Beach Reads: Summer Books For Solution Providers

Summertime presents a valuable chance to kick back and think about the bigger issues of where you, and your business, are going. Here are 10 books that rate a spot on your reading list in these hazy days of August.

Joe Caponi

Ben Mezrich

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook -- A Tale Of Sex, Money, Genius And Betrayal

notes the book's sensational tone

New York Post says

Paul McFedries

they give the massive book a hearty thumbs-up

Chris Anderson

Wired The Long Tail Cory Doctorow writes

New Yorker Malcolm Gladwell cautions

Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden

Sir Tony Hoare says

Aaron Erickson

Eric Berridge and Michael Kirven

2009 VAR 500 Top 25 Executives

Alan Weiss

Summit Consulting Group Getting Started in Consulting

discusses the challenge of 'reinvention'

Dr. Charles J. Pellerin

origins of the book

Joanne Sujansky and Jan Ferri-Reed

Barry Ritholtz

New York Times says

Forbes notes