JPMorgan unveils its 2025 summer reading list
Banking giant's curated selection features books on life advice, memoirs, inspiration and art
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As summer approaches and people ready themselves for vacations, getaways, barbecues and relaxing outdoors, suggested reading lists get released. Taking time away from work leaves enough time to dig into a new book.
JPMorgan released its 26th annual summer reading list that features books covering a wide range of topics from life advice and memoirs to inspiration and art.
"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. "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."
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JPMorgan's 2025 summer reading list. (J.P. Morgan Private Bank)
Advice and Life Coaching
Several of the books fall into the advice and coaching category with the following titles:
- "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
Memoirs and Life Purpose
- "The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward" by Melinda Gates
- "Iron Hope: Lessons Learned from Conquering the Impossible" by James Lawrence
- "The Tell: A Memoir" by Amy Griffin
Melinda French Gates' book "The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward" was featured on JPMorgan's summer 2025 reading list. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative / Getty Images)
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Tech and Innovation
- "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
Books about artificial intelligence and other tech subjects were included on JPMorgan's summer reading list. (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Arts and Culture
- "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