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Story 012021 Year In Review: Books
Story 022021 Year In Review: Marketing
Story 032021 Year In Review: News Media
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Books, books, books. We have been absolutely buried in them for the past few weeks and yesterday I did our live announcement show where I shared the winners of the Non-Obvious Book Awards. Beyond our own book awards, though, there were plenty of other great lists of books worth reading. Here's a few that we liked - for your reading pleasure:

I love a good marketing roundup and this year there were plenty of reviews of ads, campaigns and ideas from the marketing industry that I came across. Here are some of the best:

Like books, taking a look back at the past year through the eyes of the journalists who covered it can offer some interesting insights about the stories that resonated. Particularly interesting in the list below are that several of the curated lists were gathered by journalists themselves:

The annual recaps I read this year were not just limited to business topics either. There were plenty of stories about film, TV and our culture overall. Here are a few:
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