Guest Newsletter: Five Books

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Best Business Books of 2024

From how to channel the tribal instincts innate to Homo sapiens to the role of Silicon Valley in the future of warfare, the Financial Times book award—now in its 20th year—has a broad definition of what makes a good business book. FT journalist Andrew Hill, the prize's organizer, talks us through the six excellent books that made the 2024 shortlist. Read more


The Best Steampunk Books

Whatever genre you love, it can be made steampunk, argues 'The Steampunk Scholar' Mike Perschon. He talks us through his top five choices, and shows how the core elements of the steampunk style are being recombined to create rollicking and original adventures – from alternate Civil War tales to flying whales. Read more


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