Axiom Business Books Awards 2025

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The Axiom Business Book Awards, dedicated to recognizing and honoring the best books in business literature, has announced its 2025 medalists. This year’s awards featured over 30 categories and attracted over 200 entrants from 13 countries, showcasing the depth and diversity of business publishing.

Listed below are the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in each category.

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Business Theory

A Map of the New Normal

How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever

Jeff Rubin, 2025

The Call to Leadership

Unlocking the Leader Within in Times of Crisis

Anita Mendiratta, 2023

Digital Relationships

Network Agency Theory and Big Tech

Jason Davis, 2023

Business Commentary

The War Below

Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives

Ernest Scheyder, 2025

The Formula

How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Clegg, 2024

The AI Lead

Overcoming Data Drag to Accelerate Digital Dominance

Brian Lambert, PhD, 2025

Economics

Economics in America

An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality

Angus Deaton, 2024

Left Behind

A New Economics for Neglected Places

Paul Collier, 2024

May Contain Lies

How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—And What We Can Do about It

Alex Edmans, 2024

Making Sense of Chaos

A Better Economics for a Better World

J Doyne Farmer, 2024

Career (Job Search, Career Advancement)

Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling

How LGBTQ+ people can thrive and succeed at work

Layla McCay, 2024

Careers by the People

Candid Career Advice from 101 Experienced Professionals

Mike Wysocki, 2023

At Ease

The Guide to a Smooth & Successful Military Transition

Emily King, 2024

Sales (Sales Skills, Negotiating, Closing)

The Cultural Sales Leader

Sustaining People, Attaining Results

Richard Cogswell, 2024

Listen to Sell

How Your Mindset, Skillset, and Human Connections Unlock Sales Performance

Mike Esterday, Derek Roberts, 2024

The Momentum Sales Model

How to Achieve Success in Sales, Exceed Targets and Generate Explosive Growth

Tim Castle, 2023

The Revenue Operations Manual

How to Build a High-Growth, Predictable and Scalable Business

Laura Adint, Sean Lane, 2024

Leadership

Radical Humility: Be a Badass Leader and a Good Human

Urs Koenig, 2024

Bold Kindness

A Caring, More Compassionate Way to Lead

Cathy Thorpe, 2024

The Leaders You Need

How to Create Diverse Leadership Teams for a More Dynamic, Resilient Future

Karen Brown, 2024

Culture

Cultures of Growth

How the New Science of Mindset Can Transform Individuals, Teams and Organisations

Mary C. Murphy, 2024

Jumpstart Your Workplace Culture: a Road Map for Igniting High Performance

Eric D. Stone, 2023

The Soil of Leadership: Cultivating the Conditions for Transformation

Britt Yamamoto, 2024

Networking (Social Media, Communication Skills, Etc.)

Connected

Building Relationships to Achieve Success and Make a Lasting Impact

Patricia Bathory, 2024

Give to Grow

Invest in Relationships to Build Your Business and Your Career

Mo Bunnell, 2024

Tune In

How to make smarter decisions in a noisy world

Nuala Walsh, 2024

Business Ethics

Defy

The Power of No in a World that Demands Yes

Dr Sunita Sah, 2025

The Ethical Imperative

Leading with Conscience to Shape the Future of Business

Andrew Cooper, 2024

How We Gather Matters

Sustainable Event Planning for Purpose and Impact

Leor Rotchild, 2024

Business Ethics - Future Trends

Future Trends

The Venture Alchemists

How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power

Rob Lalka, 2024

The Tech Coup

How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

Marietje Schaake, 2024

Esg Mindset: Business Resilience and Sustainable Growth

Matthew Sekol, WW Sustainability Industry Advocate Matthew Sekol, 2024

Business Intelligence / Innovation

Creativity in Large-Scale Contexts

Guiding Creative Engagement and Exploration

Jonathan S. Feinstein, 2023

The Illusion of Innovation

Escape Efficiency and Unleash Radical Progress

Elliott Parker, 2024

Do Bigger Things

A Practical Guide to Powerful Innovation in a Changing World

Dan McClure, Jennifer Wilde, 2024

Business Disruption / Reinvention

Pattern Breakers

Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future

Mike Maples Jr, Peter Ziebelman, 2024

Mindshift

Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation, and Reshape the Future

