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JPMorgan unveils its 2025 summer reading list

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  • JPMorgan has released its annual summer reading list. This year’s list has 16 recommendations, a jump from the usual 10. Selections include works by Melinda French Gates and Alex Karp.

Summer reading for many people might be about thrillers and trashy romances, but if you’re looking to improve your station in life, JPMorgan has a few suggestions.

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The financial institution’s annual summer reading list, which has become a go-to beach-book selection for the wealthy, offer 16 books to chose from this year, ranging from Melinda French Gates’ autobiography and thoughts on philanthropy to Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s predictions for the future of AI.

That’s an increase from previous years, which typically saw 10 selections. This year’s list also suggests some summer experiences, including the Hill Family Estate in Napa and seeing Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway.

“Our 2025 Summer Reading List is a celebration of curiosity’s boundless power,” said Darin Oduyoye, chief communications officer of J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, in a statement. “This year’s selections challenge us to think and explore boldly. With topics ranging from personal values to innovative frontiers such as AI, electric vehicles and the universe’s wonders—this list is designed to inspire growth and forward-thinking.”

Here are the 16 books the bank is recommending this summer.

  • Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life by Shigehiro Oishi
  • Becoming You: The Proven Method for Crafting Your Authentic Life and Career by Suzy Welch
  • Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working by Dan Heath
  • The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda French Gates
  • Iron Hope: Lessons Learned from Conquering the Impossible by James Lawrence
  • The Tell: A Memoir by Amy Griffin
  • Coming of Age: How Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the Face of MENA by Noor Sweid
  • The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska
  • Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles by Mike Colias
  • Raising AI: An Essential Guide to Parenting Our Future by De Kai
  • MirrorMirror: The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art by Michael Petry
  • The Fricks Collect: An American Family and the Evolution of Taste in the Gilded Age by Ian Wardropper
  • Mars: Photographs from the NASA Archives by Nikki Giovanni, James L. Green, Emily Lakdawalla, Rob Manning and Margaret A. Weitekamp
  • Living With Flowers by Aerin Lauder
  • The Values Compass: What 101 Countries Teach Us About Purpose, Life, and Leadership by Mandeep Rai
  • Economic Spotlight: Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider’s View of the Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead by Kenneth Rogoff
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