National Business Book Award Fall Reading List # 1: Power, Money & Big Business

This Fall, we’re taking a look back at the National Business Book Award (NBBA) winners, recognizing 41 years of outstanding Canadian business books.

We’ve organized the winning books into four themes for our Fall reading lists, making it easy to explore the stories, ideas and people that have shaped Canadian business.

First up: Power, Money & Big Business — a collection of books exploring corporate leadership, wealth, business empires and the people behind them.

Here’s your Fall Reading List #1:

• Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control of Canada’s Telecom Empire — Alexandra Posadzki

• The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire — Stephen R. Bown

• Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else —Chrystia Freeland

• The Reichmanns: Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia & York — Anthony Bianco

• Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black — Jacquie McNish & Sinclair Stewart 

• Steinberg: The Breakup of a Family Empire — Ann Gibbon & Peter Hadekel

• Quick to the Frontier: Canada’s Royal Bank — Duncan McDowall 

• Free Rider: How a Bay St. Whiz Kid Stole and Spent $20 Million — J.L. Reynolds

• Freewheeling: The Feuds, Broods, and Outrageous Fortunes of the Billes Family and Canada's Favorite Company — Ian Brown 

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A note about availability: The NBBA is celebrating its 41st year, so some of these books may be difficult to find. 

Happy Fall reading!

Stay tuned for Fall Reading List #2, featuring another group of NBBA-winning books.

Read all about our award and see past winners here: https://www.nbbaward.com/winners