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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55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Life
Book Review by Porchlight
Elizabeth White has written a book that we believe can help a good part of a generation, and those that follow it, adapt to a new normal of financial instability as the social contract has been upended.
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Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection
Book Review by Porchlight
Haemin Sunim's new book reminds us that we are all imperfect, that we all struggle in our life and work, and that we are all worthy of love.
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Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better
Book Review by Porchlight
Rob Reich looks at the landscape of modern philanthropy and wonders if it is as socially good as is generally assumed today.
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The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition
Book Review by Porchlight
Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn's research into why American workers' wages weren't increasing along with corporate profits led them to a problem that plagues the entire economy—a lack of competition.
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Questions Are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life
Book Review by Porchlight
Hal Gregersen's new book is about the power of asking more questions in our organizations, in education, and in our lives.
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The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age
Book Review by Porchlight
Tim Wu dusts off the tradition of antitrust laws and enforcement in American history, and examines how they can help us end the inequities of our new Gilded Age.
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This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Book Review by Porchlight
The best business books humanize business rather than commodify humanity. Seth Godin’s books have always attempted to do that, and his latest does a great job of it.
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The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change
Book Review by Dylan Schleicher
Ellen Ruppel Shell examines the history of jobs, the increasing disappearance of them, and where we go from here.
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Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
Book Review by Porchlight
Kat Holmes tackles the cycles of exclusion that permeate our society with the practice of inclusive design.
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Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley
Book Review by Porchlight
Cary McClelland follows in the great oral tradition of Studs Terkel to bring us up to date on what's happening on the ground in America's most impactful city and region.
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