Category Report
Which titles are driving leadership and workplace conversations this month, based on mentions across leading business podcasts.
Biggest mover: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis #3, rising 286 places.
Launchpad Republic: America's Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters by Howard Wolk, John Landry was the top newcomer at #4. In total 22 books had their debut mentions.
The Next Big Idea Daily drove the most book chatter, with 37% of this months book mentions.
Across podcasts this month, the most discussed books cluster around three concerns: understanding the mind, navigating a distorted tech-driven economy, and redesigning how we work and relate to one another. Michael Pollan’s forthcoming A World Appears stands out as a clear outlier, repeatedly highlighted as a marquee selection and signaling unusually strong interest in consciousness, altered states, and their implications for decision-making and wellbeing. Titles like Enshittification and The Big Short reflect anxiety about systemic dysfunction in markets and platforms, while Launchpad Republic and The Soul of an Entrepreneur reexamine entrepreneurship beyond Silicon Valley mythology. Hacking the Human Mind and Your Best Meeting Ever indicate a pragmatic focus on applying behavioral science to influence and collaboration. Finally, The Way of Excellence, Missing Each Other, and The Cost of Quiet show sustained attention to sustainable performance and difficult conversations, suggesting that emotional literacy is increasingly viewed as core to professional and personal resilience.
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan
4
mentions
Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow
2
mentions
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis
1
mentions
Launchpad Republic: America's Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters
Howard Wolk, John Landry
1
mentions
The Soul of an Entrepreneur: Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth
David Sax
1
mentions
Hacking the Human Mind: The behavioral science secrets behind 17 of the world's best brands
MichaelAaron Flicker, Richard Shotton
1
mentions
Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done
Rebecca Hinds
1
mentions
The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World
Brad Stulberg
1
mentions
Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections
Edward Brodkin, Ashley Pallathra
1
mentions
The Cost of Quiet: How to Have the Hard Conversations That Create Secure, Lasting Love
Colette Jane Fehr LMFT LMHC
1
mentions
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness to #1.
Significant outlier with 3.7x as many mentions as the average book.
Launchpad Republic: America's Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters to #4.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
The Soul of an Entrepreneur: Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth to #5.
Highest ranking new entry to the chart.
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness to #1.
Down from #1 last month
1984 to #73.
No mentions after ranking #2 last month.
Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car-And How It Will Reshape Our World to #154.
No mentions after ranking #3 last month.
The shows that surfaced the most book mentions this month.
Mentions recorded per 30-day window (past 8 months)
How many of the mentions were for the top 10 books.
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