The shortlist has been announced for the Financial Times and Standard Chartered's 2026 Business Book of the Year Award, recognizing a book that provides "the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues." The winner will be announced on December 2 and will receive £30,000 (about $39,840) and the author(s) of each of the remaining shortlisted books will be awarded £10,000 ($13,280).
The shortlist:
1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World by Liaquat Ahamed (Penguin Press)
Off the Scales: The Inside Story of Ozempic and the Race to Cure Obesity by Aimee Donnellan (St. Martin's Press)
The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence by Sebastian Mallaby (Penguin Press)
Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare by Katrina Manson (W.W. Norton)
Blood Will Flow: The Murderous Business of Oil and Gas by Alex Perry
Prophecy: Prediction, Power and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI by Carissa Véliz (Doubleday)