麦肯锡-接下来要读什么：麦肯锡2025年度报告书籍推荐（英）

July 2025What to read next: McKinsey’s 2025 annual book recommendations Each year, we invite a diverse group of leaders to share the books that have resonated with them—or ones they can’t wait to read. This year’s list includes over 90 titles, from timely insights to timeless fiction.Artificial intelligenceThe AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We WantEmily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, The Bodley Head/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Mohamed Nanabhay, managing partner, Mozilla VenturesBuilding a God: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control ItChristopher DiCarlo, Prometheus Books/ Globe PequotRecommended by: María Eugenia del Castillo Cabrera, ambassador on special mission for sustainable investment, Office of the Vice President, Presidency of the Dominican Republic; Young Global Leader, World Economic ForumGenesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human SpiritHenry A. Kissinger, Craig Mundie, and Eric Schmidt, Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book GroupRecommended by: Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, CEO and president, John S. and James L. Knight FoundationA Kids Book About AI BiasAvriel Epps, DK Children/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Cristina Mancini, CEO, Black Girls CodeThe Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the FutureKeach Hagey, W. W. NortonRecommended by: Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO, Ruder FinnThe Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted MicrochipStephen Witt, Viking/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Alan Murray, president, WSJ Leadership InstituteBiography and memoirThe Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant ChildFrancisco Jiménez, University of New Mexico PressRecommended by: Daniel Porterfield, CEO and president, Aspen InstituteThe Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern DynastyValerie Bauerlein, Ballantine Books/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Jeff Bussgang, cofounder and general partner, Flybridge Capital Partners; author of The Experimentation Machine: Finding Product-Market Fit in the Age of AIG-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American CenturyBeverly Gage, Penguin Books/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Shelley Stewart III, senior partner and global leader of Reputation and Engagement, McKinseyHow to Say BabylonSafiya Sinclair, 37 Ink/Simon & SchusterRecommended by: Andrew Simon, editor in chief, Chronicle of PhilanthropyThe Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and FelonyAnnabelle Tometich, Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book GroupRecommended by: Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, CEO and president, John S. and James L. Knight FoundationMark TwainRon Chernow, Penguin Press/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Gillian Tett, columnist and member of the editorial board, Financial Times; provost, King’s College, CambridgeMatriarchTina Knowles, One World/Penguin Random HouseRecommended by: Yael Taqqu, senior partner and managing partner of New York office, McKinseyPatriotAlexei Navalny, Alfred A. K