(Accounting), Bruce Marshall (1958). The Accounting. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 374 p.). Originally an Accountant. Accountants--Fiction. 

(Accounting), Iris Weill Collett (1988). The Ultimate Rip-off: A Taxing Tale. (Sun Lakes, AZ: Thomas Horton & Daughters,    p.). Taxes--Fiction; taxation---fiction. 

--- (1988). Accosting the Golden Spire. (Sun Lakes, AZ: Thos. Horton & Daughters, 205 p.). Pseudonym for Larry Crumbley, Shelton Taxation Professor (Texas A & M). Basic accounting and taxation in a thriller format. 

(Accounting), Iris Weill Collett and L.M. Smith (1991). Trap Doors and Trojan Horses. (Sun Lakes, AZ: Thos. Horton & Daughters, p.). Accountants--Fiction; Auditing--Fiction. 

(Accounting), Jim Weikart (1991). Casualty Loss. (New York, NY: Walker, 181 p.). Founder, Weikart Tax Associates. Accountants--Fiction.

(Accounting), J. Dayne Lamb (1994). A Question of Preference: A Teal Stewart Mystery. (New York, NY: Kensington Books, 312 p.). Former Price Waterhouse CPA. Stewart, Teal (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women accountants--Fiction; Boston (Mass.)--Fiction. 

(Accounting), Iris Weill Collett and Dana Forgione (1995). Costly Reflections in a Midas Mirror. (Sun Lakes, AZ: Thos. Horton & Daughters, p.       ). Managerial cost accounting.

(Accounting), Richard E. & Beverly A. Brown (1996). The Rose Engagement. (Kent, OH: Kent Information Services, 201 p.). White House (Washington, D.C.)--Fiction; Auditing--Fiction; Washington (D.C.)--Fiction.

(Accounting), Larry D. Crumbley, Stanley H. Kratchman (1996). Deadly Art Puzzle: Accounting For Murder. (Houston, TX: Dame Publishing, Inc., p.    ). Forensic accounting novel .

(Accounting), J. Dayne Lamb (1996). Unquestioned Loyalty: A Teal Stewart Mystery. (New York, NY: Zebra Books, 348 p.). Stewart, Teal (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women in finance--Fiction; Boston (Mass.)--Fiction. 

(Accounting), Joseph T. Klempner (1997). Shoot the Moon. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 341 p.). Accountants--Fiction; Drug traffic--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Accounting), Tom Drury (1998). The Black Brook. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 319 p.). Accountants--Fiction; Restaurateurs--Fiction; Exiles--Fiction; New England--Fiction; Ardennes (France)--Fiction.

(Accounting), James K. Loebbecke (1999). The Auditor: An Instructional Novella. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 120 p.). Accountants--Fiction; Auditing--Fiction.

(Accounting), Larry D. Crumbley, Douglas E. Ziegenfuss, John J. O'Shaughnessy (2000). The Big "R": An Internal Auditing Action Adventure. (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 266 p.). Auditing, Internal--Fiction; Baseball--Management--Fiction; Serial murderers--Fiction. 

(Accounting), K.H. Spencer Pickett (2001). Internal Control: A Manager’s Journey. (New York, NY: Wiley, 370 p.). Senior Lecturer in Internal Auditing (Civil Service College in Berkshire, England). Industrial management--United States--Evaluation; Auditing, Internal. 

(Accounting), Mark S. Beasley, Frank A. Buckless (2002). MoviesDoorToDoor.com: How Accounting Helped Make the Difference. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 137 p.). Accounting--Study and teaching; Business--Study and teaching; Entrepreneurship--Study and teaching. 

(Accounting), Christopher Reich (2003). The Devil's Banker. (New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 389 p.). Terrorism--Prevention--Fiction; Government investigators--Fiction; International finance--Fiction; Forensic accounting--Fiction; Accountants--Fiction. 

(Accounting), Jerrold M. Solomon (2003). Who’s Counting: A Real-Life Account of People Changing Themselves and Their Company To Achieve Competitive Advantage. (Fort Wayne, IN: WCM Associates, 249 p.). Accountants--Fiction; Manufacturing industries--Accounting--Fiction; Executives--Fiction.

(Accounting), Richard Sanford (2004). The Internal Auditor. (Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing, 152 p.). Former Internal Auditor for Western Electric Company. Auditing, Internal--Fiction. Chief Auditor from a large business reminisces about his earlier experiences as an internal auditor for that Company in the 1970's. He remembers that internal auditing exists to protect the weak from temptation and to protect the strong from opportunity. His escapades uncover fraud, theft, sexual abuse, and discrimination.

(Advertising), Dorothy L. Sayers (1983). Murder Must Advertise. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 344 p.). Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Private investigators--England--Fiction. 

(Advertising), David Levy (1998). Executive Jungle: A Novel. (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 263 p.). Advertising executives--Fiction; Advertising agencies--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Advertising), Matthew Beaumont (2002). The Book, the Film, the T-Shirt. (London, UK: HarperCollins, 306 p.). Advertising agencies--Fiction; Television advertising--Fiction.

(Advertising), Karen Robards (2004). Bait. (New York, NY: Putnam, 372 p.). Women in the advertising industry--Crimes against--Fiction; Government investigators--Fiction; Murder for hire--Fiction; Saint Louis (Mo.)--Fiction; New Orleans (La.)--Fiction. 

(Advertising), Kathryn Attalla (2006). Royal Blue. (New York, NY: Avalon Books. Advertising--Perfumes industry--Fiction; Nobility--Fiction; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Agribusiness), Frank Norris (1901). The Octopus; A Story of California. (New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 652 p.). Wheat farmers--Fiction; Railroads--Fiction; San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--Fiction; California--Fiction. First of a trilogy. Deals with the production of wheat.

--- (1903). The Pit; A Story of Chicago. (New York, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 421 p.). Wheat trade--Fiction; Married people--Fiction; Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction. Second in trilogy. Centers on wheat futures trading in Chicago, probably the first novel on the subject of derivatives. Third in trilogy not completed before author's death (at 32).

(Automotive), Loren D. Estleman (1995). Edsel: A Novel of Detroit. (New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 291 p.). Automobile industry and trade--Fiction; Advertising--Automobiles--Fiction; Edsel automobile--Fiction; Detroit (Mich.)--Fiction.

(Automotive), Steven Madeline (2005). Corporate Warrior: A Novel Based on the Life of Lee Iacocca. (Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc, 176 p.). Automobiles - Fiction; Lee Iacocca - Fiction. Martin Iannelli was president of Cole Motors, one of the world’s largest and grandest corporations. He had paid all the dues of a meteoric rise through executive ranks—hard work, long hours, political savvy and company loyalty. It had brought him to an enviable pinnacle. But now this poor boy’s impossible dream would become an American executive nightmare. One that would shock the world. 

(Banking), Robert McNair Wilson (1934). Death of a Banker. (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott company, 312 p.). Bankers--Fiction.

(Banking), Robert Roderick (1981). The Greek Position: A Novel. (New York, NY: Wyndham Books, 553 p.). Bankers--Fiction; Finance--Fiction; Switzerland--Fiction.

(Banking), Ben B. Boothe (1990). Confessions of a Banker. (Austin, TX: Diamond Books, 270 p.). Bankers--Fiction; Texas, West--Fiction.

