Author: Arundhati Roy, winner of the Booker Prize. Content: A deeply personal story exploring her bond with her mother, Mary Roy, and her life story

Authors: Written by economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. Focus: It explores how technological choices over the past thousand years have shaped economic prosperity and inequality. Recognition: The book was longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023.