News & Opinion

Inside the 2021 Longlist | Current Events & Public Affairs

By Dylan Schleicher

Getting up his courage to dive into their anxiety-inducing subjects, Dylan Schleicher examines the best books 2021 had to offer in the Current Events & Public Affairs category.

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The Problems and Promise of Working from Home

By Charlie Warzel, Anne Helen Petersen

Right now, our priorities are backward. Instead of changing our lives to make ourselves better workers, we have to change our work to make our lives better.

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Inside the 2021 Longlist | Personal Development & Human Behavior

By Emily Porter

Our Communications & Publicity Manager, Emily Porter, dives into the Personal Development & Human Behavior Longlist selections.

New Releases

Books to Watch | December 7, 2021

Book Giveaways

Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice

Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Messenger offers the first humane, journalistic expose of an American tragedy: Modern-day debtor's prisons and how they've destroyed the lives of poor Americans.

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Inside the 2021 Longlist | Innovation & Creativity

By Gabbi Cisneros

Porchlight's Creative & Social Media Manager, Gabbi Cisneros, explains our picks for the best Innovation & Creativity books of 2021.

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On Common Ground: The Time and Place for Constructive Conversations On Race

By Celeste Headlee

The only way to finally eradicate systemic racism is to expand understanding to include even those who believe it’s in their best interests to maintain white supremacy. Turning racism into a binary battle between the good and the bad increases the chances that this issue will become a war, that those

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Inside the 2021 Longlist | Marketing & Sales

By Dylan Schleicher

The five best Marketing & Sales books of 2021 all focus on the primary importance of people and connecting to others in meaningful ways.

New Releases

Books to Watch | November 30, 2021

By Dylan Schleicher, Gabbi Cisneros, Emily Porter

Book Giveaways

Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success

In his sixth business book, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and investor Gary Vaynerchuk reveals the twelve essential emotional skills that are integral to his life—and business—success and provides today’s (and tomorrow’s) leaders with critical tools to acquire and develop these traits.