(Banking), A.E. Maxwell (1991). Money Burns: A Fiddler Novel. (New York, NY: Villard, 292 p.). Fiddler (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Fiora (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Private investigators--United States--Fiction; Women bankers--Fiction; Women detectives--California--Fiction; California, Southern--Fiction.

(Banking), Linda Gray Sexton (1991). Private Acts: A Novel. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 317 p.). Bankers--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Banking), Ethan Cooper (1999). In Control. (New York, NY: SJE Pub., 262 p.). Banks and banking--Fiction; Chief executive officers--Fiction; Minneapolis (Minn.)--Fiction. 

(Banking), Gregor Robinson (2000). Hotel Paradiso. (Vancouver, BC: Raincoast Books, 207 p.). Bankers--Fiction; Canadians--Bahamas--Fiction; Bahamas--Fiction.

(Banking), James R. Cook (2000). Full Faith & Credit: A Novel about Financial Collapse. (Minneapolis, MN: Blue Book Publications, p.). President, Investment Rarities. Financial crises--Fiction. 

(Banking), James Zagel (2002). Money to Burn. (New York, NY: Putnam, 371 p.). Chicago Circuit Court Judge. Bank robberies--Fiction; Judges--Fiction; Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction. 

(Beverages), Ellen Akins (1998). Hometown Brew: A Novel. (New York, NY: Knopf, 227 p.). Businesswomen--Fiction; Industrial management--Fiction; Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Microbreweries--Fiction.

(Beverages), Rupert Thomson (1998). Soft! (New York, NY: Knopf, 307 p.). Soft drink industry--England--London--Marketing--Fiction.

(Beverages), Matthew Beaumont (2000). E: A Novel. (New York, NY: Plume, 346 p.). Advertising--Beverages--Fiction; Advertising agencies--Fiction; Soft drink industry--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction.

(Beverages), David Liss (2003). The Coffee Trader. (New York, NY: Random House, 390 p.). Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Fiction; Coffee industry--Fiction; Netherlands--History--1648-1714--Fiction; Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Fiction. 

(Beverages), Leslie A. Yerkes and Charles Decker (2003). Beans: Four Principles for Running a Business in Good Times or Bad: A Business Fable Taken from Real Life. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 154 p.). Small business--United States--Management; Customer services--United States; Quality of products--United States; Employee morale--United States. 

(Beverages), Boris Starling (2005). Vodka. (New York, NY: Dutton, 503 p.). Former Reporter (England’s Sun and Daily Telegraph). Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Fiction; Americans--Russia--Fiction; Drinking customs--Fiction; Vodka industry--Fiction; Women bankers--Fiction; Privatization--Fiction; Moscow (Russia)--Fiction. Alice Liddell, an American banker, has come to Moscow to oversee the privatization of Russia’s most famous vodka distillery—the Red October. Faced with the charismatic, ruthless Lev—distillery director and head of one of the warring mafia gangs—Alice’s very difficult job is starting to look impossible. Lev’s archenemy has vowed revenge on him, and a series of bizarre child killings is only adding to the complications—and the terror—of this dangerously volatile time.

(Biotechnology), Robert A. Burton (1997). Cellmates. (San Francisco, CA: Russian Hill Press, 271 p.). Genetics--Research--Fiction; Cloning--Fiction; San Francisco (Calif.)--Fiction.

(Biotechnology), Peter Pringle (2007). Day of the Dandelion. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 320 p.). Investigative reporter, foreign correspondent. Biotechnology; food supply; grain dealers. Researcher at Kew Gardens who is also an intelligence sleuth for Britain's secret service investigates murder, profit-hungry biotech companies, unscrupulous international grain dealers. Scientist at Oxford University's botany lab, working on a supergene that could allow control over the world's entire food supply, and seeds of a new corn plant, go missing.

(Businesswomen), Shirley Lord (1993). My Sister's Keeper. (New York, NY: Crown, 404 p.). Cosmetics industry -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Women -- Crimes against -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Businesswomen -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

(Businesswomen), Jayne Ann Krentz (1997). Grand Passion. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 416 p.). Businesswomen -- Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction; Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction.

(Businesswomen), Margaret Thomson Davis (1999). A Tangled Web. (London, UK: Century, 288 p.). Businesswomen -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- Fiction; Malicious accusation -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- Fiction; Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.

(Businesswomen), Paula K. Martin and Joel Weinstein (2000). Project: Sabotage. (Cincinnati, OH: MartinTate, 259 p.). Women executives--Fiction; Private investigators--Gibraltar--Fiction; Project management--Fiction; Gibraltar--Fiction.

(Capitalism), Henry Hazlitt (1966). Time Will Run Back; A Novel About the Rediscovery of Capitalism. (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 368 p. [orig. pub. 1951]). Capitalism--Fiction.

(Capitalism), Philip Roth (1997). American Pastoral. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 423 p.). United States--History--1961-1969--Fiction. Seymour 'Swede' Levov, legendary athlete at his Newark high school, grows up in the booming postwar years to marry a former Miss New Jersey, inherit his father's glove factory, move into a stone house in the idyllic hamlet of Old Rimrock. 1968 - Swede's adored daughter, Merry, has grown from a loving, quick-witted girl into a sullen, fanatical teenager—a teenager capable of an outlandishly savage act of political terrorism. And overnight Swede is wrenched out of the longer-for American pastoral and into the indigenous American berserk.

(Capitalism), Maxx Barry (2003). Jennifer Government: A Novel. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 321 p.). 29-Year-Old Australian. Capitalism--Fiction. Thriller with brand placements. 

(Capitalists), William D. Howells (1885). The Rise of Silas Lapham. (Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, 515 p.). Businessmen--Fiction; Rich people--Fiction; Socialites--Fiction; Boston (Mass.)--Fiction. 

(Capitalists), Upton Sinclair (1908). The Moneychangers. (New York, NY: B. W. Dodge & Co., 316 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; Financial crises--Fiction; Young women--Fiction; Wall Street--Fiction; Rich people--Fiction; Speculation--Fiction; Socialites--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction. 

(Capitalists), Theodore Dreiser (1912). The Financier: A Novel. (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 779 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction. Set in the Philadelphia of the mid-nineteenth century. It depicts the chaotic and changing circumstances of the American financial system during that period. First in author's Trilogy of Desire.

--- (1914). The Titan. (New York, NY: John Lane Company, 551 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction. Second in author's Trilogy of Desire. Set in Chicago.

--- (1947). The Stoic. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 310 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction. Third in author's Trilogy of Desire. 

(Capitalists), Thomas Bertram Costain (1947). The Moneyman. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 434 p.). Coeur, Jacques, d. 1456 --Fiction; Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; France--History--Charles VII, 1422-1461--Fiction.

(Capitalists), J. B. Priestly (1983). Angel Pavement. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 494 p. [orig. pub. 1930]). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; Small business--Fiction; Businessmen--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction.

(Capitalists), Susan Howatch (1977). The Rich Are Different. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 658 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Capitalists), Paul Erdman (1993). Zero-Coupon. (New York, NY: Forge. Commercial crimes--United States--Fiction; Capitalists and financiers--Fiction.

(Capitalists), David Liss (2000). A Conspiracy of Paper. (New York, NY: Random House, 442 p.). Private investigators--England--London--Fiction; Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; Stock exchanges--Fiction; Jews--England--Fiction; London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.  

(Capitalists), Brent Monahan (2000). The Jekyl Island Club: A Novel. (New York, NY: St. Martin's, 287 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 --Fiction; Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911 --Fiction; Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; Rich people--Fiction; Sheriffs--Fiction; Brunswick (Ga.)--Fiction; Georgia--Fiction.

