7 summer reads, recommended by top TED speakers

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If you've got a vacation planned soon (and you should, because it could get you a raise), you may be looking for something to read en route to your destination. Instead of settling for the in-flight magazine, why not pick up a book favorited by one of the world's most innovative minds?

TED compiled an epic list of 40 summer reads recommended by their speakers. No matter what your interest -- fiction or nonfiction, short and sweet or long and lengthy, recent New York Times bestseller or a timeless classic -- there's something on the list that will pique your interest.

Take a gander at the entire list on the TED blog, or check out a selected few below from entrepreneurs, designers, creatives and tech thought leaders.

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