Ever wonder if there are a whole new genres of literature you might have missed? Manga amd cyberpunk come to mind as new forms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel
Older forms included romance, mystery, historical novels and so on.
Now comes the "business novel". Which has had "incidences" but never has really coalesced into a new genre...
Tracy Kidder's "Soul of a New Machine" is more of a documentary than novel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
Here is a list of business novels
http://www.american.com/archive/2007/january-february-magazine-contents/0116-the-ten-best-business-novels/
And certainly the Cryptonomicon fits and comes to mind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
But what of general business working and economics? trade? corporate structure?
The Japanese seem to have a quiet stream going in this area...
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/heath-row/novel-ideas-0
http://abe.villanova.edu/proc2006/white.pdf
http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/bankfiction/japan.html
Just do a search for "Japanese business novel".
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