The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class
Edward Conard, M.B.A. ’82 
Top Ten NY Times best-selling author Larry Summers: "A valuable contribution." www.EdwardConard.com. Available on Amazon, at local bookstores.

The Leadership PIN Code 
Dr. Nashater Deu Solheim, HNI ’16 
A unique and proven framework for negotiating and influencing in daily work. With 3 keys, you get what you need while also maintaining positive relationships.

Grow Healthier as You Grow Older
Kenneth H. Cooper, MPH '62, MD 
Part memoir, part inspirational health and wellness guide. You have the power to extend your life expectancy with 8 lifestyle recommendations. www.growhealthierwithcooper.com.

Austrian Again: Reclaiming a Lost Legacy
Anne Hand, Ed.M ’11 
What does it mean to reclaim a lost Holocaust heritage and gain a new place in today’s world? Offers a fresh perspective on reparations and our quest for identity. On Amazon.

An Edward R. Levenson Reader
Edward R. Levenson ’63, Ph.D. 
Building on the author´s Personae of Ed, An Edward R. Levenson Reader, with over 130 writings in 20 different categories, has something for everyone. The author has published 15 books since 2017. Available on Amazon.com. 

Dead Rita's Wisdom Simple Words to Help You Live an Extraordinary Life
Victoria H Trabosh, A.L.M. ’23 
Get sassy, spirited life lessons from the one and only Dead Rita. Humor, heart, and no-nonsense advice from beyond. Laugh, reflect, and smile. On Amazon.

Reading Whispers: Book of Triple Haiku
J. Chester Johnson ’66 
Stacking three haiku as stanzas for each poem, 83 triple haiku move the haiku form from imagistic sensory to full experience. Available at www.blazevox.org. 

Course Design Formula: How to Teach Anything to Anyone Online
Rebecca Frost Cuevas ’76 
This award-winning book helps make the online course creation process fast, effective, and simple to apply to your specific content and target audience.

Attorney to the Stars—a Memoir
Clair G. Burrill '66 
A recounting of my experiences representing some of the most legendary names in Hollywood including John Candy, Robin Williams, Bill Withers, and The Rolling Stones. On Amazon.

Nice Start: Questions Only You Can Answer to Create the Life Only You Can Live (3rd edition)
Mark Chussil, M.B.A. ’79 
Nice Start is so impactful, so thoughtful, so provocative, so creative, and so loving, you'll want to keep it close. It's a gentle book for you and your life.

Beyond Business As Usual: How Regenerative Leadership Builds Capacity, Not Dependency
Janet Macaluso, Ed.M. ’93 
Most leadership advice breeds dependency. This book names the five myths stalling team growth and offers a Self AND System approach. On Amazon. 

Persia, Politics, & Prison: A Life in Three Parts
Hassan Nemazee ’72 
From the 1979 Iranian Revolution to Democratic politics to federal prison— "a story of the allure and consequences of power, and the resilience to rebuild."—David Ignatius ’72. Amazon.

Crossing Division Street
Rebecca Chamian Ribaudo ’93 
Four generations converge in one woman’s choice between her principles and heritage in Chicago’s Little Sicily/Cabrini-Green. A literary saga of identity, loyalty, betrayal, and inheritance. crossingdivisionstreet.com.

Freddie’s Last Ride
M.A. Whelan, Ph.D. ’72, M.D. 
“...An unbelievably detailed and compelling chronology... that moves from one vivid scene to the next...The book is about justice and injustice...by a doctor who is both authoritative and dogged.”—Allan Ropper, M.D. Amazon. 

My Encounter with Qian Xuan Paintings
Kathleen Yang ’56 
Qian’s characteristic calligraphic brushwork, seals, chiaroscuro technique, knowledge of morphology of plants, insects; Emperor Qianlong’s Edict, primary sources. www.fuqiumeng.com.

Watching Things Change
Cordell Overgaard, ’60 
With a legal and business career, he traces changes, including with the legal profession, broadcasting and newspapers, and expresses concern about the Supreme Court and the future of the United States.

Prophets of Democracy: 
Herman Melville and the Apache Redeemer
T. Walter Herbert ’60 
These two prophets resisted the dispossession of Indigenous peoples by force, and advanced the cause of democracy in America.

Lead Like The Boss
Andy Freed ’90, M.P.P ’94 
Turn communication into your ultimate leadership tool with this framework inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s legendary performances. Published by Wiley. Available at Amazon and major booksellers.

The Goddess of Burning Hair
Mary Mackey ’66 
The first complete collection of Mackey’s goddess poems. Informed by lived knowledge and scholarship, these poems call on us to embrace the many ways the Earth, our Great Mother, speaks through us. On Amazon.com.

The Depth of Ninety: Traits and Trials of Old People
Dr. Richard E. Allen, M.P.H. ’04 
A poignant and delightful tale of a doctor's house calls while watching his own parents decline. We peek into these venerable lives and feel the pathos of aging, even death.

In the Spirit of Alinsky
Robert T. Gannett Jr. ’72 
History of community organizing since Saul Alinsky launched field in 1939 in Chicago. Active citizen engagement is essential to combating authoritarian headwinds today threatening American democracy. U. of Illinois Press/Gannett.