(Capitalists), Philip Rosenberg (2002). House of Lords. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 467 p.). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; Money laundering--Fiction; Organized crime--Fiction; Wall Street--Fiction; Mafia--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Capitalists), Kenneth M. Morris (2003). Man in the Middle: A Novel. (Baltimore, MD: Bancroft Press, 280 p.). Former International Equities Trading Executive (Morgan Stanley, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Prudential-Bache). Mutual funds Fiction; Capitalists and financiers Fiction. 

(Capitalists), Conrad Allen (2006). Murder on the Oceanic. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 288 p.). Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913 --Fiction; Oceanic (Steamship)--Fiction; Dillman, George Porter (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Masefield, Genevieve (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Private investigators--Fiction; Ocean travel--Fiction. The Oceanic sets sail from England's Port of Southampton for New York with one stop - to pick up financier and art collector J.P. Morgan, fresh from a continental buying spree. George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, the ship's detectives,  are slightly nervous about Morgan's presence, and his cargo.

(Capitalists), John Jakes (2006). The Gods of Newport: A Novel. (New York, NY: Dutton, 400 p.). United States--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction; Upper class--Fiction; Newport (R.I.)--Fiction. Gilded age of excess to thrilling life; extremes of greed, conspicuous consumption, and social striving. 1893 - Sam Driver, railroad mogul and one of the few surviving robber barons of the lawless years after the Civil War, knocks on the door of fabled Newport together with his daughter, Jenny, determined not to be turned away a second time, to avenge its snubbing of his dead wife and find a prestigious match for his daughter. The first time, his new money was tainted by his rapacious reputation and his dealings with some of the most dishonest businessmen of the era. The Drivers find that some who know Sam’s past won’t let it rest. One enemy with a pedigree of wealth and position vows to slam every door in Sam’s face.

(CEO), Hinda Sterling and Herb Selesnick (1989). Stockworth: An American CEO. (Cambridge, MA: Abt Books, 230 p.). Chief executive officers--United States--Caricatures and cartoons; Executives--United States--Caricatures and cartoons; American wit and humor, Pictorial.

(CEO), Michael Scott Rohan (1993). Cloud Castles. (New York, NY: Morrow, 327 p.). Chief executive officers--Fiction.

(CEO), Patrick Lencioni (1998). The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 134 p.). Chief executive officers--Fiction; Leadership--Fiction.

(CEO), James P. Bandler (2000). A Quick Killing. (Pittsburgh, PA: SterlingHouse Publisher, 188 p.). Chief executive officers--Fiction.

(CEO), Greg Costikyan (2000). First Contract. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 287 p.). High technology industries--Fiction; Chief executive officers--Fiction; Human-alien encounters--Fiction; Homeless persons--Fiction.

(CEO), Ariel Dorfman. (2001). Terapia. (New York, NY: Siete Cuentos Editorial. Chief executive officers--Fiction; Downsizing of organizations--Fiction; Psychotherapist and patient--Fiction.

(CEO), Robin Sharma (2003). The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO: A Remarkable Story about Living Your Heart’s Desires. (Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, 221 p.). Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction; Chief executive officers--Fiction; Surfers--Fiction; Saints--Fiction.

(CEO), Robert A.G. Monks (2004). Reel and Rout. (Saint Simons Island, GA: Brook Street Press, 355 p.). Founder - Institutional Shareholder Services and LENS. Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Periodicals--Publishing--Fiction; Chief executive officers--Fiction; Mass media--Ownership--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Business ethics--Fiction. 

(CEO), Joseph Finder (2005). Company Man: A Novel. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 416 p.). Chief executive officers--Fiction; Stalking victims--Fiction; Single fathers--Fiction; Layoff systems--Fiction; Corporations--Fiction; Policewomen--Fiction; Widowers--Fiction; Michigan--Fiction. 

(China), Robert S. Elegant (1977). Dynasty: A Novel. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 625 p.). Businesspeople--China--Hong Kong--Fiction.

(Commodities), Frank Norris; edited with an introd. and explanatory notes by Joseph R. McElrath, Jr. and Gwendolyn Jones (1993). The Pit: A Story of Chicago. (New York, NY: Penguin, 386 p. [orig. pub. 1903]). Wheat trade--Fiction; Married people--Fiction; Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.

(Computers), William Gibson, Bruce Sterling (1991). The Difference Engine. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 429 p.). Babbage, Charles; Difference Engine No. 2; Computers--Fiction. 1885 - Industrial Revolution is in full swing in scientifically advanced London, governed by an intellectual elite led by Prime Minister Byron, powered by steam-driven, cybernetic engines (computers). Charles Babbage perfects Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Young paleontologist comes into possession of a dangerous set of perforated cards, once in the possession of an executed Luddite leader's daughter, later in the hands of "Queen of Engines" Ada Byron (daughter of prime minister Lord Byron), finally given to scientist Edward Mallory who knows the cards are a gambling device that can be read with a specialized Engine; soon threatened and libeled by the Luddites, and he and his associates confront the scoundrels in a violent showdown.

(Computers), Mona Simpson (1996). A Regular Guy: A Novel. (New York, NY: Knopf, 372 p.). Biological Sister of Steve Jobs. Girls--Fiction; Inventors--Fiction; Fathers and daughters--Fiction; California--Fiction. 

(Computers), Clyde James Aragón (1997). The PC Affair: A Comic Mystery of Murder, Mayhem, and Data Processing. (Albuquerque,. NM: Cliff Zone Books, 147 p.). Computer industry--Fiction; California--Fiction.

(Computers), Ellen Ullman (2003). The Bug: A Novel. (New York, NY: Nan A. Talese, 355 p.). Computer software developers--Fiction; Computer programmers--Fiction; Computer industry--Fiction; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Fiction.

(Computers), Chetan Bhagat (2005). One Night @ the Call Center. (New Delhi, India: Rupa & Co., 290 p.). Call center; customer relations--Fiction. Fictional account of one eventful night at a call centre handling customer queries for a US-based computer and appliances company - six call centre "agents'' whose difficult boss, unreasonable customers and low self-esteem take such a huge toll on them that only a phone call from God can bail them out of the crisis.

(Computers), Janna Levin (2006). A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines. (New York, NY: Knopf, 240 p.). Assistant Professor of Physics (Barnard). Go¨del, Kurt--Fiction; Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954 --Fiction; Logicians--Fiction; Mathematicians--Fiction; Genius--Fiction; Philosophy--Fiction. The Austrian Kurt Gödel (1906–78) and the British Alan Turing (1912–54) never met, but they were intensely aware of each other's work - incompleteness theorem vs. mechanical decision theory. Author cuts between their tortured life stories - one a paranoid old man, living in solitude in Princeton; the other skewed by perceived autism, hounded for his homosexuality.

(Computers), Keith Raffel (2006). Dot Dead: A Silicon Valley Mystery. (Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink, 280 p.). Founder, UpShot Corporation (sold to Siebel Systems). Computer industry--Employees--Fiction; Housekeepers--Crimes against--Fiction; Murder--Investigation--Fiction; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Fiction. Ian Michaels, hot Silicon Valley tech executive, discovers a young, beautiful woman stabbed to death in his house - his maid. Far from the gray-haired, cookie-baking grandmother he imagined her to be, Gwendolyn was a stranger to Ian, but her family, old boyfriend, and the Palo Alto police seem to think they were a couple. And despite his best efforts to prove otherwise, the evidence against Ian is growing. It looks like someone is framing Ian for murder, but who? 

