BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2026 SHORTLIST
The final six books are revealed
#BBYA26
1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World
by Liaquat Ahamed
Cornerstone (UK), Penguin Press (US)
Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity
by Aimee Donnellan
Fourth Estate (UK), St Martin's Press (US)
The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence
by Sebastian Mallaby
Allen Lane (UK), Penguin Press (US)
Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare
by Katrina Manso
W.W. Norton (UK & US)
Blood Will Flow: The Murderous Business of Oil and Gas
by Alex Perry
Ithaka Press, (UK)
Prophecy: Prediction, Power and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI
by Carissa Véliz
Swift (UK), Doubleday (US)
Business Book of the Year Award & Bracken Prize Winners' Ceremony 2026
What happens next?
The six shortlisted authors now go forward to the final stage of the competition, with the winner announced at the Business Book of the Year Award ceremony on 2 December 2026.
Follow #BBYA26 for author interviews, book extracts and highlights as we count down to the winner.
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