All of the year’s new releases to add to your reading list …
The most compelling offering (and one that would certainly make a great gift) is award-winning journalist Katie Prescott’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF MIKE LYNCH (Macmillan Business, €25). Businessman Mike Lynch’s death in 2024 made global headlines after a freak storm sank his luxury yacht, on which he and his daughter and a group of friends had been celebrating his victory in a landmark fraud case taken against him by Hewlett-Packard. Lynch became one of the richest men in the UK after he sold his software company, Autonomy, to HP for £11bn in 2011. The sale led to one of the biggest fraud cases in the history of Silicon Valley. Lynch’s co-defendant in the US trial, Autonomy accountant Stephen Chamberlain, also died just hours before Lynch, when he was hit by a car in Cambridge. This is a gripping investigation into Lynch’s life and death and the high-stakes world of the corporate tech sector.
In fiction, MY GRANDFATHER THE MASTER DETECTIVE (Macmillan, €15) by Masateru Konishi has sold a staggering 200,000 copies in Japan and has just been translated into English. It’s in the cosy crime style, but set in Tokyo, and will appeal to fans of recent Japanese popular titles like Before The Coffee Gets Cold. It focuses as much on the relationship between schoolteacher Kaede and her grandfather, as it does on solving crimes. Kaede’s grandfather is suffering from dementia, but Kaede brings him new mysteries to solve and together they weave stories to get to the bottom of the problems. Escapist and charming.
THE OTHER CHILD (Headline, €12.99) is a novel from former NHS maternity nurse Amy Carver and starts with a brilliantly nightmarish scenario. Louise has suffered post-natal depression after the birth of her son Alfie and is struggling to bond with him. When she meets Harriet and her son Jacob, Louise feels incredibly drawn to Jacob, who looks strangely like her own husband. When she discovers that both boys were born on the same day in the same hospital, she becomes convinced that Jacob is actually her son.
A new novel from American author Ace Atkins is getting a lot of industry attention. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (Corsair, €11.45) is an entertaining spy thriller with a lot of heart. Set in Atlanta in 1985, it tells the story of Peter, a 14-year-old boy who is convinced his mother’s new boyfriend is a Russian spy. When a woman at Peter’s mother’s work dies, Peter and his friends set out to find answers.
German author Sebastian Fitzek’s novel Walk Me Home was an international bestseller, later adapted into an Amazon movie. His latest novel, MIMIK (Aries, €9.99) tells the story of Hannah Herbst, a facial resonance expert who examines suspects’ facial expressions to help police determine whether they are guilty or innocent. When she experiences memory loss after an operation, Hannah is presented with a disturbing case of a woman who has confessed on video to murdering every member of her family, except her young son. But there is just one problem: the woman in the video is Hannah.
Wendy Sacks Jones’ debut novel THE CANDIDATE’S HUSBAND (SRL Publishing, €12.60) tells the story of Kirsty, a head teacher whose local MP resigns after a sex scandal. Hardworking with excellent credentials, Kirsty is the perfect candidate to run in the byelection to replace him. But her husband has ulterior motives for her political campaign. Perfect for fans of Frieda McFadden.
Veteran author John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St Cloud’s, Maine. In QUEEN ESTHER (Scribner, €14.99), Dr Wilbur Larch takes in Esther, a young Viennese Jewish girl whose father has died and whose mother has been murdered. The book tells the story of Esther and her friends and the people she meets, exploring our understanding of family, home and identity.
If you are a fan of seasonal reads, there are plenty to choose from this month. Michael Harding is best known for his columns in The Irish Times alongside his bestselling series of memoirs, including Staring At Lakes. His latest book, MIDWINTER: A JOURNEY THROUGH A SEASON (Hachette Ireland, €19.99), is a meditation on the season of winter and loss. Beginning with darkest November and working its way through to the glimmers of St Brigid’s Day, it offers stories that accept the bleakness winter brings while finding the hope that comes with its end.
Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s ONCE A YEAR (Hachette Ireland, €15.99) tells the story of the Sullivan family, who are gathering for Christmas in their familyrun hotel. Nora is the matriarch, who is doubting her granddaughter Máire’s ability as the new general manager. Sheila is Nora’s daughter and is wondering how to break the news that she has secretly divorced her husband. Meanwhile, granddaughters Henrietta and Barbara have their own reasons for coming to the hotel for Christmas.
