Business books: the best-written of the century

Read the opening pages of our pick below ^ Plus Nicola Griffith on prose style

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—The best-written books of 2024, chosen by the year’s best writers and literary Substackers.

—Julian Evans on prose style.

IN TODAY’S ISSUE

—‘Was this the New World, the Old World, or the Next World?’: the best-written previous winner of the Financial Times award for business book of the year (this choice is part of our project to identify the best-written books of the century). This year’s winner will be announced on the 2nd of December.

—‘The voice of each piece is born on the first page, spilling out slippery and alive’: Nicola Griffith on prose style. We chose her novel Spear as the best-written work on last year’s shortlist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.

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