Art, Wills and Weather

Clients of JPMorgan Private Bank pay top dollar for advice on how to increase their wealth. And for three years the bank has supplemented its investment advice with a list of summer "must reads." Want to audit the lessons the moneyed class will be taking on the beach this summer? Read on:

Good to Great, by Jim Collins A look at the practices that separate upstarts from blue chips.

The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon, by Frank Batten, with Jeffrey Cruikshank If you can sell the weather, you can sell anything

Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children in an Indulgent Age, by Dan Kindlon Or, how to raise a humble CEO

Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim, by Anton Gill Insider art-collection tips

Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography, by William Lee Miller The thesis: that one can be great and good

Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne, by David Starkey A manual for succession planning

--By Desa Philadelphia