The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced Thursday the winners and finalists for its sixth annual Best in Business Book Awards, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding business journalism in books published between Aug. 1, 2024, and July 31, 2025.
The book, Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company by Patrick McGee and published by Scribner, was chosen as the winner in the “Business Reporting” category.
The judging panel said, “Apple in China reveals the depth of the tech giant’s entanglement with the Chinese state and examines the moral and political tradeoffs made along the way. With rich reporting and geopolitical relevance, it has enduring impact. Overall, it shows how sharp writing and a clear narrative can turn deep reporting into a compelling page-turner. You learn more about Apple reading by this book than from any newspaper article or documentary out there.”
Judges also selected two finalists from the category: Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan Greenwell and published by Dey Street Books; and Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, and published by Penguin Press.
In the “Career and Financial Development” category, Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge by Melody Wilding and published by Crown Currency, won.
The judges said, “Managing Up offers relationship management strategies for readers on every rung of the career ladder. It’s the kind of straightforward, practical advice workers need — but often don’t get from workplace training. As one judge put it, ‘It made me think, whose door should I be sliding this under?”
In the “Management and Leadership” category, the judging panel announced co-winners: Make Work Fair: Data-Driven Design for Real Results by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi and published by Harper Business; and Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working by Dan Heath and published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster.
