The BBC Book List The number one question Bungees are asked is, “What have you folks read to-date?” Well, if you are a Bungee, you can steer your curious interlocutors to this page and save a lot of time. If you are the curious interlocutor him or herself, you’ll now know where to come for this information in the future.
2024
57. The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside of the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul © 2021 (BBC Selection for January 2024)
2023
56. Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality by David Linden (BBC Selection for October 2023)
55. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez (BBC Selection for June 2023)
54. A World Without Email by Cal Newport © 2021 (BBC selection for February 2023)
2022
53. Radical Candor by Kim Scott © 2017 (BBC selection for September 2022)
52. You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy © 2019 (BBC selection for May 2022)
51. Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer by Steven Johnson © 2021 (BBC selection for February 2022)
2021
50. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir by Samantha Power © 2019 (BBC selection for October 2021)
49. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin © 1963 (BBC selection for May 2021)
48. Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath © 2020 (BBC selection for March 2021)
2020
47. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas © 2019 (BBC selection for October 2020)
46. The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work by Scott Berkun © 2013 (BBC selection for June 2020)
45. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb © 2019 (BBC selection for May 2020)
44. The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker © 2018 (BBC selection for January 2020)
2019
43. When by Daniel Pink © 2018 (BBC selection for September 2019)
42. Factfulness by Hans Rosling © 2018 (BBC selection for May 2019)
41. Measure What Matters by John Doerr © 2018 (BBC selection for January 2019)
2018
40. We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations that Matter by Celeste Headlee © 2017 (BBC selection for November 2018)
39. How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs © 2017 (BBC selection for September 2018)
38. The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters by Emily Esfahani Smith © 2017 (BBC selection for May 2018)
37. Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang© 2016 (BBC selection for March 2018)
2017
36. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert © 2014 (BBC selection for Nov 2017)
35. The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis © 2017 (BBC selection for Sept 2017)
34. The Revenge of Analog by David Sax © 2016 (BBC selection for June 2017)
33. Deep Work by Cal Newport © 2016 (BBC selection for March 2017)
32. Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler © 2012 (BBC selection for January 2017)
2016
31. The Geography of Genius by Eric Weiner © 2016 (BBC selection for August 2016)
30. Ninety Percent of Everything by Rose George © 2013 (BBC selection for May 2016)
2015
29. Ignorance: How It Drives Science by Stuart Firestein © 2012 (BBC selection for December 2015)
28. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown © 2014 (BBC selection for September 2015)
27. Aid on the Edge of Chaos by Ben Ramalingam © 2013 (BBC selection for July 2015)
26. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr © 2010 (BBC selection for March 2015)
2014
25. A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas by Warren Berger © 2014 (BBC selection for November 2014)
24. A History of the World in Epitome by Bertrand Russell © 1962 (BBC selection for November 2014)
23. How to Deliver a TED Talk by Jeremey Donovan © 2013 (BBC selection for June 2014)
22. Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford © 2011 (BBC selection for April 2014)
2013
21. Give and Take by Adam M. Grant © 2013 (BBC selection for December 2013)
20. Decisive: How to Make Better Decisions in Life and Work by Heath & Heath © 2013 (BBC selection for September 2013)
19. Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity by Alan Siegel & Irene Etzkorn © 2013 (BBC selection for June 2013)
18. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell © 2002 (BBC selection for April 2013)
2012
17. The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle © 2009 (BBC selection for December 2012)
16. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini © 2006 (BBC selection for September 2012)
15. Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science by Michael Nielsen © 2011 (BBC selection for June 2012)
14. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain © 2012 (BBC selection for March 2012)
13. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman © 2013 (BBC selection for January 2012)
2011
12. Systems Thinking: A Primer by Donella Meadows © 2008 (BBC selection for July 2011)
11. Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business by Luke Williams © 2010 (BBC selection for June 2011)
10. Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald Phillips © 1993 (BBC selection for April 2011)
9. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson © 2010 (BBC selection for January 2011)
2010
8. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink © 2011 (BBC selection for November 2010)
7. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky © 2011 (BBC selection for August 2010)
6. Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Heath & Heath © 2010 (BBC selection for April 2010)
5. Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Rights by Atul Gawande © 2011 (BBC selection for February 2010)
4. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink © 2006 (BBC selection for January 2010)
2009
3. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Thaler & Sunstein © 2009 (BBC selection for October 2009)
2. PresentationZen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery by Garr Reynolds © 2008 (BBC selection for July 2009)
1. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Heath & Heath © 2007 (BBC selection for April 2009)