(Conglomerates), Rita Jenrette (1985). Conglomerate. (New York, NY: Richardson & Steirman, 284 p.). Conglomerate corporations--Fiction; Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Defense industries--Fiction; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Conglomerates), David Baldacci (1997). Total Control. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 520 p.). Aircraft accidents--Fiction; Missing persons--Fiction; Conglomerate corporations--Fiction. Wife tries to find missing husband - sheds light on ways of big business.

(Construction), Nina Coombs Pykare (1998). A Question of Trust. (New York, NY: Avalon Books, 185 p.). Concrete construction industry--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction.

(Corporate Culture), Sloan Wilson (1955). The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 304 p.). World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Fiction; Inheritance and succession--Fiction; Illegitimate children--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Suburban life--Fiction. 

(Corporate Culture), Elliotte R. Little (1968). Candles for the Boardroom; A Novel of Subjective Values in American Business Life. (Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press, 314 p.). Corporate culture--United States--Fiction; Business--Fiction.

(Corporate Culture), Floyd Kemske (1992). Lifetime Employment: A Novel. (Highland Park, NJ: Catbird Press, 236 p.). Corporate culture--Fiction.

(Corporate Culture), Herb Stansbury (1993). Executive Smart Charts & Other Insider Revelations on Corporate Insanity. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 229 p.). Industrial management--Charts, diagrams, etc.--Caricatures and cartoons; American wit and humor, Pictorial.

(Corporate Culture), Brent Wade (1993). Company Man: A Novel. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 219 p.). Afro-American executives--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Baltimore (Md.)--Fiction.

(Corporate Culture), Floyd Kemske (1993). The Virtual Boss: A Novel. (New Haven, CT: Catbird Press, 237 p.). Computer software industry--United States--Fiction; Computers--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction. 

--- (1995). Human Resources. (North Haven, CT: Catbird Press, 223 p.). Industrial management--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Vampires--Fiction.

(Corporate Culture), Neal Barrett, Jr. (2004). Prince of Christler-Coke. (Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon Press, 244 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Social classes--Fiction; Corporations--Fiction; Prisoners--Fiction; Escapes--Fiction. Traces the adventures of Asel Iacola, former head of the Christler-Coke corporation, who has been banished to a corporate prison after a hostile takeover. 

(Corporate Culture), Richard K. Morgan (2004). Market Forces. (New York, NY: Ballantine, 400 p.). Former Tutor in the English Language Teaching Division (Strathclyde University). Success in business--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Commercial crimes--Fiction; Big business--Fiction; Businessmen--Fiction; Antiheroes--Fiction; Young men--Fiction. 

(Corporations), Elizabeth Gage (1991). The Master Stroke. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 373 p.). Corporations--Fiction; Business--Fiction.

(Corporations), Colin Harrison (1993). Bodies Electric: A Novel. (New York, NY: Crown, 385 p.). Corporations--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Corruption), William Makepeace Thackery (1888). The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond. (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 430 p.). Finance in literature. Seemingly respectable life insurance director Brough flees to France with the firm's clients' money, leaving the honest clerk Samuel Titmarsh, (who had purchased shares in the company using his aunt's diamond heirloom as credit) to assume full financial responsibility.

(Corruption), Émile Zola. Tr. from the French by Benj. R. Tucker (1891). Money. (Boston, MA: B. R. Tucker, 345 p.). Speculation, bank failure. Set in the Paris Bourse or Stock Exchange.

(Corruption), Studies edited by E. Preston Dargan and Bernard Weinberg (1942). The Evolution of Balzac's Comedie Humaine. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 441 p. [orig. pub. 1942]). Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Comédie humaine. Power and importance of money is a pervasive theme in The Human Comedy, a great sequence of novels depicting French society in the first half of the 19th century. 

(Corruption), William Hobart Royce (1946). Balzac as He Should Be Read: The Comédie Humaine Arranged in Logical Order of Reading According to Time of Action. (New York, NY: Auguste Giraldi, 47 p.). Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Comédie humaine.

(Corruption), George Gissing; edited and with a new introd. and notes by Patrick Parrinder (1977). The Whirlpool. (Hassocks, UK: Harvester Press, 467 p. [orig. pub. 1897]). Book begins with the failure of the Britannia Loan, Assurance, Investment, and Banking Company whose director subsequently commits suicide. Author's lesser villains continue their degenerate lives unpunished.

(Corruption), translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by L.C.C.; with a preface by Christian Charles Josias Bunsen (1990). Debit and Credit. (New York, NY: Howard fertig, 564 p. [orig. pub. 1855]). Translation of Soll und Haben - the most successful German novel of the century (deals with contemporary commercial life). 

(Corruption), Charles Dickens (2004). Little Dorrit. (New York, NY: Penguin, 1024 p. [rev. ed., orig. pub. 1855-1857]). Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England)--Fiction; Inheritance and succession--Fiction; Fathers and daughters--Fiction; Debt, Imprisonment for--Fiction; Children of prisoners--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction. 

(Corruption), Alexandre Dumas; edited with an introduction by David Coward (2000). The Black Tulip. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 258 p. [orig. pub. 1865]). Witt, Johan de, 1625-1672 --Fiction; Tulip mania, 17th century--Fiction; Netherlands--History--1648-1714--Fiction. 

(Corruption), Michael M. Thomas (1996). Baker's Dozen: A Novel. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 321 p.). Corporations--Corrupt practices--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction; Big business--Fiction.

(Corruption), William Makepeace Thackeray; edited, with an introduction and notes, by David Pascoe (1996). The Newcomes. (New York, NY: Penguin Books, 847 p. [orig. pub. 1854]). Family--England--Fiction; Bank failure. 

(Corruption), Anthony Trollope; introduction by David Brooks; notes by Hugh Osborne (2001). The Way We Live Now. (New York, NY: Modern Library, 864 p. [orig. pub. 1875]). Capitalists and financiers--Fiction; Commercial crimes--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction. 

(Corruption), K.H. Spencer Pickett (2007). Corporate Fraud: A Manager’s Journey. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 320 p.). Head, Internal Auditing Training Program )National School of Government in Berkshire, England). Fraud; Fraud--Prevention; Corporations--Corrupt practices; Fraud investigation. Bill Reynolds and colleague Jack, set up anti-fraud policy within their company, investigate allegations made by whistleblower in their Orlando office-until whistleblower disappears; integrates corporate fraud risk management, sound internal controls into everyday work.

(Customer Relations), John Guaspari (2000). The Value Effect: A Murder Mystery about the Compulsive Pursuit of "The Next Big Thing". (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 177 p.). Customer relations--Fiction; Executives--Fiction.

(Disaster-Chemicals), Indra Sinha (2008). Animal’s People. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 384 p.). Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Fiction; Accident victims--Fiction; Slums--India--Fiction; Americans--India--Fiction; India--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction. 1985 - thousands died after explosion at Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India; it's now years later. But, ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, his back twisted beyond repair by catastrophic events of "that night" when a burning fog of poison smoke from the local factory blazed out over the town of Khaufpur, and the Apocalypse visited his slums. Now just turned seventeen and well schooled in street work, he lives by his wits, spending his days jamisponding (spying) on town officials and looking after the elderly nun who raised him, Ma Franci. His nights are spent fantasizing about Nisha, the girlfriend of the local resistance leader, and wondering what it must be like to get laid. When Elli Barber, a young American doctor, arrives in Khaufpur to open a free clinic for the still suffering townsfolk -- only to find herself struggling to convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of the Kampani -- Animal gets caught up in a web of intrigues, scams, and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to his own advantage.

