I love a summer reading list!! It’s giving 1997 ride your bike to the library to get the next stack and earn some stickers while you’re at it vibes!! In the summer I try to cool my jets on business and leadership (but these books are verrrry fun and interesting to me, but it’s summmmmmmer) and I add more mystery, beach and nonfiction that I’ve been eyeing.

I don’t know if I’ll get through the whole list but I thought I would share as you gather your stack. This is a fun mix from bloggers I admire, reviews I’ve seen on linkedin, NYT and other publications I love as well as recs from friends. I’ll tag amazon to purchase and learn more, but of COURSE go try to find in your local bookstore! I often just call ours and they’ll put it aside for me. Library and audible is another great option obvi – I listen to fun books and fold that laundry or lay out with a paperback.

The Beach Reads – fun, juicy, cool

1. The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes- Magazine world drama. What else could you want!
2. The Kingdom of Prep by Maggie Bullock- I have hard rave reviews from so many people. It’s about the ups and down of J. Crew, a brand I love, and a world I’m very interested in learning more about.
3. Workhorse by Caroline Palmer – another magazine book!! is this the summer of the magazine!?
4. Dolly all the Time by Annabel Monaghan – it’s giving pretty woman vibes, excited!

Mystery – #nancydrewsummer

1. The Keeper by Tana French – I love this author and her books are always twisty and turney! This is a must-listen-to situation for the Irish accents.
2. Murder in the Scottish Highlands by Dee MacDonald – I love a cozy british murder mystery. This is calling for tea, rainy day porch swing, a bit of toast. you get the picture!
3. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto – I’ve heard so many good things. Love a funny mystery.
4. Poppy Montgomery Gets Even by Gordon Jack – I have three words for you: water aerobics drama. Another cozy mystery, in a retirement home!

Non-fiction

1. The Company I Keep by Leonard A. Lauder – I am so excited to dig in! I love a good tale of life in family business!!
2. Generations by Jean M. Twenge – love thinking about ideas around how your age shapes your identity!
3. The American School of Spies by Stephen Talty – I read a lot of WW2 era novels, and was just speaking with someone who toured Christy’s in London to learn about a deparment that works to repatriate art. Can’t wait for this. I found it via a great list of summer book recs in the New York Times.
4. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson – I have heard amazing things and she is so brilliant, with such emotional and intellectual depth. I can’t wait to learn and read.

Business

1. Setting the Table by Danny Meyer – love thinking about hospitality in business. It’s at the core of everything!
2. Crisis Engineering by Marina Nitze – as someone who has a lot to learn and a lot of challenges to figure out, I am SO excited to engage with this book. It was a recommendation from the J.P. Morgan summer reading list. Who knew bank’s had reading lists!
3. Inside the Box by David Epstein – I just finished Range and I’m excited to learn more from Epstein. As someone who works within constraints (who doesn’t!) and has to think about how to do more with less, I am very excited to dig in!
4. The First Rule of Mastery by Michael Gervais – I am a big fan of building and growing your interior life. I can’t wait to dig into this one!

Let me know what you would add, what you’re excited about reading… and when you want to get together to chat about it!! #summerbookclub !!