Three years ago, I did a post on Anthony Trollope’s novel The Way We are Now, which former HBS professor Amar Bhide (now at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government) had recommended to me as " the definitve work of business fiction." So I was excited to see that Newsweek just named it #1 on their list of must-read books for our time.

In 2006 I was commenting on the book’s depiction of a way of life that, if you looked at from an entrepreneur’s point of view, embodied its own unstated — and, it turned out, unsustainable — business model. But Trollope serves up a lot more wonderful business intrigue than that.

For those of you who don’t read much fiction, this is a novel you’ll savor for its satiric but pitch-perfect view of business and life in a time strikingly like our own, complete with a Bernie Madoff figure.

And for those who shy away from business books, here’s insight into business practice and principle embodied in vivid, enjoyable prose and rich, recognizable characters.

Newsweek has it right. Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Are Now is book not to be missed by anyone, especially considering the way we are now.