Brian Solis, 2024

The Demand Revolution

How Consumers Are Redefining Sustainability and Transforming the Future of Business

Andreas Von Der Gathen, Nicolai Broby Eckert, Caroline Kastbjerg, 2024

Human Resources / Employee Training

Men-In-the-Middle

Conversations to Gain Momentum with Gender Equity's Silent Majority

Kori Reed, 2023

Good Team, Bad Team

Lead Your People to Go After Big Challenges, Not Each Other

Sarah Thurber, Blair Miller, 2024

Shaping a Winning Team

A Leader's Guide to Hiring, Assessing, and Developing the People You Need to Succeed

Paul Fayad, Chak Fu Lam Phd, 2024

Entrepreneurship / Small Business

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat: Serial Entrepreneurs’ Secrets Revealed!

Colin C. Campbell, 2024

Big Money in Franchising

Scaling Your Enterprise in the Era of Private Equity

Alicia Miller, 2024

Startup Different

The Myth-Busting Blueprint for Your Multi-Million-Dollar Business

David Sinkinson, Chris Sinkinson, 2024

Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability

Passion Isn't Enough

David Rhode, 2024

Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation

Express Your Values, Energize Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place

Michael B. Dorff , J.D., 2023

Slow Burn

The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

R. Jisung Park, 2024

International Business / Globalization

Atlas of Finance

Mapping the Global Story of Money

Dariusz Wojcik, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, Stefanos Ioannou, Liam Keenan, Julien Migozzi, Timothy Monteath, Vladimir Pazitka, Morag Torrance, Michael Urban, 2024

From Click to Boom

The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China

Lizhi Liu, 2024

Breaking the Mold

India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity

Raghuram G. Rajan, Rohit Lamba, 2024

The Chile Project

The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism

Sebastian Edwards, 2025

Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing

The Soul of Wealth

50 reflections on money and meaning

Daniel Crosby, 2024

The Heart of It: the Ten Pillars of Mindful Impact Investing

Rick Segal, 2025

Trailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks

Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor

Stephen R. Foerster, 2024

Business Technology

Prompting Originality

The A.I. Handbook for Humans

The Consumer Insights Revolution

Transforming Market Research for Competitive Advantage

Steve Phillips, Ryan Barry, Stephan Gans, Kate Schardt, 2024

Power of Surge

Five Ways to Supercharge Your B2B Software Business and Unleash Hidden Value

Holly Rollo, 2024

Emerging Trends / Ai

Thrive

Maximizing Well-Being in the Age of AI

Ravi Bapna, Anindya Ghose, 2024

From Pessimism to Promise

Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech

Payal Arora, 2024

Responsible AI

Implement an Ethical Approach in your Organization

Olivia Gambelin, 2024

Women / Bipoc In Business

Breaking Bias

Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From--and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them

Anu Gupta, 2024

Closing the Gap

How to Include Black Women in any Gender Equity Strategy

Leanne Mair, 2023

Super Woman Wealth

How to Become Your Own Financial Hero

Regina McCann Hess, 2024

Tread Loudly

Call Out the Bullsh*t and Fight for Equality in the Workplace

Kristine Cherek, 2024

Success / Motivation / Coaching

You're the Boss

Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need)

Sabina Nawaz, 2025

Super Psyched: Unleash the Power of the 4 Types of Connection and Live the Life You Love

Adam Dorsay, 2024

Cultivating Audacity

How to Dismantle Doubt and Let Yourself Win

Anne Marie Anderson, 2025

Advertising / Marketing / Pr

Lean Marketing

More Leads. More Profit. Less Marketing.

