Why Books Matter: As Told by the Authors of the Best Business Books of 2025

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"I believe in books because books have given me my career, my interests, so many of my passions in life." – Megan Greenwell

"I believe in books because some of the most important relationships I've had have come through literature." – Cory Doctorow

"When you think about it, the story of books is really the story of human development: Our curiosity, our need to share knowledge, and our desire to connect across time and space." – Kate O'Neill

"I think books are something that have existed for millennia and will exist well into the future, because without them who are we as people? How do we record our histories? How do we record our ideas? How do we record everything we believe in?" – Kirstin Ferguson

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Porchlight Book Company's services are built on the very simple yet meaningful idea that "We believe in books." Meaning: We believe that books can help create more humane, diverse, modern, and effective businesses, stronger communities, and a better world.

But we wouldn't have been able to sell, customize, ship, or celebrate books for nearly 100 years without others believing in books too.

The Porchlight Business Book Awards is where our team gets to make handpicked, high-quality recommendations for individuals and businesses hoping to make positive change in the world. And for the past three years, we've enjoyed sharing responses from the authors of the best business books of the year about why they believe we all need to continue believing in books.

This year's video features submissions from the following authors:

Amanda Litman (When We're in Charge: The Next Generation’s Guide to Leadership)

Amira Barger (The Price of Nice: Why Comfort Keeps Us Stuck—and 4 Actions for Real Change)

Andrew Robertson (The Creative Shift: How to Power Up Your Organization by Making Space for New Ideas)

Catherine Bracy (World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy)

Charles Melcher (The Future of Storytelling: How Immersive Experiences Are Transforming Our World)

Christina Farr (The Storyteller's Advantage: How Powerful Narratives Make Businesses Thrive)

Cory Doctorow (Enshittifcation: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It)

David Hajdu (The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI)

Kate O'Neill (What Matters Next: A Leader's Guide to Making Human-Friendly Tech Decisions in a World That's Moving Too Fast)

Dr. Katie Best (The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems: And How To Solve Them)

Kirstin Ferguson (Blindspotting: How to See what Others Miss)

Laura Bates (The New Age of Sexism: How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny)

Megan Greenwell (Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream)

Nancy Matsumoto (Reaping What She Sows: How Women Are Rebuilding Our Broken Food System)

Neri Karra Sillaman (Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs)

Nick Foster (Could Should Might Don't: How We Think About the Future)

Olga Khazan (Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change)

Paul Leonardi (Digital Exhaustion: Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life)

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Video edited by Gabriella Cisneros