50 Books like Hard News

Bunk

by Kevin Young • 2017

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

3.18

1k+

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Bunk 93%

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

by Kevin Young 2017

3.18

1k+ ratings

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Three Cups of Deceit

by Jon Krakauer • 2011

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

3.72

12k+

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Three Cups of Deceit 93%

The humanitarian's origin story was fiction, and his charity paid for chartered jets, not schools.

by Jon Krakauer 2011

3.72

12k+ ratings

🔍 Investigative Journalism 🦸 Manufactured Heroism 📺 Media Manipulation 📝 Fabricated Memoirs 📊 Nonprofit Accountability

Trust Me, I'm Lying

by Ryan Holiday • 2012

Blogs run on lies. A former insider shows who supplies them and why truth loses.

3.85

12k+

📰 Media Manipulation 📈 Attention Economy 🔍 Misinformation 😡 Outrage Culture 🎙️ Media Criticism

Trust Me, I'm Lying 93%

Blogs run on lies. A former insider shows who supplies them and why truth loses.

by Ryan Holiday 2012

3.85

12k+ ratings

📰 Media Manipulation 📈 Attention Economy 🔍 Misinformation 😡 Outrage Culture 🎙️ Media Criticism

Journalism and PR

by John Lloyd • 2014

PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.

3.78

📢 Public Relations 📺 Media Studies 💻 Digital Disruption 🔍 Corporate Transparency 🛡️ Reputation Management

Journalism and PR 92%

PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.

by John Lloyd 2014

3.78

9 ratings

📢 Public Relations 📺 Media Studies 💻 Digital Disruption 🔍 Corporate Transparency 🛡️ Reputation Management

Confidence Man

by Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

4.09

11k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Confidence Man 92%

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

by Maggie Haberman 2022

4.09

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

inside tagesschau

by Alexander Teske • 2025

An insider on groupthink, ratings, and bias behind Germany’s most trusted newscast.

3.63

📰 Media Criticism 📺 Public Broadcasting 🇩🇪 German Politics 🗞️ Newsroom Culture ⚖️ Media Bias

inside tagesschau 92%

An insider on groupthink, ratings, and bias behind Germany’s most trusted newscast.

by Alexander Teske 2025

3.63

97 ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📺 Public Broadcasting 🇩🇪 German Politics 🗞️ Newsroom Culture ⚖️ Media Bias

Bad City

by Paul Pringle • 2022

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

4.21

4k+

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

Bad City 92%

The dean smoked meth. The doctor assaulted hundreds. The newspaper tried to bury both stories.

by Paul Pringle 2022

4.21

4k+ ratings

🏛️ University Scandals 🕵️ Institutional Coverup ⚠️ Campus Sexual Abuse 🎓 College Admissions Fraud 📰 Newsroom Politics

United States of Distraction

by Mickey Huff • 2019

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

3.74

114

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

United States of Distraction 92%

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

by Mickey Huff 2019

3.74

114 ratings

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

The Smartest Guys in the Room

by Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28k+

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Smartest Guys in the Room 92%

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

by Bethany McLean 2003

4.22

28k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette

by Stephen Hess • 1998

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

1.00

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette Summary

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette 92%

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

by Stephen Hess 1998

1.00

1 ratings

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

Slanted

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2020

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

4.31

1k+

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Slanted 92%

How newsrooms kill inconvenient stories, and the words that tell you they're doing it.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2020

4.31

1k+ ratings

📰 Media Bias 🎭 Narrative Control 🗣️ Weaponized Language 🕹️ Media Manipulation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

When McKinsey Comes to Town

by Walt Bogdanich • 2022

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

3.80

12k+

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

When McKinsey Comes to Town 92%

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

by Walt Bogdanich 2022

3.80

12k+ ratings

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

Conspiracy

by Ryan Holiday • 2018

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

3.96

7k+

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics 🕵️ Secret Operations 🔒 Privacy Rights

Conspiracy 92%

How a billionaire secretly plotted for ten years to kill a media company, and won.

by Ryan Holiday 2018

3.96

7k+ ratings

🎙️ Media Power ⚖️ Legal Warfare 📰 Media Ethics 🕵️ Secret Operations 🔒 Privacy Rights

Enemy of the People

by Marvin Kalb • 2018

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

4.13

137

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Enemy of the People 92%

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

by Marvin Kalb 2018

4.13

137 ratings

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

The Long Slide

by Tucker Carlson • 2021

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

4.13

2k+

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

The Long Slide 92%

A reporter's thirty-year tour: magazine adventures, foreign wars, and the slow death of free speech.

by Tucker Carlson 2021

4.13

2k+ ratings

📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Criticism 🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Institutional Decay 🎖️ War Correspondence

