2023 SUMMER READING LIST
A special thank you to our 2023 Women Investment Leaders + Annual Summit speakers who provided the below book recommendations:
Africa Is Not a Country
Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin
A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2022. An exuberant, opinionated, stereotype-busting portrait of contemporary Africa in all its splendid diversity, by one of its leading new writers.
American Bonds by Sarah L. Quinn
How the American government has long used financial credit programs to create economic opportunities.
Attitude
by Jay Wright
In Attitude, Coach Wright shares some of the leadership secrets that have enabled Villanova, a private university with an undergraduate enrollment of less than 6,500, to thrive in the hypercompetitive world of college athletics.
Battlefield of the Mind
by Joyce Meyer
In Joyce Meyer’s most popular bestseller ever, the beloved author and minister shows readers how to change their lives by changing their minds.
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist.
Braiding Sweetgrass
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass is a book to focus the eyes, open the heart and stretch the imagination about our appropriate relationships within the natural world.
The Captain Class
A New Theory of Leadership
by Sam Walker
In The Captain Class, Walker profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies the counterintuitive leadership qualities of the unconventional men and women who drove them to succeed.
Carrie Soto is Back
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In this powerful novel about the cost of greatness, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback when the world considers her past her prime.
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber
This book explores the historical relationship of debt with social institutions such as barter, marriage, friendship, slavery, law, religion, war and government.
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World
by Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Hans Rosling, and Ola Rosling
Here is a book by Hans Rosling, the scientist called “a true inspiration” by Bill Gates, that teaches us how to see the world as it truly is.
Global Investing
A Practical Guide to the World's Best Financial Opportunities
by Darrin Erickson
In the book, you’ll discover how you can improve the performance of your investment portfolio by taking advantage of opportunities that exist outside of the borders of the country you happen to inhabit.
Humble Inquiry
The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
by Edgar Schein and Peter Schein
“This book is an exercise in inquiry by a recognized master of humble insight.” —Art Kleiner, Editor-in-Chief, Booz & Company/strategy+business
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
by Andrea Elliott
This is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality—told through the crucible of one remarkable girl.
Invisible Women
by Caroline Criado-Perez
Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates this shocking root cause of gender inequality in the award-winning, #1 international bestseller Invisible Women.
Just Mercy
A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.
Legacy
What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business
Of Life
by James Kerr
In his global bestseller, Legacy, James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful team, the New Zealand All Blacks, to help understand what it takes to bounce back from adversity and still reach the top.
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus
This novel is “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel” (The New York Times Book Review) and “witty, sometimes hilarious...the Catch-22 of early feminism” (Stephen King, via Twitter).
The Light We Carry
Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama
Former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world.
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis.
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers” - the best and the brightest, the most famous, and the most successful. He asks the question: What makes high-achievers different?
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money
& Power
by Daniel Yergin
The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil.
Quit
The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
by Annie Duke
In this game-changing guide, decision-making expert Annie Duke shows why quitting what holds you back is essential for success.
Red Roulette
An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
by Desmond Shum
This New York Times bestseller is narrated by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the top levels of power and wealth—and then fell out of favor.
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
by Heather McGhee
“[McGhee] takes readers on an intimate odyssey across our country’s racial divide to explore why some believe that progress for some comes at the expense of others.” —O: The Oprah Magazine
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
by Malcolm Gladwell
Talking To Strangers helps you better understand and accurately judge the people you don’t know while staying patient and tolerant with others.
Think Like a Horse
Lessons in Life, Leadership, and Empathy from an Unconventional Cowboy
by Grant Golliher
In Think Like a Horse, veteran “horse whisperer” and leadership expert Grant Golliher applies his hard-won horse sense to teach invaluable lessons anyone can use to live a fuller, more successful life.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,
and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin
“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a celebration of the narratives, in video games and in life, that reinforce just how important connection really is.” —Annabel Gutterman, Time
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
Kalanithi uses the pages in this book to not only tell his story, but also share his ideas on how to approach death with grace and what it means to be fully alive.
When Einstein Walked with Gödel
Excursions to the Edge of Thought
by Jim Holt
With his trademark clarity and humor, Holt probes the mysteries of quantum mechanics, the quest for the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of logic and truth.
The World for Sale
Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
by Jack Farchy and Javier Blas
The World for Sale lifts the lid on one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell the earth's resources.
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