The Best Book About Work Life From 2019

Forge’s pick for the year’s best read on being a human at work

Kelli María Korducki
Forge

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2019 perfectly encapsulated the disorienting, occasionally dystopian decade it capped off. Amid economic uncertainty, political upheaval, and the looming shadow of climate catastrophe, we searched for answers. We grasped for mentors. And we read books — many, many books. Within the flux of chaos, these books showed us new approaches for our work, our relationships, our minds, and our moods.

Every day this week, we’ll offer you one of our favorite personal development books of the year, as well as a runner-up in each category.

Forge’s favorite book about work life from 2019:

More Than Enough: Claiming Space For Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth

In addition to making 1970s-cop-show aviators cool again and turning a corporate teen magazine into one of today’s loudest and most eloquent voices of political resistance, Teen Vogue’s erstwhile editor-in-chief, Elaine Welteroth, is responsible for…

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Kelli María Korducki
Forge
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