What Happened to Goldman Sachs

by Steven G. Mandis • 2013

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

3.60

208

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

What Happened to Goldman Sachs 92%

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

by Steven G. Mandis 2013

3.60

208 ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

3k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men 92%

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Lights Out

by Thomas Gryta • 2020

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

3.92

5k+

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline 🧮 Earnings Manipulation 💰 Financial Engineering

Lights Out 92%

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

by Thomas Gryta 2020

3.92

5k+ ratings

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline 🧮 Earnings Manipulation 💰 Financial Engineering

Hate Inc.

by Matt Taibbi • 2019

The news isn't failing to inform you. It's succeeding at its real job: selling your outrage.

4.09

6k+

📰 Media Criticism 😡 Outrage Economy 🎭 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Partisan Division 📱 News Addiction

Hate Inc. 92%

The news isn't failing to inform you. It's succeeding at its real job: selling your outrage.

by Matt Taibbi 2019

4.09

6k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 😡 Outrage Economy 🎭 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Partisan Division 📱 News Addiction

Personal History

by Katharine Graham • 1997

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

4.09

25k+

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Personal History 91%

Her husband's suicide left her publisher of The Washington Post. The board expected her to sell.

by Katharine Graham 1997

4.09

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Industry 🏢 Family Business ✍️ Editorial Integrity 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🏛️ Political Journalism

Truth in Our Times

by David E. McCraw • 2019

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

4.14

609

🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

Truth in Our Times 91%

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

by David E. McCraw 2019

4.14

609 ratings

🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

The Smear

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2017

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

4.22

1k+

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

The Smear 91%

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2017

4.22

1k+ ratings

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

Swimming With Sharks

by Joris Luyendijk • 2015

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

3.84

7k+

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Swimming With Sharks 91%

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

by Joris Luyendijk 2015

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Manufacturing Consent

by Edward S. Herman • 1988

You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.

4.23

25k+

📰 Media Criticism 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Media 📢 Propaganda Studies 🔍 News Selection Bias

Manufacturing Consent 91%

You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.

by Edward S. Herman 1988

4.23

25k+ ratings

📰 Media Criticism 📊 Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Media 📢 Propaganda Studies 🔍 News Selection Bias

Griftopia

by Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

4.16

10k+

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia 91%

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

by Matt Taibbi 2010

4.16

10k+ ratings

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Original Sin

by Jake Tapper • 2025

A tight inner circle hid the president's decline until one debate shattered the illusion.

3.72

22k+

🏛️ Presidential Politics 📰 Political Journalism 🏠 White House 🔍 Political Coverups ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Original Sin 91%

A tight inner circle hid the president's decline until one debate shattered the illusion.

by Jake Tapper 2025

3.72

22k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Politics 📰 Political Journalism 🏠 White House 🔍 Political Coverups ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

582

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Copaganda 91%

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025

4.49

582 ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds • 2020

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

4.46

55k+

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Stamped 91%

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

by Jason Reynolds 2020

4.46

55k+ ratings

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Champagne Football

by Mark Tighe • 2020

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

4.37

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

Champagne Football 91%

He ran Ireland's football body like a personal bank, and the game nearly collapsed.

by Mark Tighe 2020

4.37

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Governance Failure 💰 Corporate Corruption ⚽ Sports Administration 💸 Financial Scandal

She Said

by Jodi Kantor • 2019

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

4.34

44k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

She Said 91%

Two reporters, hundreds of secret settlements, and the story Hollywood couldn't bury.

by Jodi Kantor 2019

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🚨 Sexual Assault 🏢 Corporate Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🧠 Trauma And Memory

Post-Truth

by Matthew d'Ancona • 2017

Truth is everywhere and irrelevant. How emotion replaced fact in public life, and the way back.

3.75

921

📺 Media Criticism 🦠 Misinformation 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔄 Echo Chambers 👁️ Attention Economy

Post-Truth 91%

Truth is everywhere and irrelevant. How emotion replaced fact in public life, and the way back.

by Matthew d'Ancona 2017

3.75

921 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🦠 Misinformation 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 🔄 Echo Chambers 👁️ Attention Economy

Extremely Hardcore

by Zoë Schiffer • 2024

A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.

