National Business Book Award Fall Reading List # 3: 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.

The 2nd list focuses on Canada: How We Got Here, with books exploring the industries, organizations, resources and economic forces that have helped shape the country. 

Here’s your Fall Reading List #2:

• The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future — Stephen Poloz 

• Stampede!: The Rise of the West and Canada's New Power Elite — Gordon Pitts

• The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands — Chris Turner

• Stupid to the Last Drop — William Marsden

• Profiting the Crown: Canada’s Polymer Corporation, 1942–1990 — Matthew J. Bellamy

• The Bubble and The Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream — Douglas Hunter

• Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands — Ezra Levant

• Harvest from the Rock: A History of Mining in Ontario — Phillip Smith

• Shutting Down the National Dream: A.V. Roe and the Tragedy of the Avro Arrow — Greig Stewart

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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 #3, featuring another group of NBBA-winning books (Reading List # 1 is HERE).

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