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Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr: Conversation Starters Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers investor and venture capitalist John Doerr writes an indispensable book for leaders, Measure What Matters. In this instant New...

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel by Heather Morris: Conversation Starters Lale Sokolov was 26 when the Nazis came to his hometown in Slovakia to take the men away. When he arrived at Auschwitz, he was given the identity number 32407. A fellow prisoner, a French man named Pepan, took care...

The Alice Network: A Novel by Kate Quinn | Conversation Starters “The Alice Network” is a notable historical fiction novel that brings the readers back to the Great War. Author Kate Quinn tells a story of two women in wartime Europe. One is an American socialite Charlie St. Clair. Her...

Nine Perfect Strangers: Chapter Sampler by Liane Moriarty: Conversation Starters Masha is the guru and spa owner whose ways are bizarre and unexpected. She is a Russian immigrant and wants everybody to be enlightened and transformed. She is starting with the nine strangers who have come to...

**Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover | Conversation Starters ** “Educated” is the tale of Tara Westover’s discovery of self and a world she had never known. Raised as a survivalist in the mountains of Idaho, Westover never knew much of the outside world. She spent her time in the...

A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul: Conversation Starters First published in 1961, the novel A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul became the first defining work of his career. This story is about a man named Mohun Biswas. He works hard and strives for success but most of the time,...

The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel by Kate Morton: Conversation Starters Elodie Winslow, an archivist who works in London, discovers a leather satchel with an old photograph of a woman in Victorian clothes and a drawing of a large old house situated along a river. Elodie feels something is...

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron: Conversation Starters Since its original publication in 1996, Dr. Elaine Aron’s book The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You have been translated into 18 languages...

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin | Conversation Starters The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin’s newest novel, follows the heart-aching story of four siblings in the year of 1969. When the four siblings heard of a gypsy living near them in the Lower East Side of Manhattan that could tell when...

Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward: Conversation Starters President Donald Trump has exhibited paranoia in response to the investigation regarding his suspected collusion with Russia, causing confusion and disarray among White House staff. He is overly suspicious and therefore...

Red Sparrow: A Novel by Jason Matthews | Conversation Starters Red Sparrow, written by New York Times bestselling author and former CIA operative Jason Matthews, follows the story of a beautiful woman named Dominika Egorova, or “Red Sparrow,” a spy who is sent by Russia to seduce a CIA...

Varina: A Novel by Charles Frazier: Conversation Starters Bestselling author of Cold Mountain Charles Frazier releases his newest novel Varina. After marrying an old widower for financial security, Varina Howell expected a secure and peaceful life as a wife of a Mississippi landowner. However,...

The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age by James Crabtree: Conversation Starters Author James Crabtree paints a colorful portrait of the rise of the new billionaire class in India despite its radically unequal society. In The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's...

Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial MORE by Joe Dominguez: Conversation Starters Your Money or Your Life was originally published by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin in 1992. Since its original publication, it has been updated for the year...