Every season, the Next Big Idea Club editorial team reviews dozens of upcoming books to curate a selection of the most exciting, must-read nonfiction titles. We start with a broad pool of nominees from which we identify a small handful of finalists and, ultimately, an official season selection.
Today, it’s our pleasure to share our list of five finalists for Season 27! Without further ado, the new books we’re most excited about right now are…
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
By Brené Brown
Brown returns with an urgent call to reimagine the essentials of courageous leadership. In a time when uncertainty runs deep and bluster, hubris, and even cruelty are increasingly framed as acceptable leadership, Brown delivers practical, actionable insights that illuminate the mindsets and skill sets essential to reclaiming focus and driving growth through connection, discipline, and accountability. View on Amazon
Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know
By Angus Fletcher
A revolutionary training regimen that offers a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and commonsense–helping you think more like van Gogh and Jobs, Lincoln and Shakespeare, and all the other greats and visionaries. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Angus Fletcher, in the Next Big Idea App or view on Amazon.
The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life
By Morgan Housel
With insight and warmth, Housel shows why the most valuable return on investment is peace of mind, why expectations matter more than income, and why doing well with money has less to do with spreadsheets and more to do with self-awareness. View on Amazon
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
By Steven Pinker
A brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or “out there,” is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives. Listen to our Book Bite summary, read by author Steven Pinker, in the Next Big Idea App or view on Amazon.
Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours
By Corinne Low
You’re not imagining it: Women aren’t getting a good deal at home or at work. Low has the evidence to prove it, and her book gives you the power to change it. View on Amazon
The Key Ideas in 15 Minutes
“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books,” Roald Dahl once famously said. The only trouble is, reading even one book from cover to cover takes hours—and you may not have many hours to spare.
But imagine for a moment: What if you could read a groundbreaking new book every day? Or even better, what if you could invite a world-renowned thinker into your earbuds, where they personally describe the 5 key takeaways from their work in just 15 minutes?
With the Next Big Idea App, we’ve turned this fantasy into a reality. We partnered with hundreds of acclaimed authors to create “Book Bites,” short audio summaries of the latest nonfiction that are prepared and read aloud by the authors themselves. Discover cutting-edge leadership skills, productivity hacks, the science of happiness and well-being, and much more—all in the time it takes to drive to work or walk the dog.
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