Annual business book award established in 2005
Financial Times Business Book of the Year AwardFinancial Times [ 1] £ 30,000. Beginning in 2010, five short-listed authors each receive£ 10,000, an increase from the previous£ 5,000.[ 2]
The award's principal partner wasGoldman Sachs from 2005 to 2013, when it was known as the "Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award".McKinsey & Company supported the Business Book Award from 2014 until 2021, when it was known as the "Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award".
Since 2014, theFinancial Times Business Book of the Year Award is presented at the same time as theBracken Bower Prize for young business writers.[ 3]
Winners and shortlist [ edit ] Blue Ribbon (
The shortlist was announced 20 September 2005,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
The shortlist was announced 18 September 2006,[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
The shortlist was announced 25 September 2007,[ 11] [ 12]
The shortlist was announced 18 September 2008 and the winner announced 14 October 2008.[ 13] [ 14]
The longlist was announced 12 August 2009,[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
The longlist was announced 9 August 2010,[ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
The longlist was announced on 9 August 2011,[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
Abhijit V. Banerjee andEsther Duflo ,Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Barry Eichengreen ,Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System Edward Glaeser ,Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier Margaret Heffernan ,Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril Richard Rumelt ,Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Daniel Yergin ,The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World The shortlist was announced on 13 September 2012.[ 27] [ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31]
The longlist was announced in August 2013.[ 32] [ 33] [ 34]
Neil Irwin ,The Alchemists: Inside the Secret World of Central Bankers Iain Martin ,Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy Viktor Mayer-Schönberger andKenneth Cukier ,Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think Anita Raghavan ,The Billionaire's Apprentice: The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund Sheryl Sandberg ,Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Brad Stone ,The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon The longlist was announced 6 August 2014.[ 35] [ 36] [ 37]
Julia Angwin ,Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance Erik Brynjolfsson andAndrew McAfee ,The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Ed Catmull ,Creativity, Inc. Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Nick Davies ,Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch Atif Mian andAmir Sufi ,House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again Thomas Piketty ,Capital in the Twenty-First Century The longlist was announced 12 August.[ 38] [ 39] [ 40] [ 39]
The longlist was announced 7 August.[ 41] [ 42] [ 43]
The longlist was announced 13 August.[ 44] [ 45] [ 46]
The longlist was announced 13 August.[ 47] [ 48] [ 49]
The longlist was announced 10 August.[ 50] [ 51] [ 52] [ 53]
The longlist was announced 16 August.[ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
The longlist was announced 15 August.[ 57] [ 58] [ 59]
The longlist was announced on 14 August.[ 60] [ 61] [ 62]
The longlist was announced on 14 August.[ 63] [ 64] [ 65] [ 66]
The longlist was announced on 18 August.[ 67] [ 68] [ 69]
The longlist was announced on 17 August.[ 70] [ 71] [ 72]
Eva Dou,House of Huawei: Inside the Secret World of China’s Most Powerful Company Edward Fishman ,Chokepoints: How the Global Economy Became a Weapon of War Carl Benedikt Frey ,How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations Ezra Klein andDerek Thompson ,Abundance: How We Build a Better Future Dan Wang ,Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future Stephen Witt ,The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip ^ Gowers, Andrew (10 April 2005)."Why there is a need for this award" .Financial Times . Retrieved30 May 2012 . ^ "Fault Lines – Raghuram G. Rajan wins the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2010" . Goldman Sachs. 27 October 2010. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "The Bracken Bower Prize" .Financial Times . Retrieved30 December 2015 .^ "Synopses of the short-listed books 2005" .Financial Times . 20 September 2005. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Business Book of the Year 2005" .Financial Times . 