ABOUT THE AWARD

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

by Anne Case & Angus Deaton

Princeton University Press (UK) & (US)

No Filter: The inside story of how Instagram transformed business, celebrity and our culture

by Sarah Frier

Random House Business (UK); Simon & Schuster (US)

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer

WH Allen, Penguin Random House (UK); Penguin Press (US)

Reimagining Capitalism: How Business Can Save the World

by Rebecca Henderson

Penguin Business, Penguin Random House (UK); PublicAffairs (US)

If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future

by Jill Lepore

John Murray Press (UK); W.W. Norton (US)

A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond

by Daniel Susskind

Allen Lane (UK); Metropolitan Books (US)

The Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award was established in 2005. Now in its 16th year, the Award is recognised as the leading business book award and continues to build on its reputation for highlighting ground breaking books which explore important business and economic issues. The Award is given to the book that the judges agree provides ‘the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, including management, finance and economics.’

The winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award will receive £30,000 and the other finalists will receive £10,000.

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AUTHOR: CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ

Abrams Press/Abrams (US); Chatto & Windus (UK)

Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued. If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.

Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.

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