Identifying and celebrating the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into today's business issues.

The Financial Times will announce the longlist authors for the 18th annual Business Book of the Year Award on Monday 15 August 2022. We will post a video here of the authors who will face our judging panel chaired by FT editor Roula Khalaf.
The global award, inaugurated in 2005, carries a top prize of £30,000, which goes to the author or authors of the title that provides the “most compelling and enjoyable” insight into today’s business issues management, future of work, climate, finance, economics. Each of the other finalists will receive £10,000.
We will select up to six finalists for a shortlist, to be announced live on FT Live Twitter on Thursday 22 September. The winner will be named on Monday 5 December at a ceremony at the V&A Museum in London, where the Bracken Bower Prize for young business authors for the best business book proposal by a writer under the age of 35 will also be presented.
Watch video highlights from our 2021 annual awards ceremony.
Business Book of the Year Award Winners 2005 - 2021
Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times said, “Nicole Perlroth has done something that hasn't been done before: going this deep into the mysterious world of hackers. Cyber security isn't featuring highly enough on CEOs' agenda. I hope this award will prompt them to read this book and pay attention.”
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