We’re nearing the dog days of August, which can only mean one thing: time to decide what books to take along on your much needed end-of-summer vacation. To help you out, the Inner Circle has come up with a totally subjective list — and in no particular order — of the 10 best business books published in 2015 to carry in your beach bag. Have any other suggestions? Please let us know by commenting below.

1. “Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead,” by Laszlo Bock
From the visionary head of Google’s innovative People Operations comes a groundbreaking inquiry into the philosophy of work, and a blueprint for attracting the most spectacular talent to your business and ensuring that they succeed.

2. “Marissa Mayer And the Fight To Save Yahoo!,” by Nicholas Carlson
A page-turning narrative about Marissa Mayer’s efforts to remake Yahoo, as well as her own rise to fame from Stanford University undergrad to CEO of a $30 billion corporation by the age of 38.

3. “Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else,” by Steve Lohr
A technology reporter for The New York Times, Steve Lohr chronicles the rise of big data, addressing cutting-edge business strategies and the dark side of a data-driven world.

4. “The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything,” by Guy Kawasaki
Fully revised and expanded for the first time in a decade, this is Guy Kawasaki’s classic best-selling guide to launching and making your new product, service or idea a success.

5. “The Simplicity Cycle: A Field Guide to Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse,” by Dan Ward
The award-winning engineer, Air Force lieutenant colonel and author of “F.I.R.E” offers a road map for designing winning new products, services and business models, and shows how to avoid complexity-related pitfalls in the process.

6. “The Power of Thanks: How Social Recognition Empowers Employees and Creates a Best Place to Work,” by Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine
Building a fully engaged, energized workforce is the key to business success. “The Power of Thanks” reveals how leading companies like Intuit, JetBlue Airways, IHG, Symantec, ConAgra Foods and The Hershey Company empower employees through social recognition, in which the practice of mutual appreciation and trust directs and rewards higher performance.

7. “Changing Your Company From the Inside Out: A Guide for Social Intrapreneurs,” by Gerald F. Davis and Christopher J. White
This book provides the tools to empower you to jump-start initiatives that matter to you — and that should matter to your company as well. Drawing on lessons from social movements as well as on the work of successful “intrapreneurs,” Davis and White provide readers a guide for creating positive social change from within your own organization.

8. “No One Understands You and What To Do About It,” by Heidi Grant Halvorson
Have you ever felt you’re not getting through to the person you’re talking to, or not coming across the way you intend? You’re not alone. That’s the bad news. But there is something you can do about it. Halvorson, a social psychologist and best-selling author, explains why we’re often misunderstood and how we can fix that.

9. “I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time,” by Laura Vanderkam
Everyone has an opinion, anecdote or horror story about women and work. In this book, however, Vanderkam, a time management expert and author of “What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast” shows how real working women with families are actually making the most of their time. Instead of relying on scattered stories, Vanderkam set out to add hard data to the debate. She collected hour-by-hour time logs from 1,001 days in the lives of women who make at least $100,000 a year, and found some surprising patterns in how these women spend the 168 hours that every one of us has each week.

10. “Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When it Matters Most,” by Hendrie Weisinger and J. P. Pawliw-Fry
Nobody performs better under pressure. Regardless of the task, pressure ruthlessly diminishes our judgment, decision making, attention, dexterity and performance in every professional and personal arena. In this book, Drs. Weisinger and Pawliw-Fry introduce readers to the concept of pressure management, offering empirically tested short-term and long-term solutions to help us overcome the debilitating effects of pressure.