(Downsizing), William Heffernan (1997). The Dinosaur Club: A Novel. (New York, NY: Morrow, 303 p.). Marketing executives--Fiction; Downsizing of organizations--Fiction; Office politics--Fiction.

(Downsizing), Donald E. Westlake (1997). The Ax. (New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 273 p.). Downsizing of organizations--Fiction; Serial murderers--Fiction; Middle aged men--Fiction. 

(Downsizing), K.C. Constantine. (2000). Grievance. (New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 279 p.). Police--Pennsylvania--Fiction; Downsizing of organizations--Fiction; Steel industry and trade--Fiction; Pennsylvania--Fiction.

(Drugs), King Hurley (2006). The Interview. (Boulder, CO: Paandaa, 296 p.). Former Healthcare Executive with Fujisawa Pharmaceuticals, Former CEO Novartis Nutrition, Geneva Pharmaceuticals, HealthNexis. Pharmaceutical industry--fiction; Drug development--Fiction; Success in business--Fiction. Michael King is a very successful chief executive officer of a publicly traded pharmaceutical firm in Colorado with annual sales of $500 million. Headhunter phones with news that Panda Pharmaceuticals, a private, international corporation with $3 billion in sales, is interested in him as successor to Panda's cofounder, president and CEO, Philip Chatzwirth, 73. Real test will be his interview with Dr. Chu Zhong Liu, the corporation's Taiwanese cofounder in Thailand who developed Panda's revolutionary line of non-addictive painkillers based on opium derivatives. King begins to have misgivings about the single-mindedness that seems to propel the Panda personnel.

(Economics), Marshall Jevons (1985). The Fatal Equilibrium. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 215 p.). Pseudonym for Economics Professors: William Breit (Trinity University) and Kenneth G. Elzinga (University of Virginia). Spearman, Henry (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 

(Economics), Murray Wolfson and Vincent Buranelli (1990). In the Long Run We Are All Dead: A Macroeconomics Murder Mystery. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 184 p. [2nd ed.]).

(Economics), Marshall Jevons (1993). Murder at the Margin: A Henry Spearman Mystery. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 208 p.). Pseudonym for Economics Professors: William Breit (Trinity University) and Kenneth G. Elzinga (University of Virginia). Spearman, Henry (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Economists--United States--Fiction.

--- (1998). A Deadly Indifference: A Henry Spearman Mystery. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 179 p. [orig. pub. 1995]). Pseudonym for Economics Professors: William Breit (Trinity University) and Kenneth G. Elzinga (University of Virginia). Spearman, Henry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Private investigators -- Fiction; Economics teachers -- Fiction; Cambridge (England) -- Fiction. 

(Economics), Russell D. Roberts (2001). The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 271 p.). Professor of Economics (Washington University). Economics--Fiction. 

--- (2001). The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 116 p. [updated and rev.]). Professor of Economics (Washington University). Ricardo, David, 1772-1823; Free trade; Protectionism; Free trade--United States; Protectionism--United States.

(Economics), Jonathan B. Wight (2002). Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 332 p.). Professor of Economics (University of Richmond). Wealth--Fiction; Economics--Fiction; Rich people--Fiction; Conduct of life--Fiction. 

(Economics), Thomas Legendre (2006). The Burning: A Novel. (New York, NY: Little, Brown, 368 p.). Gambling--Nevada--Las Vegas--Fiction; Economists--Fiction. Logan Smith has just finished his doctoral dissertation in economics and decides to unwind in Vegas. There he meets beautiful blackjack dealer, Dallas. 

(Economics), Russell Roberts (2008). The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 216 p.). Professor of Economics (George Mason University). Economics--Fiction; economic growth--fiction. Economic growth, unseen forces that create, sustain economic harmony. Stanford University student, Cuban American tennis prodigy, Ramon Fernandez is outraged when nearby mega-store hikes its prices on night of an earthquake;  plans campus protest against price-gouging retailer (also major donor to university), crosses paths with provost, economics professor, Ruth Lieber; begins dialogue about prices, prosperity, innovation, their role in daily life. Is Ruth trying to limit the damage from Ramon's protest? Or does she have something altogether different in mind? Ramon is thrust into national spotlight by events beyond Stanford campus; learns there's more to price hikes than meets the eye, forced to reconsider everything he thought he knew. What is the source of America's high standard of living? What drives entrepreneurs, innovation? What upholds hidden order that allows people to choose   careers, pursue passions with so little conflict? How does economic order emerge without anyone being in charge? Ruth gives new appreciation for how economy works, wondrous role that price of everything plays in everyday life.

(Education), Jeffrey Cruikshank (2004). Murder at the B-School. (New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 323 p.). Business teachers--Fiction; Police--Massachusetts--Boston--Fiction; Children of the rich--Fiction; Drowning victims--Fiction; Business schools--Fiction; College teachers--Fiction; Policewomen--Fiction; Cambridge (Mass.)--Fiction. 

(Electronics), Douglas Coupland (2006). jPod. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 448 p.). Electronic games industry--Fiction. Bureaucratically marooned in JPod, a no-escape architectural limbo on the fringes of a massive Vancouver video game design company. 

(Entertainment), Paul Goldstein (/2006). Errors and Omissions. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 320 p.). Lillick Professor of Law (Stanford Law School). Intellectual property lawyers--Fiction; Motion picture authorship--Fiction; Blacklisting of authors--Fiction; Motion picture industry--Fiction; Americans--Germany--Fiction; Polish Americans--Fiction; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction; Munich (Germany)--Fiction. Michael Seeley, defender of artists’ rights, aggressive intellectual property litigator, is a man on the brink of personal and career collapse. United Pictures virtually demands that he fly out to Hollywood to confirm legally that it owns the rights to its corporate cash-cow franchise of Spykiller films. He has little choice but to comply. What Michael Seeley discovers in these gilded precincts will plunge him headfirst into the tangle of politics of the blacklisting era and then into the even darker world of Nazi-occupied Poland.

(Entrepreneurship), Max Barnet (1995). Driven: Notes of a Neurotic Entrepreneur, His Trials, Failures & Victories. (Cushing, ME: Stones Point Press, 401 p.). Entrepreneurship; Magicolor; Plastics Color Concentrate. 

(Entrepreneurship), Jeff Cox (1997). The Venture: A Business Novel About Starting Your Own Company. (New York, NY: Warner, 344 p.). Business--Fiction.

(Executives), Meg Pei (1992). Salaryman. (New York, NY: Viking, 296 p.). Executives--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction.

(Executives), David Dorsey (1997). The Cost of Living. (New York, NY: Viking, 273 p.). Businessmen--Fiction; Executives--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction.

(Executives), Stanley Bing (1998). Lloyd, What Happened: A Novel of Business. (New York, NY: Crown, 416 p.). Pseudonym for Gil Schwartz, Director of Communications (CBS). Business--Fiction; Executives--Fiction. 

(Executives), Douglas Kennedy (1998). The Job. (New York, NY: Hyperion, 466 p.). Businessmen--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction. Harrowing tale of downward mobility. 

