    Could a self-help hit transform your management style?

    The Let Them Theory has viral appeal, but readers are divided about whether it can be a blueprint for leadership

    Montage image of a hand holding the book ‘The Let Them Theory’ by Mel Robbins
  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    Biography and memoir
    The Curious Case of Mike Lynch — the rise and fall of the cleverest man in the room

    Katie Prescott’s timely biography of the Autonomy entrepreneur offers lessons about today’s tech bubbles

  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    Economics books
    Risks, realism and global realignments — the latest books on economics

    Why Britain needs pragmatism not political dogma; the fallout from the US-China faultline; and how knowledge and speed shape prosperity

  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    FT & Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year 2026
    Interview. In future ‘books could respond’ says winning author Stephen Witt

    Writer of ‘The Thinking Machine’ about Nvidia’s rise believes in the vast potential of AI

    Stephen Witt sits in a chair looking to the side, wearing a light blue shirt and grey trousers.
  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    FT & Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year 2026
    Stephen Witt wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year

    ‘The Thinking Machine’ tells the inside story of how Nvidia became the world’s most valuable corporation

    Stephen Witt sits at a table with stacks of his book, ‘The Thinking Machine’, preparing to sign a copy.
  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    Fiction
    Who says management consultants can’t be literary heroes?

    Dickens and Gaskell engaged with the everyday realities of 19th-century industrial capitalism, yet the dramas of today’s entrepreneurial workplaces rarely make it on to the page

  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    Non-Fiction
    Business books: what to read this month

    Caring for employees, intentional philanthropy, and a guide from England’s former manager

    Covers of five books: A Talent for Giving, Built on Purpose, Dear England, Beyond Profit, and The Caring Company, displayed side by side.
  • Monday, 17 November, 2025
    The best books of the year 2025
    The best business books to read this year

    Andrew Hill selects his must-read titles

  • Sunday, 16 November, 2025
    Work & Careers
    Advice to chief executives: pick up a book

    If Elon Musk is ‘uncultured’, a false opposition between literature and business may be to blame

    Emma Jacobs
    Illustration of a person sat in an armchair on their phone and yawning, with their feet up on a stack of books
  • Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
    Life & Arts
    From opioids to tainted talc: how Johnson & Johnson lost the trust of consumers

    A former New York Times reporter accuses the US company of corporate gaslighting on an epic scale in his book ‘No More Tears’

    Red Johnson & Johnson logo in script font mounted on a rooftop against a blue sky with scattered clouds.
  • Friday, 24 October, 2025
    Books
    Business books: What to read this month

    Reducing workplace excess, capturing the power of play, and marketing from one of its masters

    Alt text: Covers of five business books including "Governing the Machine," "The Art of Less," "The Seven Rules of Trust," "Playful," and one by Alex Schultz.
  • Saturday, 4 October, 2025
    Non-Fiction
    1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin — the hubris behind the Wall St crash

    The ‘Too Big to Fail’ author returns with an eye-opening account of the banking titans and practices that led to financial disaster

  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    Life & Arts
    Dirtbag Billionaire — a warts-and-all portrayal of Yvon Chouinard, clothing tycoon

    The Patagonia founder, who made a fortune only to give it all away, emerges as a complex and conflicted individual in this biography

  • Tuesday, 30 September, 2025
    Disrupters
    Business books: what to read this month

    Finding courage, embracing your dark side, and coming out top in a digital age

    Montage image of this month’s book covers
  • Wednesday, 24 September, 2025
    FT & Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year 2026
    FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 — the shortlist

    Six finalists analyse important business issues from economic warfare to AI

    Montage of the covers of the six books on the shortlist
  • Friday, 29 August, 2025
    Books
    Business Books: What to read this month

    Power in the home, working in groups, and getting comfortable with uncertainty

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