Here’s the 2025 Summer Reading List for Wealthy People, According to JPMorgan

JPMorgan released its annual summer reading list, geared to high-net-worth people who are curious about technology, art, and finding true happiness.

By David James | May 30, 2025
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For the past 26 years, JPMorgan has released a summer book list that caters to the interests of its high-wealth clientele. This year, a special committee looked at more than 1,000 reading suggestions from JPMorgan’s client advisors and came up with their 16-book list.

Darin Oduyoye, chief communications officer for JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management, who also oversees the list, that this year’s selections were focused “around the power of curiosity.”

“You can think of it from a reflection standpoint or transformation standpoint,” Oduyoye said.

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Oduyoye said that they took input from family offices and looked at titles that aimed to prepare the next generation of leaders. Family office respondents were concerned with finding a balance between growing wealth and doing things that positively impact communities.

The list includes Shigehiro Oishi’s “,” which explores happiness and finding meaning in life (the called the author’s enthusiasm “infectious”), and Suzy Welch’s “” and its related 13-step plan.

The list also includes “” by De Kai, which explores AI’s impact on how we live now (and will live in the future).

Here are seven more titles from the list. For the complete summer syllabus, .

by Dan Heath

by James Lawrence

by Amy Griffin

by Noor Sweid

by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska

by Mike Colias

by Michael Petry

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For the past 26 years, JPMorgan has released a summer book list that caters to the interests of its high-wealth clientele. This year, a special committee looked at more than 1,000 reading suggestions from JPMorgan’s client advisors and came up with their 16-book list.

Darin Oduyoye, chief communications officer for JPMorgan Asset and Wealth Management, who also oversees the list, that this year’s selections were focused “around the power of curiosity.”

“You can think of it from a reflection standpoint or transformation standpoint,” Oduyoye said.

David James • Staff writer

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