We asked. You answered. From brushing up on professional skills, to navigating the workplace, to passing the time with the ultimate beach read, see what the Edge for Scholars community is loving right now. Add more edge-tastic reads in the comments.

Faculty Life

• Not Discussed: The Unspoken Rules for a Career in Academic Research by C. Michael Stein
• The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure — Without Losing Your Soul by Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszoffy
• Why So Slow?: The Advancement of Women by Virginia Valian
• Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
• The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• The Loudest Duck: Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Achieve Success at Work by Laura Liswood
• Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew
• Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Management & Leadership

• Energy Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life from the Core by Bruce D. Schneider
• The Impact of Confidence: 7 Secrets of Success for the Human Side of Leadership by Timothy J. Ressmeyer, PhD
• Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life by Stewart D. Friedman
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW

Negotiation

• Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant

Productivity

• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport *recommended twice
• Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
• The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard, PhD, and Spencer Johnson, MD
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

Writing

• Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English by Patricia T. O’Conner
• On Writing: A Memoir of The Craft by Stephen King
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
• The Sense of Structure: Writing From the Reader’s Perspective by George D. Gopen
• How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silva, PhD
• How to Write an Essay like an Equation: Write Better, Faster, Easier by Eric Sentell, PhD
• How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics, and Nonfiction Book Writers by Sönke Ahrens

Ultimate Beach Reads

• Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
• Spark: How Creativity Works by Julie Burstein

Gratitude to the contributors:

Thank you all for sharing your favorite reads with The Edge community.

Additional Resources

Summer Reading for Work and Play

Mentees and Mentors Must-Read Book Lists (2017)

Summer Reading: What’s Popular in the Edge Library (2017)

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