One of Ireland’s finest writers best known for her prize-winning novels, Anne Enright has also amassed a vast back catalogue of cultural criticism and personal essays, writing for publications like the New York Review Of Books and the London Review of Books, among others. ATTENTION (Vintage, €20) is selected from a 30-year timeframe and as a result the subject matter is understandably diverse, ranging from the Tuam mother and baby home to lessons learned as a student of Angela Carter at the University of East Anglia, to her fascinating essay on women and their doctors and a piece about her and her husband on holiday. Each essay comes with a mini introduction, which has been written especially for this collection, and those introductions are little masterpieces in themselves, contextualising the subsequent essay and also giving a shot of Enright’s impish sense of humour.
German writer Jenny Erpenbeck won the International Booker Prize last year for her novel Kairos but her latest publication, THINGS THAT DISAPPEAR: REFLECTIONS AND MEMORIES (Granta, €12.99) is a very slim collection of short essays meditating on the impermanence of things. These things that disappear might be anything, from a grandmother’s laughter to a friendship, a building. Erpenbeck was born in East Berlin in 1967 and grew up in the GDR, which adds a certain profundity to her musings. Each essay is barely two pages long, and feels Japanese in its beautifully minimalist form. The essays were originally published in Erpenbeck’s newspaper column for the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Author Zadie Smith is as consistent an essay writer as she is a novelist and her latest collection, DEAD AND ALIVE (Hamish Hamilton, €20.36), gathers 32 recent essays, twelve of them previously unpublished. The subject matter is wide-ranging, from the personal to the political. In her introduction to the collection she acknowledges the disparate nature of the many essays, which all offer a way of seeing or experiencing life, art, music and the world.
Olivia Laing is best known for their non-fiction writing (last year’s The Garden Against Time was an impressive hybrid memoir about the restoration of their garden, as well as a philosophical examination of privilege and entitlement around land) but now they return with a novel, only their second work of fiction since 2018’s prize-winning Crudo. THE SILVER BOOK (Hamish Hamilton, €20) is based on real events and is set in the world of Italian film in the 1970s. It tells the story of English artist Nicholas, who has fled London and becomes caught up with cinema designer Danilo Donati, who designs the films of greats like Fellini and Pasolini. But Nicholas has a secret (of course) that could have tragic consequences.
The acclaimed Danish writer Solvej Balle releases the third instalment of her epic On The Calculation Of Volume series, which has earned cult literary status. ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME III (Faber, €18.85) continues the story of Tara Selter, a woman who has been trapped in a time loop on the same day, November 18, for 1,143 days now. But finally she realises something has changed. She notices a man, Henry Dale, has changed his shirt. It emerges that Henry also knows that time has fallen out of joint, which means she may still be stuck on November 18, but at least she is no longer alone. If you liked TV series Russian Doll, this is for you.
One can’t think of a lifelong project like Balle’s without calling to mind Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard’s writing, and coincidentally, he too has a new book out in his Morning Star series. Like most of Knausgaard’s books, THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT (Harvill Secker, €25) can be read and enjoyed by itself, without having to plough through the previous books. This novel is presented as a Faustian tale, telling the story of a photography student called Kristian who arrives in London in the 1980s with a dream of becoming an artist. When he meets a Dutch artist his dream becomes a possibility, but at a cost. Then 24 years later, when Kristian is having a retrospective show in New York, things start to fall apart. A dark story about what we will do for success.
Rising star Irish author Chloe Michelle Howarth made a huge splash with her gorgeous debut novel Sunburn, which was shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards and the 2024 Book of the Year. Now she is back with HEAP EARTH UPON IT (Verve Books, €14.99), an atmospheric and gothic story set in rural Ireland in 1965. It tells the story of the O’Leary siblings, who have left their hometown and moved to the tiny village of Ballycrea in an attempt to leave their family secrets behind them. There is a mystery as to why they left their home and also some electrifying new revelations. A pacy novel that showcases Howarth’s growing talent.
Another gothic novel is MEDLOCK (Sphere, €16.99) by SG Hartnell. Readers who have fond memories of the childhood classic The Secret Garden will be intrigued by this retelling of the book from the point of view of the housekeeper, Mrs Medlock.
