Loyalty Society Recommended Reading

“A heartrending family saga following three generations of women connected by a fantastic tapestry through which they inherit the experiences of those that lived before them, sweeping readers from Partition-era India to modern day Brooklyn.” – Goodreads

“From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment.” – Goodreads

“From the author of The Wild One, a heartfelt and suspenseful novel about two sisters returning to their childhood beachfront home who are forced to confront their traumatic past when a body washes ashore.” – Goodreads

“Dr. Washington is back with A Guide to Cracking the Hidden Corporate Code, a practical guide for workers across the spectrum who want to succeed in the business world without sacrificing their authenticity.” – Goodreads

“Set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, a struggling musician writes a hit song that both promises her long sought after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime.” – Amazon

“As an accomplished Microsoft executive, Bruce Jackson handles billions of dollars of commerce as its associate general counsel while he plays a crucial role in the company’s corporate diversity efforts. But few of his colleagues can understand the weight he carries with him to the office each day. He kept his past hidden from sight as he ascended the corporate ladder but shares it in full for the first time here.” – Goodreads

“In this revelatory history, Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville to the Olympic arena, and brings to life the colorful cast of characters whose ‘pretty swimming’ not only laid the groundwork for an altogether new sport but forever changed women’s relationships with water.” – Amazon

“A bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washington who exposes the secrets of the $129 billion industry that controls so much of what we see and hear in the media—from a man who used to pull the strings, and who is now pulling back the curtain.’” – Goodreads

“A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his employers have inadvertently discovered time travel and are covering up a string of violent crimes.” – Goodreads

Always Faithful “entwines the stories of Marine Major Tom Schueman, and his Afghan interpreter, Zainullah “Zak” Zaki, as they describe their parallel lives, converging paths, and unbreakable bond in the face of overwhelming danger.” — Amazon

“Being Present is a highly engaging and insightful guide for anyone hoping to communicate more effectively. As new technology continues to affect the ways we interact, this book provides actionable strategies to cut through the noise and actively cultivate a social presence. I would recommend it to anyone hoping to be a more effective leader.” — Suzanne P. Clark, President and CEO, the United States Chamber of Commerce

Chosen as The New York Times Editors’ Choice, Big Girl is “an extraordinary debut novel shot through with remarkable nuance and tenderness” as it “traces the intergenerational hungers of the profoundly lovable Malaya Clondon.” — Amazon

“In luminescent prose and exquisite detail, Andrea Yaryura Clark chronicles a family’s history through the political turmoil of Argentina’s Dirty War and beyond. Both heart-rending and hopeful, On a Night of a Thousand Stars explores the strength and endurance of love and familial bonds in the face of chaos and tragedy. A deeply moving, timely, and important debut.” — Cristina Alger, Author

“A wildly hilarious and irreverent memoir of a globe-trotting life lived meal-to-meal by one of our most influential and respected food critics…Providing a glimpse into a life that has intertwined food and travel in exciting and unexpected ways, The Book of Eating is a delightful and sumptuous trip that is also the culinary coming-of-age of a voracious eater and his eventual ascension to become, as he puts it, ‘a professional glutton.’” —Goodreads