Blog / Staff Picks

American Dirt

Book Review by Gabbi Cisneros

Emotionally heavy, artfully told, and timely. I hope that you take any compassion you feel for these characters & redirect it towards others you encounter, strangers who could have roots just as rough, tangled, distressing, and difficult as all the characters you meet on the journey to reach American dirt.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | January 21, 2020

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Don't Be Evil: The 2019 Porchlight Business Book of the Year

By Porchlight

"For many years, the mantra echoing from Silicon Valley has been one of disruption. And disrupt they have, as Rana Foroohar well explores. With some of the finest business reporting and writing of the year, this year’s Porchlight Business Book Award winner thoroughly documents the results of that disruption."

Blog / News & Opinion

The 2019 Business Book of the Year: Don't Be Evil

By Porchlight

The 2019 Porchlight Business Book of the Year is Rana Forhoohar's "penetrating indictment of how today’s largest tech companies are hijacking our data, our livelihoods, our social fabric, and our minds."

Blog / News & Opinion

Mark Fortier, The 2019 Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry Winner

By Porchlight

The recipient of the sixth annual Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry is Mark Fortier of Fortier Public Relations.

Blog / Excerpts

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

By Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn

“America’s proudest boast throughout history has been that we have no class system, and that opportunity is available to all. Yet a starting point in an exploration of our nation must be to acknowledge that today we do have a class hierarchy.”

Blog / ChangeThis

The Power Behind the Throne: Getting Along with Your Boss and Others In a Virtual Workplace

By Teresa Douglas

“Getting along with your coworkers in the virtual workforce doesn’t have to be any more difficult than getting along with people in a traditional office. … With a little patience and dedication, you will soon develop positive working relationships with the people you collaborate with to meet goals and produce results.”

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | January 14, 2020

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Uncanny Valley : A Memoir

By Porchlight

Anna Wiener's debut is a prescient, page-turning account of her journey in Silicon Valley.

Blog / Editor's Choice

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

"Focusing on those left behind during an era of unprecedented economic growth and increasing income inequality in places like Nicholas Kristof’s hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, Tightrope’s most powerful moments are in the stories of individuals struggling to get by—incarcerated, addicted, and, like 60 percent of all Americans, in debt."