Tim Harford’s “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure”¹, an enthralling collection of tales from really diverse projects. I’ll freely admit to only picking it up because I recognised the name from the More or Less² podcast, but it was well worth the read.
1. http://timharford.com/books/adapt/ 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qshd