★ 5Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou
The Theranos story, and it's every bit as jaw-dropping as you've heard. Reads like a thriller you can't believe is true.
★ 5Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe
The definitive account of the Sacklers and the fortune they built on OxyContin. Infuriating and impossible to put down.
★ 5Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac
Travis Kalanick and the rise and implosion of Uber. Reads like a thriller about a company that lost the plot.
The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
Rob Copeland
The unauthorized story of Ray Dalio and the strange, cultish culture he built at Bridgewater. A very juicy corporate-implosion read.
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Sarah Wynn-Williams
A former Facebook insider's account of what she saw at the top, and it's genuinely damning. Reads fast and made me furious.
★ 5DisneyWar
James B. Stewart
The Michael Eisner era at Disney in all its backstabbing glory. A doorstop, and I'd have read another hundred pages.
★ 5Anna: The Biography
Amy Odell
Everything you'd want to know about Anna Wintour and how she became Anna Wintour. Odell makes the Vogue machine fascinating.
★ 5Anna: The Biography
Amy Odell
Everything you'd want to know about Anna Wintour and how she became Anna Wintour. Odell makes the Vogue machine fascinating.