3.97

1k+

🏢 Corporate Takeovers 📱 Social Media Platforms 📰 Tech Journalism ⚖️ Platform Governance 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Extremely Hardcore 91%

A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.

by Zoë Schiffer 2024

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Takeovers 📱 Social Media Platforms 📰 Tech Journalism ⚖️ Platform Governance 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 91%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

The Silenced Majority

by Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

4.06

251

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority 91%

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

by Amy Goodman 2012

4.06

251 ratings

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Occasional Human Sacrifice

by Carl Elliott • 2024

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

3.86

512

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Occasional Human Sacrifice 91%

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

by Carl Elliott 2024

3.86

512 ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Golden Passport

by Duff McDonald • 2017

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

3.41

346

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

The Golden Passport 91%

The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.

by Duff McDonald 2017

3.41

346 ratings

📚 Business Schools 🎓 Elite Education 🏛️ Institutional Failure 💰 Shareholder Primacy ⚖️ Business Ethics

Static

by Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static 91%

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

by Amy Goodman 2006

4.05

384 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Zero Fail

by Carol Leonnig • 2021

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

4.23

10k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Zero Fail 91%

A bulletproof reputation, repeated near misses, and the rot the Secret Service hid for decades.

by Carol Leonnig 2021

4.23

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🚔 Federal Law Enforcement 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Investigative Journalism 🕵️ Government Cover-Ups

Anatomy of Fake News

by Nolan Higdon • 2020

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

4.00

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Anatomy of Fake News 91%

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

by Nolan Higdon 2020

4.00

35 ratings

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Kushner, Inc.

by Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2k+

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc. 91%

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

by Vicky Ward 2019

3.53

2k+ ratings

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

by Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

1k+

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 91%

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

by Daniel Reingold 2006

3.88

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Moral Mazes

by Robert Jackall • 1988

Corporate bureaucracy doesn't just set rules. It rewires what managers believe is right and wrong.

3.96

476

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎭 Organizational Politics ⚙️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction ⚖️ Moral Relativism 💼 White Collar Ethics

Moral Mazes 91%

Corporate bureaucracy doesn't just set rules. It rewires what managers believe is right and wrong.

by Robert Jackall 1988

3.96

476 ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 🎭 Organizational Politics ⚙️ Bureaucratic Dysfunction ⚖️ Moral Relativism 💼 White Collar Ethics

Business Adventures

by John Brooks • 1969

A $350 million flop, a market panic, and ten other disasters Wall Street keeps repeating.

3.81

25k+

🏢 Corporate Case Studies 📈 Financial History 🏦 Wall Street 📉 Market Panics 💥 Corporate Hubris

Business Adventures 91%

A $350 million flop, a market panic, and ten other disasters Wall Street keeps repeating.

by John Brooks 1969

3.81

25k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Case Studies 📈 Financial History 🏦 Wall Street 📉 Market Panics 💥 Corporate Hubris

Private Empire

by Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

4.00

4k+

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Private Empire 91%

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

by Steve Coll 2012

4.00

4k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Black Edge

by Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

4.20

17k+

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Black Edge 91%

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017

4.20

17k+ ratings

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Flying Blind

by Peter Robison • 2021

Boeing swapped safety for stock price, and two crashes later, 346 were dead.

4.17

4k+

🏛️ Corporate Accountability 💥 Aviation Disasters ⚖️ Regulatory Capture ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💰 Shareholder Primacy

Flying Blind 91%

Boeing swapped safety for stock price, and two crashes later, 346 were dead.

by Peter Robison 2021

4.17

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Corporate Accountability 💥 Aviation Disasters ⚖️ Regulatory Capture ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💰 Shareholder Primacy

On Power

by Robert A. Caro • 2017

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

3.95

1k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics 🏚️ Displacement 🏢 Public Authorities

On Power 91%

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

by Robert A. Caro 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics 🏚️ Displacement 🏢 Public Authorities

The Fund

by Rob Copeland • 2023

Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.

3.97

7k+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🏢 Corporate Culture 🔍 Investigative Journalism ☣️ Toxic Leadership 🎭 Cult Of Personality

The Fund 91%

Ray Dalio sold a philosophy of truth. The billion-dollar reality was a surveillance machine.

by Rob Copeland 2023

3.97

7k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 🏢 Corporate Culture 🔍 Investigative Journalism ☣️ Toxic Leadership 🎭 Cult Of Personality

Hatching Twitter

by Nick Bilton • 2013

A hackathon side project became an $11 billion company, destroying every friendship that built it.

4.04

19k+

🎭 Startup Drama 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📋 Tech Biographies ⚡ Founder Conflicts 🏛️ Boardroom Politics

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A hackathon side project became an $11 billion company, destroying every friendship that built it.

by Nick Bilton 2013

4.04

19k+ ratings

🎭 Startup Drama 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📋 Tech Biographies ⚡ Founder Conflicts 🏛️ Boardroom Politics

Extraordinary Circumstances

by Cynthia Cooper • 2007

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

4.00

538

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Extraordinary Circumstances 91%

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

by Cynthia Cooper 2007

4.00

538 ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

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