The New Lunar Society
The New Lunar Society by David Mindell is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including McKinsey & Company, for a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedMindell's pitch is unusual for a business-history book: rather than mining the eighteenth-century Lunar Society for leadership platitudes, he treats Boulton and Watt's partnership as a case study in the difference between product innovation and process innovation, then argues that modern American manufacturing lost the connective tissue between the two. Readers who came in braced for another dry academic slog have instead found short, essayistic chapters that move briskly between historical portraiture and a diagnosis of deindustrialization.
In the press
“could easily have been a dull academic tome, but instead it was a delight to read”
Brian Clegg, Pop Science Books“a steampunk fairy tale that actually happened”
IEEE Technology and Society
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.68 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.68 → 15 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is The New Lunar Society on?
The New Lunar Society appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including McKinsey & Company.
What is its Consensus Score?
The New Lunar Society has a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.