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How to manage your finances and build wealth? This book has it all

Updated : Mar 13, 2023

Read this to know everything about the 'wild world' of finances

The financial world is a jungle of sorts claims the blurb on the back cover of Adhil Shetty’s book, The Bee, the Beetle and the Money Bug. Find out why it is a good idea to grab it for a read.

Are you a square, circle, rectangle, triangle or squiggle?

Updated : Mar 4, 2023

Read this book to get more done with the help of ‘personality shapes’

Conversations are the cornerstone of any enterprise, but they often fall through when communication is not clear. People are different and how they communicate too is different – but there is an easy way to find what works with some and what doesn’t. Psychologist and author, Shena Shah explains.

What causes inflation? What are the effects of inflation?

Updated : Feb 25, 2023

Three books to understand everything about global inflation

What causes inflation? How does inflation cause a change in socioeconomic history? Here are three books to help you explore the subject in depth.

Want to start a fashion business? Here are some top reads

Updated : Feb 18, 2023

Five top books on business of fashion you must read

Starting a fashion business is not just about sketching and designing pretty clothes. A lot goes into building a fashion business and then making it stand out. These books could help in shaping yours.

Updated : Feb 12, 2023

5 best books on startups you can read right now

If you want to launch a business, start by reading all you can about starting up. These titles are a good starting point.

Let neither emotions nor biases cloud your investment decisions

Updated : Feb 4, 2023

Kill your investment biases with these five top books

Money and emotions often don’t mix well. One must move beyond behavioral biases on the path of wealth creation. Here are five books on behavioral finance that can help sharpen your investment judgment.

What caused the global financial crisis in 2008? These books will help you dig up the details

Updated : Jan 29, 2023

Five essential books on the great financial crisis

Could there be a global recession in 2023? The current financial situation across the world is leading many to this question. The debacle of the 2008 financial crisis is a strong reference point for anyone who wants to understand why financial crisis occur. Here are five titles that can help you explore the subject.

Change your habits to transform your life

Updated : Jan 7, 2023

3 important books to change your daily HABITS in 2023

Can we transform a business or even our own life over a period of time? Only if we know how to design our habits in a way to fetch strong positive results.

What are your high priority goals for 2023?

Updated : Dec 31, 2022

The ONLY goal setting book you need to read at year-end

Whatever is it that you want to accomplish in 2023, you need to set goals. No matter how passé one thinks the theme of goal-setting is, the turn of the year is all about letting the past go, learning from mistakes, and thinking afresh.

Want to gift a book? Here's a list you can pick from

Updated : Dec 24, 2022

10 inspiring biographies to gift this Christmas

The end of the year is a time for leisure – to recharge and recuperate. Here are some inspiring life stories, some biographies, and a few autobiographies. Great reads for the holiday season.

10 titles that can bring you valuable teambuilding insights

Updated : Dec 10, 2022

10 essential books for building winning teams

The secret of a successful enterprise lies in excellent teamwork. But what is the secret of building and running winning teams? Here are 10 books with great insights on the subject.

Updated : Dec 3, 2022

This list of 10 books will help take your business writing to the next level

Good writing skills is a big plus when you want to grow your business. To make a deal, a plan, to communicate – it is all about writing right. Here are a set of titles that can help you ace business writing and make your communication clearer, sharper.

Do you want to upgrade your brain for better cognition and creativity?

Updated : Nov 26, 2022

5 key takeaways from Elizabeth Ricker’s Smarter Tomorrow

Can you actually ‘hack’ your brain and upgrade performance? This book promises that and a lot more.

Three books to fire up the biz-woman in you

Updated : Nov 19, 2022

How to start a business? 3 books HERE will inspire you to start up

Want to start up your own thing but don’t know when where and how? Here are three books to give you the inspiration you were waiting for. Stories of three women entrepreneurs who broke new ground and built something for themselves. Read on.

Can you shape your life the way you want by making things happen?

Updated : Nov 12, 2022

Why did everyone go gaga over this orange book in 2022?

The buzzword on social media during 2022 was ‘manifestation’. Is it possible to take control of your life, money, and abundance and shape your course the way you want? Roxie Nafousi’s ‘Manifest’ told the world how and why it could actually be a way of life.

A graphic novel that tells the stories of 20 real-life women heroes

Updated : Oct 22, 2022

Here’s an extraordinary graphic novel on 20 women who mean business

The entrepreneurial journeys of 20 women from all across India, We Mean Business is a chronicle of success stories created at the intersection of an anthology, a documentary, a graphic novel, and technology. It is a book that promises to be more than a book. A review.

Drive your business with the power of purpose

Updated : Oct 8, 2022

How to drive your business with purpose? Check out these 3 books

The big question for any enterprise remains, ‘why do we do what we do'. A business sustains when there’s clarity of purpose. In the midst of conflicting goals, how can one identify and then stick with it? We picked these three titles on the subject of finding the core purpose of a business, big or small.

Updated : Oct 1, 2022

These 3 biz books will teach you how to negotiate like a pro

A lot has been written about the art of conversation and negotiation. Business Today picks out three titles for you to read up from this genre.

The growing Indian middle class is interested in personal development and self-help books.

Updated : Sep 24, 2022

Urban Indians are not just hooked to Netflix! They are reading more than ever

Young and driven urban Indians are not just hooked to screens; they are reading a lot and mostly personal development books. In an exclusive interaction with Business Today, Milee Ashwarya, Publisher, Penguin Random House India, shares her insights about the changing reading habits of the up-and-coming, young Indians.

The iconic bookstore at Park Street, Kolkata has turned 100

Updated : Sep 14, 2022

One hundred years of Oxford Bookstore

The original Oxford Bookstore of Kolkata started back in 1919. Acquired later in 1987 by the Apeejay Surrendra group – the chain has spread across India over decades. The Oxford story is now poised for renewal as the bookstore chain celebrates 100 years.

Nilanjana Bhowmick's latest book asks some pointed questions about women in Indian households

Updated : Aug 21, 2022

Housework and the Indian middleclass woman

Award-winning journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick’s book, 'Lies Our Mothers Told Us', will make you sit up and think about 'normalised abuse' of the Indian woman through over-work under the garb of domestic responsibility. A review.