As I listened back to this recording, I was shaking my head most of the time. This is about the least summery summer book list that has ever been released. I mean, my best "beach read" is a study of Old New York and Pip has a recommendation that profiles families in North Korea.

That being said, the goal is to take in some new inputs this summer...and especially uncommon or unconventional inputs, and I am constantly amazed by the power of research and writing, but especially world literature, to open up new considerations, new perspectives, and broaden my imagination. For an investor, there is so much value in widening the aperture and letting a writer hold hands with the reader's imagination to do the thing we humans can do: consider the many different ways of looking at the world and our collective past and future. It's a skill, but with the help of a good book, it's also play. We looked for books that had a combination of new ideas and great fun, and that is how we created the so-called summer book list. I hope you enjoy it.

#57: The So-Called Summer Book List