Shortlist 2022
This year over 100 books have been shortlisted for The Business Book Awards 2022 in partnership with Pathway Group.
Congratulations to all this year’s shortlisted authors & publishers!
Our eminent panel of expert judges are now busy reviewing each of the shortlisted titles in order to decide which books will be crowned in their respective category, along with the coveted Business Book of the Year award 2022!
We’re delighted to announce that winners will be revealed in person at the glorious return of the Business Book Awards Annual Gala Dinner event, taking place on Monday 16th May 2022 at London’s lavish 8 Northumberland Avenue (located just off Trafalgar Square).
Startup / Scaleup
Books that support, encourage, or inspire entrepreneurs how to get their business up and running or onto the next stage.
Bootstrap Your Life
Oliver Cookson
Piatkus
Built On Rock
Michael Buckworth
Practical Inspiration Publishing
Eat the Pudding First
Gary Ashworth
Known Publishing
The Finance Playbook
for Entrepreneurs
Asif Ahmed Rethink Press
Making a Living
Sophie Rochester
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
The Money Train
David Pattison
Practical Inspiration Publishing
Project Future
Rob Kerr
Practical Inspiration Publishing
Unprepared to Entrepreneur
Sonya Barlow
Kogan Page
Sales & Marketing
Books that offer guidance and information around sales and/or marketing in today’s business environment.
Asking For Trouble
Jon Cohen
Wonder Wheel Publishing
Brand Yourself
Lucy Werner & Hadrien Chatelet
Practical Inspiration Publishing
Build Your Sales Tribe
Steve Schrier
Unbound
Grow Your People, Grow Your Sales
Leigh Ashton
Rethink Press
How To Start A Cult
Jody Raynsford
Known Publishing
Influencer Marketing Strategy
Gordon Glenister
Kogan Page
Marketing Strategy
Jenna Tiffany
Kogan Page
Strong Language
Chris West
Houndstooth
People, Culture & Management
Books focused on improving people skills, management and working environments.
Connecting with Clients
Paul Cowan
Harriman House
Dark Social
Ian MacRae
Bloomsbury Publishing
How Boards Work
Dambisa Moyo
The Bridge Street Press
How to Fix Meetings
Graham Allcott & Hayley Watts
Icon Books
The Ministry of Common Sense
Martin Lindstrom
John Murray Learning
The Performance Management
Playbook
Hedda Bird
Pearson
Teams for our Time
Judith Cantrell
In Touch
Transformational Culture
David Liddle
Kogan Page
Change & Sustainability
Books that explore how technology, innovation or best practice can improve business or the environment.
Business Trends in Practice
Bernard Marr
Wiley
Corporate Social Responsibility
is not Public Relations
Sangeeta Waldron
LID Publishing
Data Means Business
Jason Foster & Barry Green
Rethink Press
From Physical Place to Virtual Space
Gwen Stirling-Wilkie
BMI Publishing
Resetting ManagementStéphane J. G. Girod & Martin Králik
Kogan Page
Solar Boom
John Davies
Rethink Press
Sustainable Marketing
Michelle Carvill, Gemma Butler
& Dr Geraint Evans
Bloomsbury Business
The Unsustainable Truth
Dr David Ko & Richard Busellato
Panoma Press
Leadership
Books that develop or inspire leadership skills and styles for positive impact.
Laid Bare
Paulina Tenner
O-Books
The Leader's Guide to Resilience
Audrey Tang
FT Publishing
Leading from the Jumpseat
Peter Docker
Why Not Press
Making it Happen
Rebecca Stephens
Bloomsbury Publishing
The Nine Types of Leader
James Ashton
Kogan Page
The Promises of Giants
John Amaechi
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Vantage Points
Paula Leach
LID Publishing
You Lead
Minter Dial
Kogan Page
Work & Life
Self-help books that offer insights and knowledge to help individuals balance their work and home lives.
The Crazy Busy Cure
Zena Everett
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Ignite
Jo Richardson
Practical Inspiration Publishing
It's Not About The Money
Catherine Morgan
Authors & Co
Struggle
Grace Marshall
Practical Inspiration Publishing
Stuck! Now What?
Jeff Weigh
Known Publishing
Totally Real
Elizabeth Carney
Panoma Press
Business Self-Development
Self-development books that give individuals the practical business skills to become better at what they do.
