• Vote Now for Your Book of the Year!
    Vote Now for Your Book of the Year!

    Cast your vote for the 2021 Readers’ Choice Award.

  • The Shortlist Is Here!
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    The Shortlist Is Here!

    getAbstract announces the finalists of the 2021 getAbstract International Book Award

  • What Is Awarded – and Why?
    What Is Awarded – and Why?

    All about the criteria of the getAbstract International Book Award, the jury and the selection process.

  • “We’re Not Going to Eliminate the Chaos!”
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    “We’re Not Going to Eliminate the Chaos!”

    Leadership expert and drummer Jim Boneau knows: Even in noisy and confusing conditions, you can find your rhythm – and that of your colleagues. That’s why the “Rumble Zone” is all about one thing: listening.

  • “We See Ourselves as Providing a Life Jacket in a Deluge of Information.”
    “We See Ourselves as Providing a Life Jacket in a Deluge of Information.”

    The longlist of the getAbstract International Book Award 2021 is here!

  • Our Favorite Books of 2020
    The good old days, when we could still lie in each other's arms: The getAbstract team at the kickoff in Bavaria (Germany) in January 2020. if you turn 180 degrees, you'll see Neuschwanstein Castle.
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    Our Favorite Books of 2020

    Even a messed-up year can produce fantastic new releases. Here, getAbstract team members share their summary favorites.

  • “In Times of Confusion, It’s Crucial That the Message Gets Through.”
    Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo / Photo by Bryce Vickmark/MIT/UPI/laif
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    “In Times of Confusion, It’s Crucial That the Message Gets Through.”

    Nobel Laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit V. Banerjee on the surprisingly commonsensical nature of economics, and how COVID-19 will affect the global fight against poverty and the quality of economic policy.

  • Vote for Your Book of the Year!
    Vote for Your Book of the Year!

    For the 20th anniversary edition of the getAbstract International Book Award, readers are invited to cast their votes for the Readers’ Choice Award.

  • The Selection Criteria
    The Selection Criteria

    Discover how our jury narrowed down over 10,000 recent releases to just 10 finalists, before selecting the shortlist – and finally the winners.

  • “The book was always meant to be useful!”
    “The book was always meant to be useful!”

    getAbstract asks Clive Priddle, editor and publisher, five questions about the getAbstract International Book Award-winning title Good Economics for Hard Times, including working lunches in Paris and making complex concepts comprehensible.