10 Books to Take with You During Your Travels this Summer
Summer is a great time to catch-up on your reading. Whether you’re downloading them on your kindle to read during your holiday commute, picking-up a new hardback or paperback to take with you to the beach/pool, or enjoying a break from primetime television while your favorite fall shows are on holiday, here’s a list of fiction and nonfiction books to read this summer.
Non-Fiction – Business & Inspiration
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
By: Angela Duckworth
Published: May 3, 2016
Psychologist and TED Talk speaker, Angela Duckworth, explores the definition of Grit, as a combination of passion and perseverance, and its role for success by sharing stories and insight. Whether you’re a business leader or a new parent, striving for your own definition of success, this book is a good read for anyone looking for inspiration to keep going.
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
By: Patricia McCormick, Malala Yousafzai
Published: August 19, 2014
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner and an international advocate for educating young girls, tells her story of standing-up for her right to be educated in Pakistan (a region controlled by the Taliban) and almost losing her life when she was shot while riding the bus on her way home from school.
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
By: Jeannette Walls
Published: 2005
A rags to riches, raw honest tale of Walls’ journey of a bizarre childhood spent traveling as nomads with her artist mother, alcoholic father and three siblings, growing-up in a poor West Virginia Town as outcasts and eventually making her way to NYC. A humbling read on enduring hardships and personal perseverance.
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
by Phil Knight
Published: April 26, 2016
Nike founder and chairman, Phil Knight, shares his story of building a business and growing it into one of the world’s most iconic brands. A great read for an entrepreneur, business leader or anyone looking for an entertaining true story of a brand you’ve watched evolve over the past decades.
Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life
by Adam Markel
Published: April 19, 2016
A former workaholic attorney who changed his life to be a purpose-driven social entrepreneur, Adam Markel, shares advice and inspiration on reinventing yourself. Whether you are in a job transition or seeking a new career path, he explains that it’s never the wrong time to make a change, even if it’s just with baby steps. A great read for anyone seeking inspiration for change.
Fiction – Take a Break from Business Books
The Girl on the Train
By: Paula Hawkins
Published: January 13. 2015
A New York Times Bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture, this book is a must-read for the summer. A psychological thriller, told from the viewpoint of three different women Rachel, Anne and Megan – Rachel, the main character, is a dispirited divorced women who accidently becomes entangled in a murder investigation.
Me Before You: A Novel
By: Jojo Moyes
Published: September 31, 2012
A New York Times best seller and currently a major motion picture this summer, this is a story of a woman who lived a seemingly boring life until she takes a job working for a quadriplegic and they both change each other’s lives for the better. Worth reading if you’re planning to watch the movie, or watched the movie and loved it.
The Pursuit: A Fox and O’Hare Novel
By: Lee Goldberg, Janet Evanovich
Published: June 21, 2016
From the New York Times bestselling series Fox and O’Hare about Nicolas Fox, an international con man/thief and FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare. An entertaining read that doesn’t require starting from the beginning of the series, but you may be tempted to read the rest of the series once you finish the read.
The Nightingale
By: Kristin Hannah
Published: February 3, 2015
A historical fiction (War Novel) about two sisters’, who are opposites – one a followers and the other a leader, on their strength and survival in Nazi occupied France during WWII. It’s an entertaining and educating story of love, loss and war with two dynamic female characters. A great page turner for the beach or poolside. Especially who love WWII historical fictions.
All the Light We Cannot See
By: Anthony Doerr
Published: May 6, 2014
Following the summer theme of historical fictions set during WWII in Nazi occupied France aka “War Novel”, this is another great page turner for the beach or poolside this summer. The story is on two characters – blind French girl who flees Paris for the countryside and a young German orphan who attends a military academy under Nazi control.