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  • Summer 2026 – Reading and Listening List

    Summer 2026 – Reading and Listening List

    This summer I have put down the following books to read, as well as a number of podcasts to listen to. I have expanded by original reading list as I have found that I also need to listen to audio content on quiet days to make the auditory shock of leaving the office less pronounced.

    As part of my intention to spend less time on social media, I have loaded my Kindle with many of the books ahead of my summer holiday. In addition, the Pagnol book will accompany me as a paperback – to read in a café over breakfast in Cannes, once I have finished reading the current edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. The Lee Onhwa book is one that I will be reading to solve a geocache in Vienna.

    Reading List

    Alex Baratta, How to Read and Write Critically

    Eva Dou, House of Huawei

    Seth Godin, The Dip

    Sam Illingworth, Slow AI

    Duncan Mavin, Meltdown: Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse

    Cal Newport, So Good They Can’t Ignore You

    Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

    Sarah O’Connor, We are not machines: The Fight for the Future of Work

    Lee Onhwa, A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang / Kleine Wunder in der Mitternachtskonditorei

    Marcel Pagnol, Le château de ma mère

    Alok Sama, The Money Trap

    Nina Sattler-Hovdar, Transcreation, The all-in-one Handbook and Workbook


    Listening List

    Cyber Hack, BBC World Service

    Endgame: Can we live with Artificial General Intelligence, The Observer

    Everything is Fake, BBC Radio 4

    Nicht zu fassen: der Investigativpodcast, Profil

    Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast