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Frank McCourt

Chair and CEO, Unfinished Labs, an impact network and media platform; Owner, Olympique de Marseille

These Truths: A History of the United States
by Jill Lepore

A tour de force on the history of America and our continuing challenge to live up to the very ideals that we are built upon.

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
by Kurt Andersen

[The book] provides keen insight on how economic policy has shaped public policy in America over the last half century. Together, [the books] clearly demonstrate the fragility of both democracy and capitalism in America if justice and fairness are only words.

Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
by Meg Meeker, MD

Having grown up with a truly amazing mother and three accomplished sisters, and now being married to a super nova, I have always had the greatest respect for women. Yet as the father of five boys, raising my young daughter is an entirely new experience. In my eyes, of course, she can do no wrong. However, the reality is that young girls in particular are trying to navigate an incredibly complex and challenging world, and any insight that I can gain in order to be there for her is very helpful.

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OTHER LEADERS

Jacqueline Novogratz
Acumen Fund

Richard Buery
Achievement First

Alexis McGill Johnson
Planned Parenthood

Ailish Campbell
Canada’s Ambassador to the EU

Rebecca Lowell Edwards
ACLU

Shamina Singh
Mastercard

Frank McCourt
Unfinished Labs

Jessica Herrera-Flanigan
Twitter

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Summer is coming. Bring a book. (New York Times)

Barack Obama: My summer 2021 lists (Medium)

The Harvard Business School faculty summer reader 2021 (Harvard Business School)

The books of summer (Wall Street Journal)

Summer reading: The 50 hottest new books everyone should read (Guardian)

Summer reading: 10 of the best art books of the past year (Christie’s)

5 ideas for summer reading (Bill Gates)

Summer reads 2021: What are Princeton professors reading—and listening to—this summer? (Princeton University)

What politicos are reading this summer (Politico)

Summer reading book list (reading adventures for babies, kids, and teens) (New York Public Library)

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Acknowledgments

It takes a village to curate amazing lists from this rather busy group of leaders from all over the world. We would like to thank Kris Coratti, Chantal De Soto, Rimjhim Dey, Melanie Newman, Joellen Perry, and Jayne Rosefield for their help.

Within McKinsey Global Publishing, Eleni Kostopoulos led the effort to make this year’s list come alive, with collaboration and support from Mike Borruso, Nancy Cohn, Victor Cuevas, Torea Frey, Mary Halpin, Drew Holzfeind, Kathleen O'Leary, LaShon Malone, Philip Mathew, Janet Michaud, Kanika Punwani, Sarah Thuerk, Duane Tomaszewski, Petra Vincent, and Nathan Wilson.

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