EXIT STRATEGY (Bantam, €13) is the 30th novel featuring Lee Child’s most famous creation – Jack Reacher. When a young man brushes against Reacher as he exits a diner, he thinks he’s been pick-pocketed (I mean, who would even dare?), but it turns out a young desperate man has placed a note in Reacher’s pocket pleading for help. And so the latest Reacher adventure begins.
It’s been almost 20 years since Kiran Desai published her last novel, the bestselling Booker Prize-winning The Inheritance of Loss. Her latest novel, and her first since then, THE LONELINESS OF SONIA AND SUNNY (Hamish Hamilton, €19.65), went straight onto this year’s Booker long list. It’s a doorstop of a novel, and another epic saga about family, told through the characters of Sonia, an aspiring novelist who has just returned from America to her family in India, and Sunny, who is escaping his family in New York, and struggling to get by as a journalist. A sweeping novel that takes in love, family, country, class, race and history.
A new Claire-Louise Bennett novel is always something to get excited about. Since her 2015 debut Pond, Bennett has been considered one of the most exciting and formally inventive writers at work today, with her irresistible prose which falls like a spell on the reader. Her second novel Checkout 19 cemented that reputation and now she returns with an equally absorbing story in BIG KISS, BYE-BYE (Fitzcarraldo, €12.99). This book tells the story of a woman whose life is uprooted from the city to the countryside, where she reflects on her relationships, particularly one with a man called Xavier, whom she still loves but has no desire to be with. The book is a fascinating meditation on how relationships transform us, the moment things change, and the process of letting go.
After the phenomenal success of her trailblazing autofictional novel, I Love Dick, Chris Kraus is back with a gripping story, THE FOUR SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER (Scribe UK, €19.66). The Four Spent the Day Together is a book in three parts centered around the true story of a 2019 murder in Minnesota, where three teenagers killed an older acquaintance. Kraus uses this murder as a springboard to explore the disintegration of American life. Spanning nearly a century, from the aspirational working class life of the 1950s through the cancel culture of the 2000s to the post-pandemic alienation and disenfranchisement of a whole generation. A sobering look at modern US, and indeed modern life.
Patricia Lockwood is a poet, essayist and novelist whose books Priestdaddy and No One Is Talking About This became lockdown sensations. Her latest novel, WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU (Bloomsbury, €21.75) portrays the lingering effects of Covid 19 on a successful author’s body and mind. The book charts Lockwood’s character’s struggle with Covid, and its impact on her life, work, marriage and her outlook on life. Many will relate to the subject matter, but the thing that made Lockwood a literary star is her poetic prose and offbeat humour, both of which are on display here.
London-based Canadian writer Emily LaBarge’s debut book DOG DAYS (Peninsula Press, €13.25) is a hybrid memoir that combines a harrowing personal experience with cultural criticism and philosophical enquiry. In 2009, on a Christmas family holiday, LaBarge and her family were held hostage by six men with guns and machetes. Dog Days examines the emotional, intellectual and psychological fallout from the ordeal.
In crime fiction, a new collaboration between Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben, two powerhouses of film, TV and literature, results in GONE BEFORE GOODBYE (Century, €12.73). As you might expect from these two, this is a high-octane thriller. The female protagonist, Maggie McCabe, is a former army combat surgeon who is dealing with her own traumas when a former colleague offers her a job with a wealthy anonymous client. When her new patient disappears, she is drawn into an elite conspiracy and has to go on the run herself.
Another global superstar, Jöel Dicker, author of the multi-million success The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair, releases his new novel, WILD ANIMAL (MacLehose, €11.04), a domestic noir meets heist. The story begins on a luxury estate as a woman is about to celebrate her 40th birthday. She appears to have the perfect life – kids, husband, mansion, so far so fairytale – but her neighbour has become dangerously obsessed with her. Meanwhile, two criminals are preparing to rob a jewellery shop in Geneva. Cue mayhem, mystery and clever twists.