The Ambition Accelerator
Sophie Milliken
Rethink Press
Better Internal Communication
Lesley Allman
Rethink Press
Catalyst
Louisa Clarke & David Kean
Piatkus
The Female Edge
Mary McGuire
Rethink Press
The Geek's Guide To Work
Julia Sullivan
Rethink Press
The Hidden Edge
Jodie Rogers
Wiley
The Listening Shift
Janie van Hool
Practical Inspiration Publishing
The Performance Curve
Laura Watkins & Vanessa Dietzel
Bloomsbury Publishing
Wellness & Wellbeing
Books that aim to improve the physical, emotional and mental health of people in business.
16 SecondsPam Lidford & Sandra Stocks
Panoma Press
Better Than Confidence
Helen Frewin
Butterfly House Publishing
Do One Thing
Dr Geraint Evans
Pearson
Falling Off The Ladder
Helen Hill
UnlikelyGenius
Reach Your Peak
Alex Pedley
Rethink Press
STOP
Sarah Sparks
Known Publishing
The Thriving Giver
Sarah Kuipers
Practical Inspiration Publishing
The Wellness Asset
Sonal Uberoi
Known Publishing
Short Business Book
Small format or short-form business books that perfectly present their subjects with brevity and clarity.
The Disruption Game PlanRuth Murray-Webster & Eleanor Winton
Practical Inspiration Publishing
Email Attraction
Kim Arnold
Rethink Press
Forget The First Million
Lucy Cohen
Elite Publishing
The Right Clients
Chet Morjaria
Rethink Press
Stand Out As A Speaker
& Be More Giraffe
Elliot Kay
Speaker Express
The UnNoticed Entrepreneur
Jim James
Eastwest PR
Specialist Business Book
Books aimed at a niche readership or specific type or area of business.
The Blockchain Innovator's
Handbook
Conor Svensson
Rethink Press
The Complete Guide to
Property Finance
Richard W J Brown
The Property Voice
Crypto Wars
Erica Stanford
Kogan Page
Extended Reality in Practice
Bernard Marr
Wiley
Making Waves
Ben Pinnington
Rethink Press
Retail Recovery
Mark Pilkington
Bloomsbury Publishing
Scientifically Speaking
Jo Filshie Browning
Practical Inspiration Publishing
You Do Have Authority Here!
Jackie Weaver
Little, Brown
Diversity, Inclusion & Equality
Books that promotes the importance of diversity, inclusion and equality in business and beyond.
The Authority Gap
Mary Ann Sieghart
Transworld
Be The First
Caroline Flanagan
Known Publishing
The Financial Times Guide
to Inclusion and Diversity
Vikki Leach
FT Publishing
Neurodiversity at Work
Amanda Kirby & Theo Smith
Kogan Page
The Power of Difference
Simon Fanshawe
Kogan Page
Real Wins
Michelle Moore
Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Business Journey
Books that are biographies, autobiographies and other personal stories that inspire and inform business people.
Ahead of Her Time
Judy Piatkus
Watkins Publishing
Build Sell Retire
Chris Averill
FCM Publishing
From Storeroom to Boardroom
Babs Omotowa Practical Inspiration Publishing
My Life in Full
Indra Nooyi
Piatkus
Raw Business
Christian Nellemann
Harriman House
Small Actions
Eric Sim & Simon Mortlock
World Scientific Publishing
Smart Thinking
Books that introduce new ideas or cast new light on old subjects, challenging and improving the way we think, work and live.
ALIEN Thinking
Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux
& Michael Wade
Penguin Business
Answer IntelligenceBrian Glibkowski
Emerald Publishing
Break The Internet
Olivia Yallop
Scribe UK
GaYme Changer
Jens Schadendorf
LID Publishing
Out Of Office
Anne Helen Petersen
& Charlie Warzel
Scribe UK
Power of Play
Paul Pethick
PlayLab Publishing
The Rare Metals War
Guillaume Pitron
(translated by Bianca Jacobsohn)
Scribe UK
The Scout Mindset
Julia Galef
Piatkus
International Business Book
Influential business books from around the world.
Activate Brand Purpose
Scott Goodson & Chip Walker
Kogan Page
Create Amazing
Greg Graves
BenBella Books
Ethics in Finance
Kara Tan Bhala
Palgrave Macmillan
The Minimalist Entrepreneur
Sahil Lavingia
Piatkus
The New Climate War
Michael E. Mann
Scribe UK
The Next CEOThomas Keil & Marianna ZangrilloRoutledge
Trajectory: Startup
Dave Parker
BenBella Books
Woke Capitalism
Carl Rhodes
Bristol University Press
