JP Morgan has whet the reading appetite of its 3,200 employees (and who knows how many clients) with the annual summer 'must-reads', a list of 10 books for the super-rich to delve into while sipping coconut drinks by the pool on holiday.
Last year, the bank's heavyweights insisted on including one novel - Soul Mountain by exiled Chinese Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian - on the list for the first time. But the bleak, complex tale set in Sichuan was apparently too much for employees and clients and fiction has been dropped altogether this year.
The latest choices are much more sensible. Among them are guides to proper punctuation, solving problems, staying stylish and, of course, how to be rich and famous from the perspective of an American icon - in this case, it's the Rockefeller family. And, once again, there's help for those who want to donate to charities.
'Reminds me of Oprah's Book Club, but for the rich and clueless,' quipped one literary critic.
Enough joking around, it's time to roll up your Polo Ralph Lauren sleeves and head to Dymocks, list in hand. Here's some of the top picks:
Centuries of Success: Lessons from the World's Most Enduring Family Business, by William T. O'Hara.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss.