The Emperors of Chocolate
by Joel Glenn Brenner | 
Deluxe
by Dana Thomas | 
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
by Deborah Cadbury | 
Engines of Change
by Paul Ingrassia | 
Console Wars
by Blake J. Harris | 
The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
by David Enrich | 
The Seven Sisters
by Anthony Sampson | 
The Box
by Marc Levinson | 
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola
by Mark Pendergrast |
Grocery
by Michael Ruhlman | 
The Conquest of Cool
by Thomas Frank | 
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
by Franklin Foer | 
Anatomy of Greed
by Brian Cruver |
Punching Out
by Paul Clemens | 
Planet Google
by Randall Stross | 
Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy
by Eamon Javers | 
The Coke Machine
by Michael Blanding | 
Cubed
by Nikil Saval | 
Panic
by Michael Lewis |
Toy Monster
by Jerry Oppenheimer |
With a cast of characters that wouldn't be out of place in a Victorian novel, Chocolate Wars tells the story of the great chocolatier dynasties, through the prism of the Cadburys. Chocolate was consumed unrefined and unprocessed as a rather bitter, fatty drink for the wealthy elite until the late 19th century, when the Swiss discovered a way to blend it with milk and unleashed a product that would conquer every market in the world. Thereafter, one of the great global business rivalries unfolded as each chocolate maker attempted to dominate its domestic market and innovate new recipes for chocolate that would set it apart from its rivals. The contest was full of dramatic contradictions: The Cadburys were austere Quakers who found themselves making millions from an indulgent product; Kitty Hershey could hardly have been more flamboyant yet her husband was moved by the Cadburys tradition of philanthropy. Each was a product of their unique time and place yet they shared one thing: they want to make the best chocolate in the world.