More 2023 reading lists to explore

McKinsey Global Publishing’s top picks

Great books, songs, and shows for the summer (Bill Gates)

The books to read in 2023 (Financial Times)

Books & reviews (Foreign Affairs)

Readers’ 54 most anticipated books of summer (Goodreads)

J.P. Morgan summer reading list 2023 (JPMorgan Chase)

Let’s go places: 30 summer novels set seaside (Katie Couric Media)

Summer books 2023 (New York Times)

Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List 2023 (Barack Obama)

What to read this summer—2023 (Stanford Magazine)

Beyond beach books: The best in summer reading (Wall Street Journal)

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to McKinsey Global Publishing colleagues Emily Adeyanju, Mike Borruso, Sean Conrad, Mary Gayen, Drew Holzfeind, Eleni Kostopoulos, Philip Mathew, Janet Michaud, Kanika Punwani, Diane Rice, Amy Swan, and Nathan Wilson for making this list come alive.

And thank you to our contributors and their organizations for providing McKinsey Global Publishing with their photographs and permission to use them.

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