Bestseller lists? Forget them. We want to highlight the books that really matter, and we want your help. Here's how to play Book Club, Fast Company style:
- Purchase and read the FC Readers' Choice Award picked by you, our readers.
- Discuss the book with other readers in our online discussions or at a Fast Company Book Club Meetup event -- or start your own face-to-face discussion group.
- Vote for next month's book. We'll give you 5 choices that align with our mission: to help you work smarter and lead better. Browse the excerpts and vote for your favorite.
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 MAY'S FC READERS' CHOICE AWARD
The Radical Leap : A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership
by Steve Farber
Many managers appreciate the business-fable genre because it's a nonthreatening way to impart information and reinforce learning. Steve Farber, the former "official mouthpiece" of the Tom Peters Co., mouths off plenty in this business fable/coaching manual designed to inspire a softer, more heartfelt approach to leadership. The enigmatic Edg, an aging surfer and corporate renegade, challenges a road-weary consultant to make headway in cubicle-land using Edg's principles of "extreme leadership." |
VOTE FOR JULY'S BOOK OF THE MONTH
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A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time
by Heike Bruch, Sumantra Ghoshal |
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The Birth of Plenty : How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created
by William Bernstein |
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The 5 Paths to Persuasion: The Art of Selling Your Message
by Robert B. Miller, Gary A. Williams |
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On Paradise Drive : How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense
by David Brooks |
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Wordcraft : The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business
by Alex Frankel |
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