2015 Summer Reading Lists from around the Web
Summer is the time when professionals get caught up on their reading. Since I am not quite ready to produce a summer reading list of my own, and may not even produce one, I decided I’d scout around to find a few reading lists for you. From the reading lists, you will find something for every taste because they are so different. Here is the 2015 Summer Reading Lists from around the Web.
Beach Reading (and More): Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, created a list of books that he’d like us to read. On his blog, he says that this year, he tried to include more books that are considered beach reads. There are seven books on the list, and only two that I would read – What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe and How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff.
The 2015 Summer Reading List: This list was created by Spin Sucks, and the books on their summer reading list look more like summer reading than the ones on Bill Gates’ list. On the list, I have only read The Rosie Project: A Novel
, and The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
and Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
are on my lists of books to read. Will I get to them this summer, not sure if I can!
CBC Books 2015 summer reading list: For people who do not live in Canada, CBC stands for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. There are 15 books on the list, and I have only heard of one of the books on the list – God Help the Child: A novel
by Toni Morrison. Perhaps I’m out of touch because I am focused on the pile of books that I’d like to read in the next two months.
Honoring black writers: 25 books for your summer reading: This list is from the website, the Grio, and there are only two books on their summer reading list that I recognize – Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and God Help the Child: A novel by Toni Morrison. Kimberly Weathersby provides detailed descriptions for each book, so you can decide which ones you would like to read.
My 2015 Summer Reading List: This summer reading list is from the site, Overstuffed Life, and it comprises the books that the author would like to read this summer. I like this list because many of the books sound interesting, and a few of them I have seen on display in the bookstore. After reading the descriptions, I want to read, As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust: A Flavia de Luce Novel
by Alan Bradley.
The Summer 2015 Mother Culture Reading List: This summer reading list is from the After Thought blog, and the books on the list are the kinds of books that I will be reading this summer. And they are not your typical beach reads. Some of the books on the list include – Leisure: The Basis of Culture
, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help
, The Faerie Queene
, The Divine Comedy
, Paradise Lost (Dover Thrift Editions)
, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition
, The Book Thief
, and The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
.
Your 2015 Summer Impact Reading List: This summer reading list is from the website, Net Impact, and the books on the list and are not beach reads, but books to help you develop professionally. Books on the list include To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others
by Dan Pink; Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur; Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
by Daniel Lubetzky; Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
by Peter Sims; Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America
by Jon Mooallem and Bad Feminist: Essays
by Roxanne Gay.
Please take the time to visit each website and read the descriptions of the books so you can make an informed choice of which books to read. What are your thoughts on the 2015 Summer Reading Lists from around the Web?
Get Started Here – I want to help you get started on your learning journey. Read The Invisible Mentor 2015 Reading Challenge, then Join the Facebook Group for the Reading Challenge today, connecting the ideas from the books you read!
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