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adamgordonbell ◴[] No.43942617[source]
Spicy take: read the narrative non-fiction business books. They are written for entertainment and sit in the business section but you can learn things.

barbarians at the gate

when genius failed

bad blood

billion dollar whale

chaos monkey

liars poker

shoe dog

american kingping

broken code

soul of a new machine

and so on. There is nothing wrong with entertainment and since these are usually written by journalists or professional writers, the writing is often better.

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1. georgeecollins ◴[] No.43943787[source]
Great list! If you are interested in complicated deals I strongly recommend Eccentric Orbits, about the Iridium satellite network. Its a real page turner. Also perhaps House of Krupp, though that one is a bit dark.
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2. thosch0 ◴[] No.43949181[source]
I’d like to add Never Lost Again, which is the story of the team that eventually built Google Maps