Two novels in translation have been generating a lot of buzz. The first is BEASTS OF THE SEA (Maclehose Press, €16.99) by Finnish author Iida Turpeinen. A bestselling phenomenon, it has become the most successful Finnish debut novel ever. Turpeinen was inspired to write the book after visiting Helsinki’s Museum of Natural History where the few remaining skeletons left in the world of the Steller’s sea cow – a marine mammal who was hunted into extinction in the 18th century – remain. This is an addictive story that spans three centuries. It also resonates strongly in our era of climate crisis.
The other book in translation is a debut by Galician author Brais Lamela. WHAT REMAINS (Bullaun, €14.95) is published this week by Ireland’s new literary translation press, Bullaun. What Remains was the first Galician-language book to win the prestigious Ojo Crítico Prize in 2023. Blending memoir and fiction, Lamela’s book is an exploration of identity, belonging and colonialism. It tells the story of a graduate student researching the Franco regime’s project of forced resettlement, where more than half the inhabitants of the villages in the Negueira de Muñiz principality in northwestern Spain were driven from their land in the 1950s, in a brutal experiment to transform “backward” country people into modern cattle farmers.
Paris lovers will be familiar with Marin Montagut’s beautiful boutique on rue Madame, an escapist fantasy world selling everything from hand-painted silk scarves to stationery and tarot cards, all in the magical setting of a former tapestry workshop. But you may not be aware of Montagut’s wonderful guides to the city. His latest book, FOREVER PARIS: A GUIDE TO THE TIMELESS SOUL OF THE CITY (Flammarion, €26.61) is an extremely beautiful object in itself, illustrated with Montagut’s joyful and vibrant watercolours.
One of the most enjoyable books I’ve read so far in 2025 is Swedish writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s THE SISTERS (Sceptre, €23.20). This is a must-read for fans of Jonathan Franzen or Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting. It tells the story of the Mikkolas sisters, three Swedish-Tunisian siblings, and the mysterious curse they believe hangs over their family. Even at over 600 pages, the book feels like a page-turner, due in part to Khemiri’s use of in-built mystery and short pacy chapters normally found in a thriller, but mostly due to the captivating characters which populate this epic family drama. Khemiri is a literary superstar in his native Sweden – this is his first novel that he has written in English. If you are looking for one to put aside for long winter nights, this is it.
A new wave of Irish writers continues to make a literary splash. This year, it’s Sligo writer Caragh Maxwell’s turn with her impressive debut novel, SUGARTOWN (One World, €12.99). Sugartown tells the story of Saoirse, who has moved home to Ireland from London after splitting up with her boyfriend. Her mother has a new husband with whom she has three much younger daughters, a new home, and a new life. Saoirse moves into the guest room of the new house, takes a job at the local hardware store and fills the gaps in her life by partying and taking drugs with a childhood friend. Maxwell’s sophisticated tone, her dark humour and her ability to show us Saoirse’s struggle in the grip of her past traumas and her future hopes, are enthralling.
While the new wave may wow, the masters continue to impress and excel. In his latest book, VENETIAN VESPERS (Faber, €17.99) John Banville is in playful and mischievous form, entertaining the reader with wonderfully snarky asides while showing off with literary pyrotechnics as only he can. Set in Venice at the turn of the 19th century, the book tells the story of English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman, one of the most striking and unforgettable characters Banville has ever created. Dolman has surpassed his own expectations by marrying Laura Rensselaer, the mysterious daughter of a wealthy American. When they travel to Venice together for a long-postponed honeymoon, Dolman has a sense that there is more going on than he is aware of. The sophisticated humour had me chuckling.
Hugo Hamilton’s latest novel, CONVERSATION WITH THE SEA (Hachette Ireland, €19.99) tells the story of Lukas, who returns to the west of Ireland after the breakdown of his marriage. He tries to make sense of his life while his family is disintegrating – his former wife is being cancelled at work and his daughter is arrested at a street protest. When he meets a refugee from a war zone, he is forced to address his own inherited memory of the holocaust.
Elizabeth Day returns to fiction with ONE OF US (4th Estate, €15.99), a sequel to her 2017 book, The Party. That novel saw the young boy Martin enter the privileged world of wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice via a school scholarship. The pair became best friends, bonded by a secret until a bust-up at Ben’s 40th birthday party ended their connection. One Of Us rejoins the story seven years on. Martin has been frozen out of the Fitzmaurice family since the 40th party but tragic events bring him back into Ben’s orbit. As always, Day is sharply observant, clever and highly readable.
