The Best Business Books of 2024

The best business books of 2024 are the titles most recommended across the year's most credible lists, ranked here by our transparent Consensus Score.

The Coming Wave
Mustafa Suleyman
The Longevity Imperative
Andrew J. Scott
The Afterlife of Data
Carl Ohman
Playing with Reality
Kelly Clancy
How Economics Explains the World
Andrew Leigh
The Art of Uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter
Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict
William Ury
How Big Things Get Done
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
The Formula
Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg
Supremacy
Parmy Olson
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
John Kay
Tribal
Michael Morris
Unit X
Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff
Growth: A History and a Reckoning
Daniel Susskind
Dark Wire
Joseph Cox
Money: A Story of Humanity
David McWilliams
The Power and the Money
Tevi Troy
The Whole Story
John Mackey
Shock Values
Carola Binder
Design Social Change
Lesley-Ann Noel
Inner Drive
Arsen Tomsky
The Journey of Leadership
Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink, Ramesh Srinivasan
How Legendary Leaders Speak
Peter D. Andrei
Trillion Dollar Coach
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
What I Learned About Investing from Darwin
Pulak Prasad
What Went Wrong with Capitalism
Ruchir Sharma
The Prize
Daniel Yergin
Anatomy of a Breakthrough
Adam Alter
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
Der Kreativitats-Code
Josef Brunner and Christian Sellmann
Playing Big
Tara Mohr
How Infrastructure Works
Deb Chachra
The Politics Industry
Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter
AI Needs You
Verity Harding
Chip War
Chris Miller
Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella
The Case for Good Jobs
Zeynep Ton
Culture Is the Way
Matt Mayberry
Loonshots
Safi Bahcall
The Surprising Science of Meetings
Steven G. Rogelberg
Tribal Leadership
Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz
Work Here Now
Melissa Swift
The New Cold War
Robert Niblett
The War Below
Ernest Scheyder
The Right Call
Sally Jenkins
Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan Holiday
A Winning Guide to AI in Business
Sebastian Forbes
The Life Cycle of a CEO
Claudius Hildebrand and Robert Stark
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
AI Snake Oil
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Second Act
Henry Oliver
Broken Money
Lyn Alden
Hidden Potential
Adam Grant
Right Kind of Wrong
Amy Edmondson
Brave New Words
Salman Khan
Finding Fortunato
Adam Pearson
Uptime
Laura Mae Martin

The Economist — The Economist's Books of the Year 2024

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How Economics Explains the World
Andrew Leigh
The Afterlife of Data
Carl Ohman
The Art of Uncertainty
David Spiegelhalter
Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
Dark Wire
Joseph Cox
Money: A Story of Humanity
David McWilliams
Playing with Reality
Kelly Clancy
The Power and the Money
Tevi Troy
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
The Whole Story
John Mackey

Financial Times — FT Business Book of the Year 2024

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Supremacy
Parmy Olson
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
John Kay
Tribal
Michael Morris
The Longevity Imperative
Andrew J. Scott
Unit X
Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff
Growth: A History and a Reckoning
Daniel Susskind

The Wall Street Journal — The Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2024

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Shock Values
Carola Binder

The Guardian — The Best Fiction of 2024

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Playing with Reality
Kelly Clancy
The Afterlife of Data
Carl Ohman

McKinsey & Company — McKinsey Annual Book Recommendations 2024

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Design Social Change
Lesley-Ann Noel
The Formula
Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg
Inner Drive
Arsen Tomsky
The Journey of Leadership
Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink, Ramesh Srinivasan
How Legendary Leaders Speak
Peter D. Andrei
Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict
William Ury
Trillion Dollar Coach
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
What I Learned About Investing from Darwin
Pulak Prasad
What Went Wrong with Capitalism
Ruchir Sharma
The Prize
Daniel Yergin
Anatomy of a Breakthrough
Adam Alter
The Art of Gathering
Priya Parker
Der Kreativitats-Code
Josef Brunner and Christian Sellmann
How Big Things Get Done
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
Playing Big
Tara Mohr
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
How Infrastructure Works
Deb Chachra
The Politics Industry
Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter
AI Needs You
Verity Harding
Chip War
Chris Miller
Co-Intelligence
Ethan Mollick
The Coming Wave
Mustafa Suleyman
Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella
The Case for Good Jobs
Zeynep Ton
Culture Is the Way
Matt Mayberry
Loonshots
Safi Bahcall
The Surprising Science of Meetings
Steven G. Rogelberg
Tribal Leadership
Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz
Work Here Now
Melissa Swift

Bloomberg — Bloomberg's Best Books of 2024

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The New Cold War
Robert Niblett
The War Below
Ernest Scheyder
Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict
William Ury
The Coming Wave
Mustafa Suleyman
The Longevity Imperative
Andrew J. Scott
The Right Call
Sally Jenkins
Right Thing, Right Now
Ryan Holiday
A Winning Guide to AI in Business
Sebastian Forbes
The Life Cycle of a CEO
Claudius Hildebrand and Robert Stark
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
AI Snake Oil
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Second Act
Henry Oliver
Broken Money
Lyn Alden
Hidden Potential
Adam Grant
Right Kind of Wrong
Amy Edmondson
How Big Things Get Done
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

J.P. Morgan — J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List 2024

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Brave New Words
Salman Khan
The Formula
Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg
Finding Fortunato
Adam Pearson
Uptime
Laura Mae Martin

Bill Gates (Gates Notes) — Bill Gates: Holiday Books 2024

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The Coming Wave
Mustafa Suleyman