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.
2026
63. The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last by Jimmy Wales with Dan Gardner © 2025 (BBC selection for January 2026)
2025
62. The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness by Todd Rose © 2016 (BBC selection for November 2025)
61. Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working by Dan Heath © 2025 (BBC selection for September 2025)
60. The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley by Marietje Schaake © 2024 (BBC selection for June 2025)
2024
59. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick © 2024 (BBC selection for November 2024)
58. Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Heath & Heath © 2010 (BBC selection for May 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)