10 great summer reads
From finance to fiction to biography and non-fiction, this year’s selection from Dymocks has something for everyone – and there is a prize pack that includes all 10 books for one lucky reader! Once again Money has teamed with Dymocks to offer a great reading library to last through the summer.
Here’s how to win
Money and Dymocks are giving one lucky reader the complete set of 10 books featured here. To enter, simply tell us your top money-making tip for 2021. Enter online at moneymag.com.au/win or send entries to Money, Level 7, 55 Clarence Street, Sydney, 2000. Entries open November 29, 2021 and close on February 7, 2022.
BUY NOW, PAY LATER: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF AFTERPAY JONATHAN SHAPIRO & JAMES EYERS $32.99
The Australian Financial Review banking and finance reporters Jonathan Shapiro and James Eyers tell a fascinating behind-the-scenes story of the brash Aussie technology start up that changed the way a whole generation around the world does its shopping.
THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK BEN MEZRICH $32.99
Bestselling author Ben Mezrich (The Accidental Billionaires: the Founding of Facebook) offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliated group of private investors and internet trolls took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the financial establishment.
WILD PLACE CHRISTIAN WHITE $32.99
From the bestselling author of The Nowhere Child and The Wife and the Widow comes a new novel set in the summer of 1989 about a schoolteacher who becomes convinced he holds the key to the disappearance of a local teen. Wild Place peels back the layers of suburbia, exposing what’s hidden underneath and attempts to answer the question: why do good people do bad things?
NOISE DANIEL KAHNEMAN, OLIVIER SIBONY & CASS R SUNSTEIN $34.99
From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge, this is the next big book to change the way you think. Packed with new ideas and drawing on the same kind of sharp analysis and breadth of case study in their previous books, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise and bias in decision-making.
BULLETPROOF INVESTING JAMES FITZGERALD $24.95
The real estate expert, investor, entrepreneur and author delivers a collection of personal stories and experiences that will show how you too can gain and retain financial control of your life. You’ll learn how to spend less than you earn, find a mentor, identify a purpose for your financial wellbeing and, ultimately, learn to achieve financial independence.
POWER PLAY TIM HIGGINS $35.00
Boys and their toys. This is the fast-paced business story of Tesla and Elon Musk’s battle to build the mass-market electric car to change the world. The Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pile-ups, wrestling for control, meltdowns and the unlikeliest outcome of all, success. A story of power, recklessness, struggle and triumph.
APPLES NEVER FALL LIANE MORIARTY $32.99
The bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers once again expertly uncovers the layers of seemingly tranquil suburbia. This novel focuses on the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. But after Joy Delaney disappears, her children begin to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh, frightened eyes.
INVENTION: A LIFE JAMES DYSON $49.99
Dyson has become a byword for high performing products, technology, design and invention. James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story. Whether you have an idea for a better product, or you’re an aspiring entrepreneur and you appreciate great design or a page-turning read, this book offers you inspiration.
MALIBU RISING TAYLOR JENKINS REID $32.99
The new novel from the bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. This is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them and what they will leave behind. Set on the coast of California, it’s a true summer read.
EARN AT HOME MUM JODY ALLEN $24.99
Are you looking for a way to earn more cash that fits in around your family? Do you dream of the freedom to work from home? Jody Allen has been there and will show you how to make it happen. Whether you want to bring in a little extra income or build your own company, Earn at Home Mum will give you the knowledge and confidence to make the leap to earning money from home.