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01 Dec 2016

The Year in Books 2016

Alumni Authors on the Shelves
By: April White; illustrations by Brian Stauffer
Topics: Information-BooksSociety-CultureKnowledge-Knowledge SharingCompetency and Skills-Experience and Expertise
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From journalists writing bestsellers to professors penning fables to venture capitalists publishing first novels, HBS alumni have produced more than 80 books this year. Taken together, they show the community’s wide-ranging interests—entrepreneurship, art, Aston Martins—a desire to share hard-earned knowledge, and the enduring allure of books in the age of Twitter. Read on.

Takeaways — Lessons from some of 2016’s business books→

The Words in Numbers→

Inside the Bestseller List with Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007)→

LA Reid’s Song — An excerpt from a life in music→

Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988)→

The Future of Books — Milena Alberti (MBA 2001), CFO of Penguin Random House, on publishing’s bright prospects→

Room to Write — Alumni share snapshots of the spaces that inspire them→

Passion Projects — Unexpected pursuits on the page→

Dear Future Author — Advice from fellow alumni scribes→

Inside the Bestseller List with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006)→

Cast of Characters — Notable heroes and super villains of alumni novels→

Inside the Bestseller List with Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003)→

Alumni Books of 2016→

Alumni Books of 2016→

 

Image credits: Doug Coldwell (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons; via LinkedIn; Brian Stauffer; via alumni.hbs.edu; Brian Doben; courtesy Barbara Keck; Edward Sibley Barnard and Neil Calvanese; Robb Dickehut

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