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Sunday Book Review: October 11, 2026, The Business Book of the Year-Part 1, Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious about the subject. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or any other topic that might interest Tom. In this first of a two-part series, we look at the FT/Standard Chartered Business Books of the Year nominees. This week, we cover the first three books; next week, the second three.

  1. 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed
  2. Off the Scales by Aimee Donnellan
  3. The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby

 

Resources:

Financial Times/Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year-the shortlist

My first work of general non-fiction is now out: Deluge Before Dawn, the story of the 2025 flood in Kerr County, Texas, which killed 119 people and devastated a county. It is a story of tragedy, heartbreak, survival, and resilience.

It is available on the following sites:

Amazon.com

Stoney Creek Publishing

Barnes and Noble

Texas A&M University Press

Bookshop.org

Google.Books

Walmart

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Sunday Book Review: August 30, 2026, The New Books on Innovation Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious about the subject. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or any other topic that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 new books on innovation.

  1. Off the Scales by Aimee Donnellan
  2. The UPS Man by Marc Levinson
  3. The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby
  4. Project Maven by Katrina Manson

Resources:

Our list today comes from the FT and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award 2026 — the longlist

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Sunday Book Review: August 2, 2026, The Top Books on Sports, Health and Wellness Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious about the subject. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or any other topic that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 top books on Sports, Health and Wellness for the summer of 2026.

  1. Attacking This Space by Sam Larner
  2. Football by Chuck Klosterman
  3. Off the Scales by Aimee Donnellan
  4. Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson

Resources:

The Best summer books of 2026: Sports, Health and Wellness in the Financial Times