(Executives), Patrick Lencioni (2000). Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: The Four Disciplines at the Heart of Making Any Organization World Class. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 183 p.). Executives--Fiction.

(Executives), Alan Lightman (2000). The Diagnosis. (New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 369 p.). Executives--Fiction.

(Family Business), Stephen Birmingham (1986). The LeBaron Secret: A Novel. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 403 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction.

(Family Business), Thomas Mann; translated from the German by John E. Woods; with an introduction by T.J. Reed (1994). Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family. (New York, NY: Knopf, 731 p. [orig. pub. 1901]). Family--Fiction; Germany--Fiction. 

(Family Business), John Le Carre (1999). Single & Single: A Novel. (New York, NY: Scribner, 345 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--England--London--Fiction; Investment bankers--England--London--Fiction; Money laundering--England--London--Fiction; Money--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions--England--Fiction; Fathers and sons--England--London--Fiction; Organized crime--Russia--Fiction; Sons--Family relationships--England--London--Fiction; Adventure stories.

(Family Business), Nancy Zafris (2002). The Metal Shredders. (New York, NY: BlueHen Books, 291 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Scrap metal industry--Fiction; Brothers and sisters--Fiction; Columbus (Ohio)--Fiction. 

(Family Business), Davis Bunn (2004). Elixir. (Nashville, TN: WestBow Press, 299 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Inheritance and succession--Fiction; Pharmaceutical industry--Fiction; Missing persons--Fiction. Multi-billion dollar giant Revell Pharmaceuticals is devouring its competition. A new research breakthrough propels the company into releasing its most profitable product ever. Yet a family crisis confronts them when Kirra Revell, heiress to the empire, goes missing. Taylor Knox, an employee of Revell's latest acquisition, is blackmailed into leading the search. Can Taylor Knox achieve his quest before time runs out for Kirra Revell -- and for himself?

(Family Business), Jim Harrison (2004). True North: A Novel. (New York, NY: Grove Press, 388 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Conflict of generations--Fiction; Fathers and sons--Fiction; Lumber trade--Fiction; Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Fiction; Michigan--Fiction. 

(Family Business), Tim Green (2006). Kingdom Come. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 306 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Family--Fiction; Murder--Fiction; Revenge--Fiction. Bob King is a self-made billionaire who parlayed a rusty backhoe into the 27th spot on Forbes list. Now, his corporation is a multi-billion dollar construction company that instills greed and competition among friends, including his son Scott and his two best friends, Thane and Ben. But instead of handing over the company's crown, Bob reveals a massive public offering that will make him CEO for life. Thane's wife, Jessica, is furious and goads him into a conspiracy to kill Bob. When the board of directors makes Thane CEO, Ben investigates the truth and Thane realizes that he can only be safe if his old friend is also dead.

(Family Business), Barbara Taylor Bradford (2007). The Heir. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 480 p.). Inheritance and succession--Fiction; Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction; Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Fiction. 1918 - Edward "Ned" Deravenel (33) has finally wresting control of Deravenels, the family's global trading company, and has restored a modicum of peace to the organization. An influenza pandemic is sweeping the country, and Edward has a family and a business to protect. Politics of inheritance are intense. An heir is needed to keep the Deravenel name alive, but tragedy and death remain obstacles at every turn. The choices include a loyal caretaker, a jealous rumormonger, a charming young woman, a sickly boy, and the scion of the family Edward ousted from power years before.

(Family Business), Brad Smith (2007). Big Man Coming Down the Road. (Toronto, ON: Penguin Canada, 357 p.). Family--Canada--Fiction; Inheritance and succession--Fiction; Business enterprises--Fiction. In life, multi-millionaire Everett Eastman was a ruthless, self-made industrialist, bad husband, absentee father. In death, he challenges each of his three estranged children to make something of themselves. In his will he bequeaths most of his remaining millions to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and other charities but leaves to each one a tarnished jewel from his declining empire. The message - turn it around, in line with some parameters. Author documents, the not-so-graceful ways in which conflicting views on the environment, global capitalism and female-male relationships get played out.

(Fashion&Beauty), Jerome Weidman (1937). I Can Get It for You Wholesale. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 370 p.). Novel set in garment district. Harry Bogen - abrasive young man who will do anything to get ahead. Made into Broadway musical in 1962 (Elliott Gould = Harry).

(Fashion&Beauty), Shirley Lord (1993). My Sister's Keeper. (New York, NY: Crown, 404 p.). Cosmetics industry--Fiction; Women--Crimes against--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Fashion&Beauty), Ben Neihart (2003). Rough Amusements: The True Story of A'Lelia Walker, Patroness of the Harlem Renaissance's Down-Low Culture: An Urban Historical. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 210 p.). Robinson, A'Lelia Walker, 1885-1931 --Fiction; African American women--Fiction; Harlem Renaissance--Fiction; Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Fashion&Beauty), Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous (2/6/2007). Fashion Babylon. (New York, NY: Atria Books, 336 p.). Fashion--Fiction. Narrated from the point of view of an anonymous A-list British fashion designer looking to expand internationally;  structured around three of the annual "must" industry events in London, Paris and New York; Over a six month period in a designer's life, from the day after the house's fashion show in London to next season, the narrator describes the journey for producing a new collection. 

(Finance), David Ignatius (1994). The Bank of Fear: A Novel. (New York, NY: Morrow, 351 p.). Business Editor, Washington Post. International relations--Fiction; Middle East--Fiction. Financial world is central to the plot of this spy thriller.

(Finance), J. Dayne Lamb (1995). Unquestioned Loyalty: a Teal Stewart Mystery. (New York, NY: Kensington Books, 348 p.). Former Price Waterhouse CPA. Stewart, Teal (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women in finance--Massachusetts--Boston--Fiction; Boston (Mass.)--Fiction.

(Finance), D. Larry Crumbley, David Reps (1998). Simon the Incredible. (Houston, TX: Dame Pub.,    p.). Finance--Fiction. Simon the Incredible is a supplemental text to be used in a finance course or a MBA course. The novel could be used in an advanced managerial accounting course or a quantitative financial accounting course. 

(Food), Kimberly Llewellyn (2003). Tender Harvest. (New York, NY: Avalon Books, 182 p.). Businesswomen--Fiction; Cranberry industry--Fiction.

(Food), Hassan Daoud; Translated by Randa Jarrar (2008). The Year of the Revolutionary New Bread-making Machine. (London, UK: Telegram, 144 p.). Chief Editor of Nawafez, the Cultural Supplement for Al Mustaqbal Daily in Beirut. Bakery; bread machine. Tale of industrial, personal progress set in a traditional bakery in 1960s Beirut. Abu Ali and his brother have just moved to Beirut. They spend their days sitting in the sun outside their traditional bakery, chatting with customers. For the men working inside the bakery life is starkly different. Working endless shifts in the furious heat of the old bread oven, they fantasize about escape. Mohammed sings all day long in his beautiful tenor voice, while the others lean exhausted on sacks of flour and dream of becoming wrestlers. When the brothers acquire their revolutionary new bread-making machine, the workers struggle to adapt to the new conditions, and one by one their dreams fade into oblivion ...

(Food Service), Karen Hubert Allison (1997). How I Gave My Heart to the Restaurant Business: A Novel. (Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 211 p.). Restaurateurs--Fiction; Restaurants--Fiction; Food service--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Food Service), Starbuck O'Dwyer (2004). Red Meat Cures Cancer: A Novel. (New York, NY: Vintage, 320 p.). Meat industry and trade--Fiction.  

