Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up

by David Byrne

Genres: Nonfiction

400 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication October 6, 2026

Reviews

[Carae · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a delight! Personally, this is one of those books that I read purely because of who the author is. While it’s not necessarily content I would reach for, or anything I knew much of anything about, I thoroughly enjoyed everything I learned! It probably it helps that I have heard David Byrnes voice enough in my lifetime, that reading it had an internal narration in his voice for me, haha! If you love David Byrne and are curious to learn about something new, this was a great read.

[Andrew McMillen]

2.5 stars. I struggled to finish this. A good effort by the author but not overly engaging for the reader. I’ll reserve making further comments until a later date, once the book has been published.

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Proofread large-print edition.