10 Must-Read Books For IT Pros This Summer

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How many hours per day do you spend staring at a screen?

Think about it. Digital interaction likely starts with checking email early in the morning and extends throughout a busy workday of more emailing, typing up documents, filling in spreadsheets, monitoring dashboards, and taking notes during meetings. And I doubt you put your screens away when you go home.

Maybe this summer would be a good time to put aside your smartphones, laptops, and tablets in favor of a book. Not a Kindle or another e-reader but a real, paper-and-ink book that you can take to the beach without fear of dripping water on it.

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In the wide world of literature, there are plenty of titles written for the tech-minded reader. There are books that draw upon lessons learned by Google executives as they built their empire, explain strategies in maintaining employee happiness, and predict the future of human thinking in the Internet age.

There are countless biographies that tell the stories of tech legends like Steve Jobs, as well as the tales of lesser-known geniuses who built the Internet and the computers it runs on. In modern topics, there are books that explore the potential for big data and how it could reveal previously unknown insights on the human race.

Each of these aforementioned topics is the subject of one of these 10 books, our recommended reads for tech pros like you.

If you're in the mood for a page-turner, check out our list for some ideas. If you've read any of these titles, or have one to add, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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