What's on your summer reading list for 2012?With the summer holiday season well and truly upon us, I thought it'd be interesting to find out what books (or, in this day and age of the virtual, electronic version looking like it maybe about to take over from the traditional printed volume, e-books) are on your must-read list...or which ones you've recently enjoyed, and reckon others should drop everything to read!
Whatever your planned holiday reading - whether it's a business or HR-related title, or something a fictional world away from all that - all recommendations are welcome here.
I'd also be interested to find out your preferred format: Print or e-book?
Please help compile HR's summer reading list for 2012 via the comments box below, or get in touch via Twitter, Google+ or LinkedIn.
UPDATE 1 (Tuesday 14 August 2012): Recommendations from Flora Marriott and Cassie Lloyd-Perrin!
I'm very pleased to report that we've had some excellent HR summer 2012 reading list responses from Flora Marriott and Cassie Lloyd-Perrin, via LinkedIn (Click on the image below to see an expanded version):
UPDATE 2 (Tuesday 14 August 2012): @LadyLoki and Vera Woodhead share their summer reading lists
Two more kind souls have shared their summer reading lists, this time via Twitter.
Here's @LadyLoki's pick:
And here's what Vera Woodhead is reading:
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Comments (4)
I'm a traditional book person! I've rediscovered my interest in economics (having had it killed by my degree) and would recommend Tim Harford's "The Undercover Economist" and Galbraith's "The Great Crash of 1929" as interesting easy to read books. I've also got Dan Ariely's "Predictably Irrational" to read in the same vein.
On the fiction front, I'm currently re-reading the fantastic Barbara Pym (and discovering a couple of her novels I hadn't read). She was Philip Larkin's favourite novelist and her dry humour and style is very reminiscent of Jane Austen, but set in the 1950s. Any of her early novels like "Excellent Women", "Some Tame Gazelle" or "Less than Angels" are a good place to start.
Posted by Simon Jones | August 10, 2012 9:21 AM
Posted on August 10, 2012 09:21
Personally I like either version of the aforementioned reading options. I have been reading the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes when I am not conducting my job search.
Posted by Vatyna Kennebrew | August 10, 2012 3:51 PM
Posted on August 10, 2012 15:51
I just finished Eric Qualman's new book-Digital Leader. If you are relatively new or not yet started on understanding The Digital Era, this is a reasonable positioning read without a lot of depth. I like the way Eric writes as it is simple and easy to read quickly so I recommend his books/blog for anyone feeling a little tentative about the whole Social Media realm as a way to begin to develop an appreciation for the level of cultural change we are experiencing.
I am reading and rereading Immunity To Change-this is an excellent book and even for someone who has been researching, writing and working with change related topics for years it offers some great and very useful insights.
Just for fun: I have been reading the series from Camilla Lackberg, a Swedish writer who offers stories from the lives of a writer and her detective husband in a small Swedish village. It is great Summer beach reading to get lost in the plots of this series.
Posted by Karin Wills | August 10, 2012 4:25 PM
Posted on August 10, 2012 16:25
I'm a little old fashion I guess, I like my books in physical form. I like to turn the pages and even make dog ears. I like magazines in electronic format but not my books.
Posted by Chris aka new_resource | August 13, 2012 1:27 PM
Posted on August 13, 2012 13:27