8 book ideas for your summer reading list

Capital Group’s summer reading picks span market history, leadership, and fiction, offering both insight and a break from day-to-day noise. Several titles, including 1929 and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, remind readers how past crises and political shifts can still inform today’s markets and policy debates. Others, such as Running Down a Dream and Shade, point to longer-term themes around career choices, climate resilience, and the value of adapting to change.

The list also highlights the human side of investing through novels like Theo of Golden and Remarkably Bright Creatures, which explore community, loss, healing, and connection. For investors and advisors alike, the common thread is perspective: strong decisions often come from understanding history while staying open to new ideas.