(Food Service), Stewart O’Nan (2007). Last Night at the Lobster: A Novel. (New York, NY: Viking, 146 p.).  Restaurateurs--Fiction; Restaurants--Employees--Fiction; Connecticut--Fiction. Corporate HQ has forced Manny DeLeon, mid-career general manager of Red Lobster restaurant, to close the restaurant five days before Christmas because it has underperformed. Story of DeLeon's final day...pining over a past romance with a fellow worker, tedium of his duties, loyalty to the restaurant and its employees (regardless of how much they may hate their jobs), dedication to customers, comfort he feels in working there. It closes...he starts at Olive Garden.

(Forest Products), David Adams Richards (2007). The Friends of Meager Fortune. (San Francisco, CA: MacAdam/Cage, 366 p.). Lumber trade--Fiction; New Brunswick--Fiction. Jamesons, a New Brunswick lumbering family, first favored. then fallen. Story of the greatest cut in the history of New Brunswick, when in one winter only four teams of men and horses brought out 12,000 enormous logs, defies the efficient rapacity of tractor trailers and chainsaws. That world of wood, the narrator says, was "every bit as pitiless as the sea." Moving depiction of loggers and logging: the way they live, the work they do, and their unsung contributions to the construction of the larger world are breathtakingly beautiful. The construction and history of Canada, the immense natural resources that have been ripped from the skin of this country, and the lumbermen and miners and fishermen who accomplished those prodigious tasks, in concert with a nature that was never benign, is more than subtext here.

(Headhunters), Annette Meyers (1989). The Big Killing. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 258 p.). Wetzon, Leslie (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Smith, Xenia (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women detectives--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

--- (1990). Tender Death. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 276 p.). Wetzon, Leslie (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Smith, Xenia (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women detectives--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

--- (1991). The Deadliest Option. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 340 p.). Wetzon, Leslie (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Smith, Xenia (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women detectives--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

--- (1992). Blood on the Street. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 340 p.). Wetzon, Leslie (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Smith, Xenia (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women detectives--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.

--- (1995). These Bones Were Made for Dancin': A Smith and Wetzon Mystery. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 358 p.). Wetzon, Leslie (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Smith, Xenia (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women detectives--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

--- (1997). The Groaning Board: A Smith and Wetzon Mystery. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 321 p.). Wetzon, Leslie (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Smith, Xenia (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Women detectives--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Headhunters), Ron and Janet Benrey (2001). Little White Lies: A Novel. (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 312 p.). Recruiting of employees--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction.

(Healthcare), David Kerns (2007). Standard of Care. (Boulder, CO: Sentient Publications, 232 p.). Medical Director for the Center for Child Protection, Department of Pediatrics, at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (San Jose, CA). Physicians--Fiction; Patient advocacy--Fiction; Medical care--Quality control--Fiction; Medical ethics--Fiction; Hospital management companies--Fiction. Traditional healing values of doctors, nurses collides with bottom-line demands of competition, survival in era of corporate health care in America. Insider's look at the patient rooms, board rooms, and back rooms of American hospitals today. Dr. Daniel Fazen becomes the new senior medical executive, the guardian of quality patient care, at his long-cherished community hospital, which is soon acquired by the largest, most ruthless for-profit hospital conglomerate in America. So begins a dramatic decline in the quality of caregiving. Finally, frightened and overwhelmed with guilt about a preventable death, due to a decision in the company's financial interest, Dan confronts the ethical dilemma of his life.

(High Technology), Douglas Coupland (1995). Microserfs. (New York, NY: ReganBooks, 371 p.). Computer software industry--Fiction; Young adults--Fiction. 

(High Technology), Pat Dillon (1996). The Last Best Thing: A Classic Tale of Greed, Deception, and Mayhem in Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 350 p.). Computer industry--Fiction; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Fiction. 

(High Technology), Po Bronson (1997). The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: A Silicon Valley Novel. (New York, NY: Random House, 291 p.). High technology--Fiction; Computer industry--Fiction; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Fiction.

(High Technology), Joe Hutsko (1999). The Deal. (New York, NY: Forge, 317 p.). Computer industry--Fiction; High technology industries--Fiction. 

(High Technology), Greg Costikyan (2000). First Contract. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 287 p.). High technology industries--Fiction; Chief executive officers--Fiction; Human-alien encounters--Fiction; Homeless persons--Fiction.

(High Technology), R.J. Pineiro. (2001). Conspiracy.com. (New York, NY: Forge, 317 p.). High technology industries--Fiction; Political corruption--Fiction; Conspiracies--Fiction.

(High Technology), Thomas Scoville (2001). Silicon Follies: A Dot.Comedy. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 323 p.). High technology industries--Fiction; Computer industry--Fiction; California--Fiction.

(High Technology), Justin Park (2006). Pushing the Envelope. (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. Technical Consultant for Accenture. High technology industries--Fiction. Mega corporation called Maxion, often referred to as M$, gradually takes over globe through series of large mergers. (Several blatant similarities between M$ and Microsoft). In a few years, M$ releases several popular devices which may redefine the world economy using a technique called "Monopolistic Socialism." Group of extremely wealthy investors, called "The Elite", eventually setup a coup to take down Maxion Empire.

(Hospitality), Michelle Cliff (2004). Free Enterprise: A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant. (San Francisco, CA: City Lights, 213 p. [orig. pub. 1993]). Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904 -- Fiction; African American women abolitionists -- Fiction; African American businesswomen -- Fiction; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction; Underground Railroad -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction; Hotelkeepers -- Fiction; Earthquakes -- Fiction; Hotels -- Fiction. 1858 - two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasant owns a string of hotels in San Francisco that secretly double as havens for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican who has given up her life of privilege to fight for the abolitionist cause. Together they join John Brown's doomed enterprise and barely escape with their lives.

(Hospitality), Imogen Edwards-Jones with Anonymous (2004). Hotel Babylon. (New York, NY: BlueHen Books, 271 p.). Hotel management--Case studies; Hotels--Case studies. Twenty-four years of anecdotes about the characters, highs, lows, drugs, sex, death and more condensed into a fictionalized day.

(Insurance), Gerald Anderson (2008). Murder Under the Loon: An Otter Tail County Mystery. (Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink, 240 p.). Professor of British and European History (North Dakota State University). Insurance executives--Crimes against--Fiction; Executive succession--Fiction; Winter resorts--Fiction; Minnesota--Fiction. Executive succession can be murder. John Hofstead, retiring president of Hofstead Hail Insurance Company, has gathered his staff at  Otter Slide Resort for weekend of fun, chance to influence his final decision on who will replace him. Could any of the four employees or their spouses, who had scrambled into parkas and Norwegian sweaters to learn who was to be the lucky choice, commit murder?

(Intelligence), Shepherd Mead (1968). How To Succeed at Business Spying by Trying; A Novel about Industrial Espionage. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 255 p.). Business intelligence--Fiction.

(Intelligence), L.M. Shakespeare (1987). Utmost Good Faith. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 232 p.). Lloyd's (Firm)--Fiction; Business intelligence--Fiction.

(Intelligence), William Harrington (1991). Endgame in Berlin. (New York, NY: Donald I. Fine, 310 p.). Business intelligence--Fiction; Berlin (Germany)--Fiction.

