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James B Comey's Reading List

When James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director and author of “A Higher Loyalty,” reads fiction, it’s “almost always something my kids are reading, so I can … pretend to be cool.”

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By the Book: James B Comey (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-04-12).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Why the West Rules — for Now
Ian Morris · Buy on Amazon
"Why the West Rules — for Now, by Ian Morris, a sweeping look at the patterns of human history and a glimpse at the future."
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green · Buy on Amazon
"The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green; the Mistborn series, by Brandon Sanderson; and the Red Rising series, by Pierce Brown."
Five Smooth Stones
Ann Fairbairn · Buy on Amazon
"In high school, I got deeply into Tolkien's books and also loved Five Smooth Stones, by Ann Fairbairn, about an interracial relationship and the African-American struggle for civil rights. I liked those books so much I would try to read slowly to make them last longer."
Cover of Moral Man and Immoral Society
Moral Man and Immoral Society
Reinhold Niebuhr · 1932 · Buy on Amazon
"Reinhold Niebuhr's Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man had a huge impact on me."
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt · Buy on Amazon
"More recently, I was really struck by Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion."
Cover of Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews · Buy on Amazon
"Red Sparrow and its sequel, Palace of Treason, by Jason Matthews, nail the world of intelligence and counterintelligence (and offer a cleareyed view of modern Russia)."
Presumed Innocent
Scott Turow · Buy on Amazon
"Scott Turow gets the world of prosecution and trials right in his work, especially the classic Presumed Innocent."
The Road to Character
David Brooks · Buy on Amazon
"I would pick The Road to Character, by David Brooks."
The Terror Presidency
Jack Goldsmith · Buy on Amazon
"The Terror Presidency, by Jack Goldsmith."

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