Especially small businesses or individuals creating or manipulating markets!
I'm open to pretty much any genre—I usually read fantasy and some romance and sci-fi, but whatever is okay with me. Mystery, litfic, etc are fine 🙂
I just really think business, accounting, and economics are fun topics (yes I'm a big money nerd lol), but they usually end up being sort of a throwaway backdrop for the unrelated plot or interpersonal drama in the story, which I personally find disappointing. Romance about a small business owner? The business is only relevant when the love interest shows up to see her there or a bothersome customer causes a sudden crisis that makes her miss her date! Fantasy about a mage selling spells to get by? He's done with that by chapter three because he has to hit the road to save the kingdom! I always want to see more of the actual day-to-day business than I actually get lol.
So, any recs for books where the business/economics/etc are actually important story elements, please? Extra points for a modicum of realism lmao. And I do have a few Discworld books on my list for this topic, too. Thank you in advance! 🙂
by larkhearted