The right book is critical for a summer vacation. Choose well and you’ve got all the time in the world to enjoy it; choose wrong and you’re stuck looking at the waves. This list of the top summer books has you covered, with everything from fantastic fiction to eye-opening history.
The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New Not NormalBy Felix Salmon
Salmon, chief financial correspondent at Axios Media Inc. and host of a popular podcast, has made an ambitious attempt to articulate the changes wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Focusing mostly on Western societies, he sketches out changes in life and work, drawing connections among broader macroeconomic phenomena. The book is simultaneously of the moment and an attempt to predict trends that will have staying power. It’s a tricky balancing act and a valuable contribution to a growing mountain of literature grappling with the most universal and consequential tragedy since World War II. Out now, Harper Business
