🏖️ My Summer Reading List - 2026 📚

Business beach reads and beyond

Here’s what I’m reading this summer:

• The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses by Mita Mallick

• Up the Down Staircase: How Wine & Spirits Brands are Growing in a Declining Market by Ben Salisbury¹

• Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel by Loretta J. Ross

• Wine Marketing and Sales, Fourth Edition by Paul Wagner, Liz Thach, MW, and Susan DeMatei, CS

• Risk and Reward: How to Handle Market Volatility and Build Long-Term Wealth by Ben Carlson²

• Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico and translated by Sophie Hughes

What are you reading this summer?

1. I was lucky enough to talk with Ben for the Business of Drinks podcast.

2. I wrote a full-length post on the key takeaways from this book for investors and entrepreneurs alike.