24 November 2005. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "FT launches business book award" .MediaWeek . 11 April 2005. Retrieved19 September 2012 .^ "Friedman wins 'FT' award."Publishers Weekly Literature Resource Center . Web. 30 September 2012. ^ "Award shortlist announced 2006" .Financial Times . 18 September 2006. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Business Book of the Year 2006" .Financial Times . Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ James Pressley (27 October 2006)."Kynge's 'China Shakes the World' Wins FT, Goldman Book Award" .Bloomberg News . Retrieved19 September 2012 . ^ "Shortlist revealed for Business Book Award 2007" .Financial Times . 25 September 2007. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Business Book of the Year 2007" .Financial Times . 25 October 2007. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Business Book of the Year 2008" .Financial Times . Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ Allen, K. (2008). "El-Erian wins with FT/Goldman Sachs."The Bookseller ^ "Longlist for FT business book of the year announced 2009" .Financial Times . 12 August 2009. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "The shortlist: Reading past and present financial runes" .Financial Times . 17 September 2009. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Liaquat Ahamed wins the FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2009" .Financial Times . 29 October 2009. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved30 May 2009 .^ Gloria McDonough-Taub (17 September 2009)."6 Finalists Announced for FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award" .CNBC . Retrieved19 September 2012 . ^ "Business Book Of The Year Award 2010: Longlist announced for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs" .Financial Times . 9 August 2010. Archived fromthe original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Shortlist Announced for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2010" .Financial Times . 16 September 2010. Archived fromthe original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ "Raghuram G. Rajan wins the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2010" .Financial Times . 29 October 2010. Archived fromthe original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ Shira Ovide (28 October 2010)."The Best Business Book of 2010: 'Fault Lines' .The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved19 September 2012 . ^ "2011 longlist" .Financial Times . 9 August 2011. Retrieved20 May 2012 .^ "2011 shortlist" .Financial Times . 14 September 2011. Retrieved30 May 2012 .^ Andrew Hill (3 November 2011)." .Financial Times . Retrieved30 May 2012 . ^ Gloria McDonough-Taub (4 November 2011)." .CNBC . Retrieved19 September 2012 . ^ Andrew Hill (13 September 2012)."Biographies and economics dominate" .Financial Times . Retrieved15 September 2012 . ^ Andrew Hill (2 November 2012)."Exxon study wins FT book award" .The Financial Times . New York. Retrieved4 November 2012 . ^ Laurie Muchnick (3 November 2012)."Steve Coll Wins FT/Goldman Prize for Exxon Mobil Study" .Business Week the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved4 November 2012 . ^ "FT and Goldman Sachs business book of the year longlist announced" .Business & Leadership . 8 September 2012. Retrieved19 September 2012 .^ Gloria McDonough-Taub (18 September 2012)."Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Announce Shortlist for Business Book of the Year" .CNBC . Retrieved19 September 2012 . ^ Andrew Hill (7 August 2013)."Reading list that mixes low deeds and high hopes" .Financial Times . Retrieved21 September 2013 . ^ Andrew Hill (18 September 2013)."Finalists that are worthy of a bruising debate" .Financial Times . Retrieved21 September 2013 . ^ Andrew Hill (18 November 2013)."Account of Jeff Bezos and Amazon wins Business Book of the Year" .The Financial Times . Retrieved19 November 2013 . ^ Andrew Hill (6 August 2014)."From hacking to fracking, this year's cracking business titles" .Financial Times . Retrieved12 November 2014 . ^ Andrew Hill (24 September 2014)."Shortlist unveiled for FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year" .Financial Times . Retrieved12 November 2014 . ^ Andrew Hill (11 November 2014)."Thomas Piketty's 'Capital' wins Business Book of the Year" .Financial Times . Retrieved12 November 2014 . ^ Andrew Hill (12 August 2015)."Business Book Award longlist: must-read titles of 2015" .Financial Times . Retrieved24 September 2015 . ^a b "Business Book of the Year 2015 shortlist revealed" .The Bookseller . 22 September 2015. Retrieved24 September 2015 .