Books like A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
12 books with a reading profile close to A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James B. Comey. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
analytical, memoir
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio rejects the common immigrant narrative that prioritizes the stories of high-achieving "Dreamers." Instead, she profiles day laborers in Queens, delivery drivers in ground zero’s wake, and eld…
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2
Uncanny Valley
by Anna Wiener
analytical, memoir
Anna Wiener documents her transition from New York’s traditional publishing industry to the high-growth ecosystem of San Francisco’s tech start-ups.
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3
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Also outward-looking · analytical, memoir
Sarah Wynn-Williams analyzes the rapid expansion and eventual ethical deterioration of high-growth technology firms during the early 2020s.
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4
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama
Also outward-looking · analytical, memoir
Barack Obama outlines his political philosophy by examining the structural gridlock within the United States government.
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5
Complications
by Atul Gawande
analytical, memoir
Atul Gawande presents medicine as an imprecise craft defined by uncertainty and human fallibility.
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith
analytical, memoir
In this narrative nonfiction work, Clint Smith travels to nine distinct locations to examine how each site remembers or distorts its connection to the transatlantic slave trade.
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What Happened
analytical, memoir
In this memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton provides a forensic account of the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
by Jon Krakauer
Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative
Jon Krakauer documents several sexual assault cases occurring between 2010 and 2012 in Missoula, Montana, focusing on the experiences of female students at the University of Montana.
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Range
Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative
David Epstein argues against the cult of early specialization, contending that a head start in a narrow field often leads to stagnation rather than mastery.
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Seven Days in the Art World
Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative
Sarah Thornton’s narrative provides an ethnographic study of the contemporary art market during its mid-2000s peak.
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LONDON FALLING
analytical, narrative
Patrick Radden Keefe reconstructs the investigation into the unexplained death of a nineteen-year-old Londoner whose public identity masked a complex private existence.
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Also outward-looking · analytical, narrative
In "Cooked," Michael Pollan examines the physical and cultural evolution of food through the lens of the four classical elements: fire, water, air, and earth.
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