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The six-book shortlist for the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award has been revealed featuring four titles published by Penguin Random House imprints.
Now in its 16th year, the £30,000 award, sponsored by the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company, recognises work that provides the “most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues”.
This year, judges picked four PRH titles: No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer (W H Allen), Reimagining Capitalism: How Business Can Save the World by Rebecca Henderson (Penguin Penguin Business), A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind (Allen Lane) and No Filter: The Inside Story of how Instagram Transformed Business, Celebrity and our Culture by Sarah Frier (Random House Business).
Also up for the prize are Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case and Angus Deaton (Princeton University Press) and If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore (John Murray).
Roula Khalaf, editor of the Financial Times, who chaired the panel, said: “We enjoyed a robust debate at today's judging meeting and it was hard to separate six finalists from a particularly strong field. But in a year marked by disruption and uncertainty, the judges have selected a shortlist, which addresses critical business issues, from the future of work to the importance of technology, in original, enjoyable and provocative ways.”
The winner of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award will be announced on 1st December at a digital event. The winner will receive £30,000 and the authors of each of the remaining shortlisted books will be awarded £10,000.