As well as time to spend with family and friends, summer holidays are great for reflecting upon the year past, considering the year to come - and reading.
This is particularly true for our political leaders: throughout the year they have far less time than many to read. So Grattan has put together a selection of books we think they might find stimulating over the break. They are all good reads that will provide both entertainment and food for thought not just for the Prime Minister, but for politicians of all parties at all levels of government.
Obviously, we do not endorse every word in these books. We also hope that our leaders get the chance to do some reading purely for pleasure over the summer. Most of all, we hope they return refreshed and inspired, and even better equipped to lead the country.
The Books
Why the West Rules – for Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future, Ian Morris
Fault Lines: How hidden fractures still threaten the world economy, Raghuram Rajan
Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the end of the reform era, George Megalogenis
Disconnected, Andrew Leigh
Our Fathers, Andrew O’Hagan
Art+Soul, Hetti Perkins
Merchants of Doubt: How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway
Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
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