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What the Rich Are Reading This Summer
CNBC.com | June 20, 2012 | 10:39 AM EDT

Nothing goes with those linen shorts, the house in the Hamptons and chilled bottle of Yquem like a good summer read.

This year there are loads of good books for high-net-worth individuals to relax with on the beach. And as they have every year, J.P. Morgan Private Bank is about to release it’s 13th annual summer reading list. The bank's recommendations have become hugely popular among the wealthy, as much a rite of summer as putting the top down on the 300 SL Roadster and decamping with the family to Nantucket.

This year’s list is as varied as the rich themselves, with weighty tomes on behavioral economics, urban planning, and the history of the world to lighter fare about monarchs and Malbecs.

“Our clients have an eclectic interests and an appetite to explore new trends in business, leadership, the arts and science — this year’s summer reading list delivers that, and more,” said Darin Oduyoye, Chief Communications Officer for J.P. Morgan’s Asset Management division, which includes the Private Bank.

Here is this year’s list:

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