Summertime is ideal for catching up on your reading. Add the following books to your summer reading list.

For this interested in compelling nonfiction, ’Leading through Disruption – A Changemaker’s Guide to Twenty-First Century Leadership’ by Andrew N. Liveris provides a new leadership paradigm for resilience and agility in a rapidly changing world. The book is a must-read guide for leaders in various sectors who are keen on not only ensuring current success, but protecting the planet’s future for everyone. Bestselling author and global business leader Liveris, The Hellenic Initiative Chairman and former Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company, was recently chosen to lead the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Organizing Committee. In the book, he presents a variety of powerful tools that will enable readers to tackle any problem quickly and responsively, with an eye to creating a more equitable, sustainable future.

Renovating My Life, with Aristotle as an Architect by Fenia Tsanaka offers insight into the ways philosophy, in this case the Aristotelian variety, can help us on our life’s journey.

Tsanaka notes in the book’s descriptions: “As an architect I realized that on the same plot of land, with the same laws, depending on which architect we choose, we will build a completely different house. The same is true of our lives. Depending on which philosophy we adopt, in the same social environment we will live a different life. So the question arises: ‘Which philosophy should we choose to live a good life?’ In this quest, I turned to the philosophy of Aristotle, which starts from the basic premise ‘our life is our actions’ and answers existential and simple, everyday questions that we all have.”

For fiction fans, Lovers and Others Killers by Penelope Karageorge is a well-written and entertaining murder mystery featuring strong characters and a compelling plot. The protagonist of Love and Other Killers is New York journalist Cass Cooper, the prime suspect in the brutal stabbing death of her ex-husband Vance just after his release from prison. He served a mere five years for a Ponzi scheme that lost millions for investors. Psychologist Noah Lazeroff had testified that he was not evil — but a gambling addict who made the mistake of playing with Wall Street money. While in prison, Vance penned a tell-all memoir, a potential blockbuster that his friend, book publisher Dev Lal, looked forward to publishing — but the manuscript mysteriously disappears. Cass’ search for a killer takes her from her Greenwich Village apartment to a billionaire’s Park Avenue penthouse to the country retreat of an experimental group working with the new LSD. Lovers and Other Killers transports readers into a fictional world of love, murder, and addiction in all its forms.

Niki by Christos Chomenidis is a riveting work of historical fiction that draws the reader in from the very first page. Chomenidis took home the European Book Prize (French: Le Prix du Livre Européen) in the Novel category in 2021 for his book, a first for a Greek author, since the European Union literary award was established in 2007. Niki is now available in English, translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito, and published by Other Press. The book follows a resilient Greek woman who recounts her and her family’s extraordinary story at the end of her life which was marked by the great historical events of the 20th century. ‘Niki’, the Greek word for victory, also happens to be the name of Chomenidis’ grandmother whose life inspired the eponymous novel.

All the books mentioned above are available in bookstores and online.