J.P. Morgan's 27th annual Summer Reading List (2026) curates 14 books with practical relevance for leaders and innovators, spanning AI leadership, geopolitics, and human potential. Highlighted titles include George Newman's framework on creativity as learnable skill (not inspiration), Sebastian Mallaby's biography of DeepMind's Demis Hassabis tracing the AI race's stakes, and Josh Tyrangiel's "AI for Good" demonstrating real-world AI applications in healthcare and government—themes directly applicable to SME strategy and organizational development.