Allan Dib, 2024

The Perfect Story

How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire

Karen Eber, 2023

The Power of Instinct

The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life

Leslie Zane, 2024

Corporate History / Milestone

The Shopify Story

How a Startup Rocketed to E-commerce Giant by Empowering Millions of Entrepreneurs

Larry MacDonald, 2024

The Real Madrid Revolution

How the World's Most Successful Club Is Changing the Game—for Their Team and for Football

Steven G. Mandis, 2024

Real Estate

Rhythms of Change

Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization

Mitchell Cohen, 2024

The New American Dream

A Simple Roadmap to Purchasing Investment Properties

Steven Andrews, 2024

The Realtor Investor

Why Hiring The Right Agent Is Key To Success

Andrew Hanson, Erica West, Toni Boer, Karen Chenaille, Ryan Duffy, 2024

Business Reference (Legal, How-to, Industry-specific)

The Non-Obvious Guide to Drawing Your Future

Solve Problems, Explain Ideas, Sell Anything,

Patti Dobrowolski, 2024

Community Led Housing

A Cohousing Development Approach

Ronaye Matthew, Margaret Critchlow, 2024

Price Writer

The Nine-step Method to Becoming a Highly Successful General Insurance Pricing Leader

Jeremy Keating, 2024

Memoir / Biography

Crossing the Desert

The Power of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys

Payam Zamani, 2024

Burn Book

A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher, 2024

Unlimited Heart

How to Transform Your Pain Into Purpose

Jim Kaveney, 2024

No Big Deal

Dean Brownrout, 2024

Business Stories & Fables

Streetwise to Saleswise

Become ObjectionProof(TM) and Beat the Sales Blues: Become ObjectionProof(TM) and Beat the Sales Blues

Jeff C West, Bob Burg, 2024

Game of Teams

Discover How to Become a Collaborative Leader

Winsor Jenkins, 2021

WHAT IF YOU TRIED THIS AT WORK

A Field Guide of Possibilities for Becoming an Invaluable Manager

MARK E. HASKINS, 2024

Work-life Balance / Time Prioritization

The Resilience Plan

A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Your Work Performance and Mental Health

Marie-Helene Pelletier, , MBA, 2024

The Empathy Dilemma

How Successful Leaders Balance Performance, People, and Personal Boundaries

Maria Ross, 2024

The Natural Advantage

How more time outside reduces stress, improves health and boosts social connection

Jenny Brockis, 2024

Independent Thought Leaders

The Neurodiversity Edge

The Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization

Maureen Dunne, 2024

Inside the Invisible Cage

How Algorithms Control Workers

Hatim Rahman, 2024

What If There's More?

Finding Significance Beyond Success

Traci Schubert Barrett, 2023

Digital Media (Ebook Or Audiobook)

Seeking Fairness at Work

Cracking the New Code of Greater Employee Engagement, Retention & Satisfaction

Hanna Hasl-Kelchner, 2024

One Coin. Two Coin. What Coin? Bitcoin

Crypto : the Easiest Guide Ever

Elaine Wilkes, Daniel Hollings, Daniel Hall, 2025

The Resilient Culture

How Collective Resilience Leads to Business Success

Liane Stephan, Silke Rupprecht, Chris Tamdjidi, Michael Mackay Richards, 2024

General Business

Venture Meets Mission

Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Innovate and Transform Society

Arun Gupta, Gerard George, Thomas Fewer, 2024

The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century

Explicit Expectations

The Essential Guide & Toolkit of Management Fundamentals

R Karl Hebenstreit, 2024

Personal Development (Leadership, Career Advancement, Success)

The Creative Way Forward

A Guide for Navigating Change in Work and Life

Jen Martin, 2024

Your Grass Is Greener

Use What You Have. Get What You Want. at Work and in Life.

Jason Silver, 2024

The Power Play Journal

Battle-Tested Strategies & Reflections for Impactful Leadership

E Tinna Jackson, 2024

Industry Insights (Industry-specific Topics)

Skip the Waiting Room

How Telehealth Will Transform Medicine for Patients and Doctors

Chris Rovin, Jared Sheehan, Talib Omer, Michael Ashley, 2024

The Flagship Experience: How AI and Software-Defined Vehicles Will Revolutionize the Automotive Customer Experience

Evangelos Simoudis, 2024

Entrepreneur Heretic on Hero Innovation?

Lessons from Two-time Successful AI Tech Startup Entrepreneur

Suhayya Abu-Hakima, 2024

Business History (Memoir, Corporate History, Financial History)

Kings of Their Own Ocean

Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas

Karen Pinchin, 2023

A Nation's Paper

The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada

John Ibbitson, 2024

Rogers v. Rogers

The Battle for Control of Canada's Telecom Empire

Alexandra Posadzki, 2024