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Change is a recurring theme in this week's best new releases. An often profound practicality is another.
To start the new year, our book recommendations span topics from personal productivity to systemic economic change.
In our last new releases post of the year, we highlight four books coming out before 2026 arrives.
With two books about how new technologies are changing the nature of work in two very different fields, and two more about the nature of our economic system and how those existing on its margins can drive positive change within it, this week's books offer guidance on how to navigate our complex and contentious era proactively and constructively as the new year approaches.
A plastic doll, an increasingly plastic planet, the definition of progress, and the importance of self-care—this week's books cover a lot of ground (in some ways literally).