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Some of the biggest ongoing business stories of our time are reflected in this year's list of best business books from McKinsey and the Financial Times.


The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century

The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century

Walter Scheidel

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How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history ...


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The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Maths Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Maths Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

David Enrich

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Listed as an FT book of the month. "Anyone with an interest in financial services and in what has...

The One Device

The One Device

Brian Merchant

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017 The secret history of the...


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Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

Ellen Pao

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR | NAMED A BEST FALL...


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Janesville

Janesville

Amy Goldstein

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"Moving and magnificently well-researched...Janesville joins a growing family of books about the...


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Here are The Vulture's favourite art books — a term that encompasses books about art, books by artists, and books of art — from 2016.


 Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015

Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015

Jennifer Liese

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Social Medium: Artists Writing, 2000–2015 is the first major anthology of 21st-century artist...


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How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art

How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking About Art

David Salle

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In How to See, David Salle explores how art works and how it moves us, informs us and challenges us....

Dali: Les Diners de Gala

Dali: Les Diners de Gala

Salvador Dalí

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“Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste … If you are a disciple of one...


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Chardin and Rembrandt

Chardin and Rembrandt

Marcel Proust

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Long overlooked in Proust’s posthumously published writings, Chardin and Rembrandt, written when...


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Before Pictures

Before Pictures

Douglas Crimp

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Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists. He is...

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