Every year we ask the Edge for Scholars community for reading recommendations and this year two categories seem to be on everyone’s mind (and bedside table): Productivity and Management & Leadership. Add more edge-tastic reading recommendations in the “Join the Conversation” box at the bottom of this post.

Productivity

• Deep Work by Cal Newport
• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• Essentialism by Greg McKeown
• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
• 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam

Management & Leadership

• The Authority Gap: Why Women are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It  by Mary Ann Seighart
• Quiet by Susan Cain (Introverts can be highly successful leaders!)
• Give and Take by Adam Grant
• Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

Negotiation

• Ask for It by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever

Ultimate Beach Reads

• How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter
• Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive by Jonathan Fields

Gratitude to our contributors:

Thank you all (from sea to shining sea) for sharing your favorite reads with the Edge for Scholars community.

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