800-CEO-READ Blog

THE 2006 FINANCIAL TIMES AND GOLDMAN SACHS BOOK AWARD

The shortlist for the 2006 FT/Goldman Sachs book award has been announced. Here are the award criteria:

THE MISSION

"To identify the book that provides the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, including management, finance and economics."

What I personally like about the mission statement is the use of the word “enjoyable� That term is missing from far too many business books.

Here is the list in random order:

The Long Tail by Chris Anderson published by Hyperion

Review of The Long Tail by Steve Sherlock
David Thomson's Review of The Long Tail
Jack Covert Selects: The Long Tail
Catherine Doyle's Review of The Long Tail
BEA - Chris Anderson and The Long Tail
The Long Tail Videos
Kawasaki on The Long Tail

Small Giants by Bo Burlingham published by Portfolio

Bill and Bo on Small Giants
Podcast from Bo Burlingham
The Small Giants Ofiicial Book Site

The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman published by Penguin Press

A collection of various posts
Charles Fishman/The Wal-Mart Effect Interview
Where the book started in Fast Company December 2003
Fishman and a Washington Post write walk around Wal-Mart
January 2006 story adapted from the book called "The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart"

China Shakes the World by James Kynge published by Houghton Mifflin

Review from Challenge Forum
A review from the last British governor of Hong Kong

The Box by Marc Levinson published by Princeton University Press

Jack Covert Selects -- The Box
The Economist review

What I have done is put all the content we have posted about these books so you can have all the information in one place.
This is a superb list of very readable, extremely well written books that could change your outlook of the world. Read them.