^ Katherine Cowdrey (18 November 2015)."Oneworld's Ford wins FT McKinsey Business Book award" .The Bookseller . Retrieved19 November 2015 . ^ Andrew Hill (7 August 2016)."Business Book of the Year award 2016: longlist announced" .Financial Times . Retrieved9 September 2016 . ^ Natasha Onwuemezi (8 September 2016)."Bloomsbury has two on FT Business Book shortlist" .The Bookseller . Retrieved9 September 2016 . ^ "THE MAN WHO KNEW by Sebastian Mallaby wins the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2016" .Financial Times . Archived fromthe original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved6 December 2016 .^ Andrew Hill (13 August 2017)."Business Book of the Year 2017 — the longlist" .Financial Times . ^ "Business Book of the Year 2017 — the shortlist" .Financial Times . 19 September 2017.^ "Place matters: Janesville: An American Story wins 2017 Business Book of the Year Award" . McKinsey. 7 November 2017. Retrieved10 November 2017 .^ Andrew Hill (13 August 2018)."Business Book of the Year 2018 — the longlist" .Financial Times .Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved13 August 2018 . ^ "FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year — the shortlist" .Financial Times . 14 September 2018. Archived fromthe original . Retrieved14 September 2018 .^ Andrew Hill (12 November 2018)." .Financial Times . Retrieved12 November 2018 . ^ Andrew Hill (10 August 2019)."Business Book of the Year Award 2019 — the longlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved15 September 2019 . ^ Kate Mansfield (16 September 2019)."FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award shortlist revealed" .The Bookseller . Retrieved17 September 2019 . ^ Andrew Hill (16 September 2019)."Business Book of the Year Award 2019 — the shortlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved17 September 2019 . ^ Andrew Hill (4 December 2019)."Exposé of data gender bias wins FT/McKinsey book prize" .Financial Times . Retrieved4 December 2019 . ^ "Business Book of the Year Award 2020 — the longlist" .Financial Times . 16 August 2020. Retrieved23 September 2020 .^ Andrew Hill (23 September 2020)."FT/McKinsey business book of the year shortlist announced" .Financial Times . Retrieved23 September 2020 . ^ "The inside story of Instagram's rise wins the FT/McKinsey book prize" .Financial Times . December 2020.^ Andrew Hill (15 August 2021)."Business Book of the Year 2021 — the longlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved29 September 2021 . ^ "Shortlist revealed for FT and McKinsey Business Book of the Year" .The Bookseller . 24 September 2021. Retrieved29 September 2021 .^ Andrew Hill (1 December 2021)."Sobering analysis of cyber weapons arms race wins FT/McKinsey book prize" .Financial Times . Retrieved2 December 2021 . ^ Andrew Hill (14 August 2022)."Business Book of the Year 2022 — the longlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved14 December 2022 . ^ Andrew Hill (22 September 2022)."Business book of the year 2022 — the shortlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved14 December 2022 . ^ Andrew Hill (5 December 2022)."Account of the global chip battle wins FT book prize" .Financial Times . Retrieved14 December 2022 . ^ Hill, Andrew (14 August 2023)."Business Book of the Year 2023 — the longlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved4 October 2023 . ^ Hill, Andrew (21 September 2023)."FT Business Book of the Year 2023 — the shortlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved4 October 2023 . ^ "FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist" . Books+Publishing. 4 October 2023. Retrieved4 October 2023 .^ "Amy Edmondson wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year" .Financial Times . 5 December 2023. Retrieved5 December 2023 .^ Hill, Andrew (18 August 2024)."Business Book of the Year 2024 — the longlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved1 September 2024 . ^ Hill, Andrew (17 September 2024)."Business Book of the Year 2024 — the shortlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved28 September 2024 . ^ " . Books+Publishing. 11 December 2024. Retrieved12 December 2024 .^ "FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 — the longlist" .Financial Times . 17 August 2025. Retrieved25 September 2025 .^ Hill, Andrew (24 September 2024)."FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 — the shortlist" .Financial Times . Retrieved25 September 2025 . ^ Hill, Andrew (4 December 2025)."Stephen Witt wins FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year" . Financial Times. Retrieved4 December 2025 . 
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