CLEANER (Bedford Square Publishers, €14.99) is the debut novel from young Birmingham writer Jess Shannon. A young artist, overqualified but unemployable, starts working as a cleaner in an art gallery. There she meets Isabella and they begin an affair. Isabella is living with her rich boyfriend Paul but sneaks the cleaner into their home by hiring her to clean her boyfriend’s apartment. But when Isabella leaves the apartment one day and doesn’t come back, the cleaner is left with a dilemma – should she go back to her old life, or should she take Isabella’s?
Irish writer Julia Kelly has carved out a reputation as a chronicler of extraordinary emotional integrity, whether writing about her relationship with her late partner, the artist Charlie Whisker in Matchstick Man, or this new account STILL (New Island, €13.99), about her mother’s untimely death by drowning. Kelly finds new pathways into the human heart with her sideways approach to the maternal relationship, her mother’s life as an individual, as a mother to Julia and her siblings, and as a politician’s wife (Kelly’s father was the late Fine Gael politician and Attorney General John Kelly). A beautifully written book.
Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her beautiful novel The God Of Small Things. Now she publishes her first work of memoir, MOTHER MARY COMES TO ME (Hamish Hamilton, €16.99), the story of her life from childhood to the present day, taking in her complex relationship with her mother, whom she describes as “my shelter and my storm”. Fascinating and wide-ranging, it covers her personal life, her work, her political activism and how The God Of Small Things insisted on being written.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER (Bloomsbury, €17.99) tells the story of her relationship with her late partner, Rayya Elias, who she met in 2000. The pair became a romantic couple around the time of Rayya’s terminal cancer diagnosis (she died in 2018). Gilbert says she wrote the book in an attempt to understand her love story with Elias in particular, but also all her relationships in general.
Is there a bigger author on the planet right now than Taylor Jenkins Reid? The author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo returns with her latest novel, ATMOSPHERE (Hutchinson Heinemann, €23), an epic love story set during the 1980s space shuttle programme. Joan Goodwin is a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, and also one of the few people on earth who have been selected to train for a space mission. Each member of the group, from the lighter jet pilot to the female aeronautical engineer, has their own secrets and Joan too is discovering unimagined truths about herself. This book is classic Jenkins Reid, a love story full of distinct characters set against an iconic historical moment in time.
Love is in the air and a clutch of romance novels with real heft were released this year. Marie Rutkoski’s ORDINARY LOVE (Virago, €15.99) tells the story of Emily, who has all the trappings of a perfectly conventional life – house, husband, kids – but behind the perfect exterior she is suffering psychological torture and carrying a torch for a very old flame. When she meets her old lover, Gen, now an athlete with a bad reputation, her past and present collide.
Another captivating love story comes from Dublin author Anna Carey. Carey is already an award-winning children’s author and playwright and now she has written her debut novel for adults. OUR SONG (Hachette Ireland, €15.99) tells the story of Laura and Tadgh. Tadgh is one of the biggest pop stars in the world but once he was just a teenager busking on Grafton Street. That was 20 years ago, when Laura still had big dreams for a career in music. Now Laura works in advertising and is nursing a broken heart for more reasons than one. When she gets an email out of the blue from Tadgh’s people asking her to collaborate on an old song, one that she wrote, she has to decide whether to take a chance on her forgotten dream or play it safe. This is an absolutely gorgeous, swoony novel about lifelong connections, coping with disappointment and following dreams.
Wendy Erskine is one of the best short story writers at work today. Her collections Dance Move and Sweet Home saw her nominated for the Gordon Burn Prize and the prestigious Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. Her debut novel, THE BENEFACTORS (Sceptre, €15.99), does not disappoint. Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh have little in common apart from the fact that their teenage sons are all accused of sexually assaulting Misty, a girl with none of the privilege that their sons enjoy. While Erskine explores the injustices of privilege and class, she is also a brilliant study of character, and despite the dark subject matter, her observations are often darkly humorous. She examines the three women’s backstories and motivations, making them utterly believable and compelling.
