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Sometimes you just want to read a book with a plot. You know, the kind where people meet each other, go places, fall in love, fight, fall out of love, even die—a good, old-fashioned story. Jordan Castro’s new novel, cheekily titled The…

That touches on another distinction you make, between what you call a “caring CEO” and a micromanager. Where do you draw the line?You micromanage on key specific things. Being a great leader is choosing those battles, not fighting all of…

In 2014, Emily St. John Mandel published her fourth novel, Station Eleven. It went on to be the kind of breakout critical and commercial hit that transforms a writer’s life. A story about the survivors of a fictional flu pandemic, it…

Perhaps it’s something in the air, but right now it seems as though half the new books on shelves deal with the climate crisis in some way. The environment is central to at least three of the 15 books on WIRED’s latest recommendations…