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Summertime is for reading

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There’s a guide for that. In an effort to assist customers with book selections, bookstore marketers are getting creative. Book recommendation flowcharts—graphical and insightful memes—guide readers toward particular books based on their interests or how they want to feel. (One chart rates each book’s “level of sad,” with a Toni Morrison novel ranking highest.) The newfound popularity of such flowcharts may arise from a lack of independent bookstores where readers used to get personalized recommendations, one professor notes. [NYT]

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Read for pleasure. Printed text holds readers’ attention better than the same text on a computer screen, which people tend to skim, according to one 2018 study. But we live in a screen-technology era, which is why it’s no surprise that only 25% of children say they read for pleasure, based on another study in the UK. The benefits of reading for pleasure are well documented and include developing empathy and tolerance. If we are to maintain these benefits and salvage the practice of deep reading, we’ll need to set aside the online junk reading. [FT]

This year, we reached out to authors of some of our favorite books who were featured in McKinsey’s own Author Talks to tell us what they’re reading. The bookshelves of our contributors did not disappoint.

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Take your pick. In the midst of constant change and uncertainty, in 2022, CEOs and other leaders, including McKinsey global managing partner Bob Sternfels and senior partners Tracy Francis and Sven Smit, are recommending books that offer potential answers but also historical context in our annual summer reading guide. Peruse a plethora of books on global issues such as war and inflation, as well as history, science and technology, workplace culture, fiction, and other genres. For even more books, we’ve also provided an additional 14 curated reading lists.

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Go places—in a book. “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet,” says Jhumpa Lahiri in The Namesake. The selections in McKinsey’s 2022 summer reading guide are sure to take you places, from business and economics to politics, biographies, personal development, and more. Dive in, be inspired, and get equipped to handle today’s business and societal challenges, with picks from economists, founders, government leaders, McKinsey leaders, Nobel Prize winners, and more.

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