Another exciting debut is MISINTERPRETATION (Daunt Originals, €12.99) by Albanian-American author Ledia Xhoga. Set in present-day New York, an Albanian interpreter becomes entangled with a Kosovar torture survivor. His experiences trigger her own repressed memories and set her on a reckless course. A trip home to see her mother in Albania throws her life in New York into sharp perspective. A fascinating story that looks at family, home and the legacy of trauma.
Irish author Andrew Meehan’s new novel, BEST FRIENDS (Muswell Press, €13.99) is a heartwarming story of the power of friendship, companionship and love. It tells the story of June, a lifelong outsider who cleans houses, and Ray, who looks after the public tennis courts in Dun Laoghaire. As they become unlikely friends, they slowly discover the joy that has been missing from their lives.
Speaking of heartwarming, it’s easy to see why publishers around the world have been falling over themselves to buy the rights to Virginia Evans’ debut novel, THE CORRESPONDENT (Michael Joseph, €21.74). This life-affirming novel follows 73-year-old Sybil Van Antwerp, a charmingly cantankerous divorcée and grandmother who writes letters in order to make sense of her thoughts. Now a retired lawyer, she sits down every morning to write her missives – but there is one she never sends. When she receives letters from someone from her own past, she realises she has to face one of the most painful times of her life. Pitched as a modern-day 84 Charing Cross Road, this novel is set to become a summer hit.
Irish author Vicki Notaro returns with her second novel, LONG STORY (Penguin Sandycove, €14.99), which follows two lifelong friends, Tara, an actor, and Alex, a podcaster. When rock star Sean Sweeney publishes his memoir, revealing his past relationships with the two friends, it makes for delicious transatlantic misunderstandings. A perfect poolside read.
In thrillers, two giants of the genre are back with new work. Michael Connelly has given us detective Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer and now, with his latest novel NIGHTSHADE (Orion, €22), he brings us a new character. Detective Stilwell is an LA detective who has left the big city to escape workplace politics. He is looking forward to a quiet life solving petty thefts and drunken misdemeanours on the picturesque island of Catalina. But then a body turns up in the harbour and Stilwell can’t help himself. An exciting new character from one of the world’s best crime writers.
Another writer who continues to impress is Stephen King. The master of horror and suspense has lost none of his edge over a long career. His latest novel, NEVER FLINCH (Hodder & Stoughton, €25) is a gripping double-helix-style narrative. It features King’s recurring character Holly Gibney, who is hired as a bodyguard to protect a provocative feminist speaker on her lecturing tour, and Holly’s friend, detective Izzy Jaynes who is dealing with the threat of a massacre of innocent citizens.
Irish writer Gill Perdue has earned a reputation as a sharp and stylish crime writer. Her third novel, THE NIGHT I KILLED HIM (Penguin Sandycove, €14.99) is her best yet and returns to her brilliantly ordinary female detective duo, Shaw and Darmody. Set in pitch-perfect suburban Dublin, Perdue tells the story of influencer, Gemma, whose brother Max has been missing for almost two decades. It was always assumed that Max took his own life but when his body washes up on a beach, the screws begin to turn on Gemma. A white-knuckle ride.
Finally, for fans of Wicked and The Wizard of Oz, in her new novel BEFORE DOROTHY (Harper Collins, €19.59), New York Times bestseller Hazel Gaynor has written a backstory for Dorothy’s Aunt Em. When Aunt Em finds out that her beloved sister has died and her niece will be coming to live with her, she doubts her ability to be a mother. Beautifully imagined, this story takes the reader from 19th-century Ireland to 1920s Chicago to the Dust Bowl of Kansas in Depression-era America.
THE SECRET TO SUCCESS (TAYLOR’S VERSION) Taylor Swift is obviously a pop music genius, but she might also be a business genius according to a new book by the Harvard Business Review editor, Kevin Evers. There’s Nothing Like This – The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift (Harvard Review, €20.99) explores how Swift made brilliant strategic decisions at each juncture in her career. Evers puts Swift on a par with innovators like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. Of course, Swift has oodles of talent to begin with, but Evers argues it’s how she makes shifts – like switching genres from country to pop early on, or gaining ownership of her music – that makes her a business genius. It’s a new and interesting take on the Swift juggernaut and it’s not just for Swifties. It’s for anyone who wants to learn how to apply Swift’s smart decision-making to their own life, business, or goals of world domination.
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