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Brought to you by Liz Hilton Segel, chief client officer and managing partner, global industry practices, & Homayoun Hatami, managing partner, global client capabilities

If you’re looking for book recommendations for your downtime or an upcoming vacation, this year’s summer reading guide has got you covered. Browse through 70-plus books in nine genres selected by CEOs, editors-in-chief, and other leaders, including McKinsey’s Bob Sternfels , Tracy Francis , Sven Smit , Homayoun Hatami , Pierre Gentin , Rodney Zemmel , and Joydeep Sengupta , and you’ll be sure to find something that satisfies your interests. For more good reads for this summer and beyond, be sure to subscribe to our Readers & Leaders newsletter, and check out McKinsey on Books for the latest business books by McKinsey authors, including Rewired: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI and Power to the Middle: Why Managers Hold the Keys to the Future of Work.

2023 summer reading guide

McKinsey’s annual book list from leaders and editors is back—and once again offers compelling picks that reflect the times.

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Quote of the day

“I don’t think you’re ever done with digital transformation. It’s a muscle that you’re constantly building and you’re constantly honing to get better at.”

—McKinsey senior partner Kate Smaje on the new book Rewired, which distills the lessons from successful digital and AI transformations, in a recent episode of The McKinsey Podcast

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