I started to make a Fall CEO Reading List and remembered that Jeffrey Cufaude put together a list  of recommendations for his summer holiday that would challenge even the best readers–35 books in 35 days!  I liked his category organization, as that is usually how I screen, buy and recommend books to leaders, politicians, colleagues, employee’s, family and friends.

If you are like me, and did not make a big enough dent in your summer reading list, here are seven categories full of titles that we think you may enjoy:  

1. Work and organizations
Talent is Overratedby Geoff Colvin
Elsewhere USA by Dalton Conley
Why Work Sucks by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson
Saving the World at Work by Tim Sanders
The Levity Effectby Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher

2. Internet culture and its impact
Free by Chris Anderson
And Then There’s Thisby Bill Wasik
Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
Grown Up Digital by Donald Tapscott
Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff

3. Creativity, design, and innovation
In Pursuit of Elegance by Matthew May
The Element by Ken Robinson
Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod
Get Back in the Boxby Douglas Rushkoff
The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda

4. Society, the world, and the economy
Life Inc. by Douglas Rushkoff
The Tyranny of Dead Ideas by Matt Miller
The Blue Sweaterby Jacqueline Novogratz
The Age of the Unthinkableby Joshua Cooper Ramo
The Necessary Revolutionby Peter Senge
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben
Enough by John Bogle

5. Decision-making
Nudgeby Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsenseby Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton
The Black Swanby Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Judgment by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis
Crowdsourcing by Jeff Howe

6. Thinking and attention
The Starfish and the Spiderby Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
The Opposable Mind by Roger Martin
A Perfect Mess by Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman
Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner
Rapt by Winifred Gallagher

7. Leadership
Tribes by Seth Godin
Leading with Questions by Michael Marquardt
The Introverted Leader by Jennifer Kahnweiler
Sala, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Ageby Juana Bordas