Marriages and Other Dilemmas
Collected Stories and a Memoir
Kitty Beer ’59 
“Funny, sad, sexy, dark and haunting.” Also read her novels Resilience: A Trilogy of Climate Chaos. Find her latest short story in the Fall ‘26 Constellations Magazine.

The Illusion of Determinism:
Why Free Will Is Real and Causal
Edwin A. Locke ’60 
The doctrine of determinism is self-refuting, and free will is a form of causality involving the capacity to choose to focus one’s mind at the conceptual level or to evade the effort.

The Selfish Path to Romance
Edwin A. Locke ’60 and Ellen Kenner 
Most people believe that altruism is the key to romantic happiness, with the woman sacrificing to the man (who may be narcissists). This book shows that mutual support works better.

Murder, Mayhem, and Mediumship
Edmund Bujalski ’74, M.B.A. ’76 
The death of a young woman is ruled an overdose. Her distraught mother rejects the official police version. Desperately seeking answers, she encounters a medium. Clues from her dead daughter may help her find resolution.

The Law of Agents
John F. Holliday ’77 
Eight centuries of agency doctrine, applied to AI. Hohfeld’s jural relations meet fiduciary duty, respondeat superior, and the EU AI Act—a framework for who’s liable when machines act as agents. Akshara Press, Jan. 2027.

Social Thought From the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party
David A. Westbrook, J.D. ’92 
The seduction of the critical social sciences, relationships between education and power, especially military force, and curiosity as a way forward. E-book is free from Routledge.

For the Love of God (My Life Spread Thin)
Marion Leroy Gillon, Jr., A.M. ’69 
Rich in history, wisdom, and humanity, For the Love of God (My Life Spread Thin) is both an extraordinary personal story and an inspiring reflection. Paperback now available on Amazon.

Healthcare in America: Looking Back to Move Forward
Mary A. Flowers, G ’74, M.D. ’78 
Uses wisdom from the past to address current healthcare issues and proposes ways we can achieve quality universal healthcare. Available wherever books are sold or at drmaryaflowers.com.

Never Too Late for Love
Joan Bragar ’76, Ed.D. ’90 
A guide to online dating for women looking later in life for the man of their dreams. Intimate supportive love is possible and important in this chapter of life. Learn how to find the partner you yearn for. On Amazon.

Murder Among The Vines
Douglas Beresford ’78 
On an idyllic gastronomic wine tour to the French countryside, a Washington, D.C. detective on vacation with his partner finds instead romantic turmoil, deceit and murder. By the author of Trouble Is At Hand and Electric Shock.

Falling with Purpose
Michael Norkus, M.B.A. ’75 
A German-American HBS love story that begins in the Square and becomes a lifelong experiment in living deliberately. Candid and humorous, asking whether lasting love is it something we find or something we build.

There Are No Do-Overs
Tom Raffio ’78, with Barbara McLaughlin and Dave Cowens 
How to create a winning team at the office by reviewing lessons from the basketball court. Business leaders learn how to bring their A game. 

Forever Young: How Six Great Individuals Have Drawn Upon the Powers of Childhood
William Craine ’65 
Chapters on Thoreau, Einstein, Charlotte Brontë, Howard Thurman, Jane Goodall, and Rachel Carson.

The AI-Ready CFO
Glenn Hopper, A.L.M. ’21 
Finance leaders face pressure to deliver AI results without sacrificing control. This book turns hype into a practical playbook for scalable adoption, grounded in real-world implementations, regulatory rigor, and P&L impact.

Habersham: The Crisis
F. Freeman Marvin, M.P.P. ’84 
James Habersham, leader of Georgia’s provincial assembly, faces failing health, family troubles, and rising resistance to Britain’s Stamp Act. Amid political turmoil, he must master himself while struggling to lead his province.

The Land of Happiness
Nozomi Naoi, Ph.D. ’14 
A fascinating look at how Japanese department stores of the twentieth century influenced modern life, identity, and the concept of a dreamworld—and why they continue to loom so large in our imagination.

Socializing the Sky
Robert Oxman ’58, M.Arch. ’66 
The history of the emergence of the dramatically new design of multi-tower and multi-functional tall building clusters. Provides a definition of the typology and its major concepts and design characteristics. On Amazon.

The Back Bay Collection
Seaboard Poems
Howell Rogers ’11 
Poems of the Eastern Seaboard. Ethos, love & relationships, & universal themes. B&W maritime photographs included. Audiobook, e-book, & hardcover. www.howellrogers.com.

Steeped In The Season
Gloria Ogbemudia, A.L.M. ’24 
Helps moms navigate challenges of the fall and winter: school, family, holiday stress, and the calm of January that follows. Designed for moms who want to enjoy the season without the pressure to make everything perfect. 

Bad Refugees
Danilo Mandić, Ph.D. ’15 
Who counts as a refugee worth caring for? Who slips beneath our moral radar? Why does the majority remain unseen? This book argues that geopolitics drives refugee stigmatization, from 1914 to today.