Curated Reading Lists
The Best Books.
By Every Measure.
Fifteen reading lists drawn from more than 800 books honored across a decade of the Non-Obvious Book Awards: by award, by topic, and by the voices behind them.
The Most Important Books
Every winner of our Most Important Book award: the books with the biggest ideas about the world we live in.
11 books · See The List →
The Most Original Books
Every winner of our Most Original Book award: ideas we had simply never seen before.
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The Most Useful Books
Every winner of our Most Useful Book award: the most practical, immediately applicable reads of the decade.
11 books · See The List →
The Most Entertaining Books
Every winner of our Most Entertaining Book award: proof that non-fiction can be as fun as it is smart.
11 books · See The List →
The Most Shareable Books
Every winner of our Most Shareable Book award: the books you finish and immediately tell everyone about.
11 books · See The List →
Best Books For Entrepreneurs
Our most recommended books for founders and builders, on starting up, raising money and surviving the messy middle.
13 books · See The List →
Best Books On AI
The best books on artificial intelligence we have honored: the optimists, the skeptics, the builders and the investigators.
14 books · See The List →
Best Marketing Books
The books that still shape how the best marketers think, on branding, persuasion and why things catch on.
16 books · See The List →
Best Productivity Books
The small shelf of books that actually change how people work: habits, focus, timing and doing less, better.
14 books · See The List →
Best Business Memoirs
First-person stories from founders, CEOs and insiders about what building and leading really looks like.
14 books · See The List →
Best Books On Creativity & Innovation
Where ideas come from, how to champion them, and why the most original thinkers see the world differently.
16 books · See The List →
Best Leadership Books
The books we most recommend on leading teams, building culture and becoming a boss people want to work for.
15 books · See The List →
Best Books On Communication & Storytelling
The best books we have honored on talking, writing, listening, arguing and telling stories people remember.
16 books · See The List →
Best Books On Psychology & Human Behavior
Why we think what we think and do what we do: the best books on the strange workings of the human mind.
16 books · See The List →
Best Books From South Asian Authors
Award-winning books from an extraordinary group of South Asian authors honored across our first decade.
51 books · See The List →