(Intelligence), Michael Crichton (1992). Rising Sun: A Novel. (New York, NY: Knopf, 355 p.). Police--California--Los Angeles--Fiction; Corporations, Japanese--California--Los Angeles--Fiction; Business intelligence--Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.

(Intelligence), Tom Grace (1998). Spyder Web. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 451 p.). Business intelligence--Fiction.

(Intelligence), Craig Hickman (2002). An Innovator's Tale: A New Perspectives for Accelerating Creative Breakthroughs. (New York, NY: Wiley, 229 p.). Business intelligence--Fiction; Executive ability--Fiction.

(Intelligence), William Gibson (2003). Pattern Recognition. (New York, NY: Putnam, p.). Women private investigators--England--London--Fiction; Business intelligence--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction.

(Intelligence), Joseph Finder (2004). Paranoia. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 426 p.). Business intelligence--Fiction; Success in business--Fiction; Corporate culture--Fiction; Commercial crimes--Fiction; Deception--Fiction.

(Internet e-Commerce), Greg Williams (2004). Boomtown: A Novel. (New York, NY: Overlook Press, 304 p.). Electronic commerce--Fiction; Young adults--Fiction; Businessmen--Fiction; Internet--Fiction; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Internet e-Commerce), Domenic Stansberry (2006). The Big Boom. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 272 p.). Police, Private--Fiction; North Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)--Fiction. Homicide-cop-turned-private investigator Dante Mancuso investigates the disappearance of Angela Antonelli, a young woman who recently quit her job at a dot-com that was about to go public. 

(Japanese), Saburo Shiroyama; translated by Keiko Ushiro (1991). The Takeover. (New York, NY: Vantage Press, 224 p.). Eiichi Sugiura, a former professor of economics. Fate of Akashiya, a department store in a chic area of Tokyo. While competitors have updated their businesses, this undercapitalized family-run firm is languishing. Enter Fumimaro Aoi, who attempts to corral control of the stock.

(Japanese), Tom Clancy (1994). Debt of Honor. (New York, NY: Putnam, 766 p.). Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Intelligence service--United States--Fiction. Japanese plot to destroy American and European financial markets.

(Japanese), Ikk¯o Shimizu ; translated and edited by Tamae K. Prindle (1996). The Dark Side of Japanese Business: Three "Industry Novels". (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 277 p.). Former Financial Journalist; Translator (Professor, Colby College). Shimizu, Ikk¯o--Translations into English; Business enterprises--Fiction; Business--Fiction; Japan--Social life and customs--Fiction. 

(Japanese), Akimitsu Takagi (1999). The Informer. (New York, NY: Soho Press, 272 p.). Japan--Fiction.

(Japanese), Julia Notaro (2001). Short Change. (London, UK: Pocket Books, 400 p.). Former Corporate Trader in London. Banks and banking, Japanese. Fiction. 

(Japanese), Peter Tasker (2001). Samurai Boogie. (London, UK: Orion, 393 p.). Private investigators. Japan. Fiction; Japan. Fiction. Depicts life in Tokyo in the aftermath of the financial bubble. 

(Jewelry), Louise Bagshawe (2007). Sparkles. (New York, NY: Plume, 512 p.). Diamond industry and trade--Fiction; Family secrets--Fiction; Paris (France)--Fiction. Fabulously wealthy, internationally adored, aristocratic Massot family owns one of the last great jewelry firms in Paris. Seven years have passed since the disappearance of the patriarch, Pierre Massot. With hope of his return all but extinguished, his beautiful young widow, Sophie, reluctantly declares her husband dead and takes control of the family business. But even as Sophie begins to look to the future, forces are conspiring to destroy the Massots—by unearthing the devastating secret from their past that Pierre may have died trying to protect.

(M & A), Paul Rubinstein and Peter Tanous (1975). The Petrodollar Takeover. (New York, NY: Putnam, 254 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction. 

Joseph R. Garber (1989). Rascal Money: A Novel. (Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 412 p.). Hostile takeover.

(M&A), Mark Probst (1989). Winter Losses. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 311 p.). Fathers and sons--Fiction; Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction.

(M&A), Jon Katz (1991). Sign Off. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 374 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction. Corporate revenge.

(M&A), Meredith Rich. (1994). Tender Offerings. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 347 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction; Rich people--Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.

(M&A), Sam Volard (1997). Takeover. (Brookfield, VT: Gower, 252 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction.

(M&A), Peter Waine & Mike Walker (2000). Takeover. (New York, NY: Wiley, 294 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Electronic industries--Fiction.

(M&A), Judith McNaught (2001). Paradise; Tender Triumph. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 720 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Department stores--Fiction; Women executives--Fiction; Indiana--Fiction.

(M&A), Philip Jolowicz (2002). Walls of Silence. (New York, NY: Atria Books, 441 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Manufacturing), Richard Pike Bissell (1953). 7 1/2 Cents. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 245 p.). Life in the Sleep Tite pajama factory (Sleep Tite, the Pajama for Men of Bedroom Discrimination) in the fictional town of Junction City, Iowa (Dubuque?). Sid Sorokin, a young man long in experience of the garment trade, comes from Chicago to be superintendent of the Sleep Tite plant. Sid soon runs into a looming strike over a 7 1/2-cent wage increase and falls in love with Catherine "Babe" Williams, a worker leading a slowdown in demand of the increase.

(Manufacturing), Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox (1992). The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. (Great Barrington, MA: North River Press, 333 p. [2nd rev. ed.]). Manufacturing industries--United States--Fiction; Business--Fiction; Progress--Fiction.

(Marketing), Colson Whitehead (2006). Apex Hides the Hurt. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 224 p.). Brand name products--Marketing--Fiction; Names, Geographical--Fiction; City and town life--Fiction. How branding has become so meaningful - marketing, not memory or history, is most important in contemporary culture. 

(Mining), Louis L’Amour (1981). Comstock Lode. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 378 p.). Mines and mineral resources--Nevada--History--Fiction.

(Mining), John Jakes (1989). California Gold: A Novel. (New York, NY: Random House, 658 p.). Gold mines and mining--Fiction; California--Fiction.

(Mining), Dan O'Brien (1991). In the Center of the Nation: A Novel. (New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 374 p.). Mineral rights--Fiction; Ranch life--Fiction; Bankers--Fiction; South Dakota--Fiction.

(Nonprofit), Kim Benabib (1996). Obscene Bodies: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 245 p.). Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; SoHo (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.

(Nonprofit), Herbert Lieberman (1996). The Girl with the Botticelli Eyes. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 308 p.). Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 5-1510 -- Fiction; Art museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction; Art thefts -- Fiction; Italy -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

(Oil), Will Irwin (1928). Cecilie and the Oil King. (New York, NY: Brentano's, ltd., 287 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Fiction.

(Oil), Leon McNierney (1958). Titusville, 1859; A Novel About the Birth of the Oil Industry. (New York, NY: Vantage Press, 127 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania; Titusville, Pa.--History.

(Oil), George C. McGhee (1990). Dance of the Billions: A Novel about Texas, Houston, and Oil. (Austin, TX: Diamond Books, 246 p.). Petroleum industry and trade--Fiction; Houston (Tex.)--Fiction.

(Oil), Upton Sinclair; foreword by Jules Tygiel (1997). Oil!: A Novel. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 527 p. [orig. pub. 1927]). Petroleum industry and trade--Fiction; Motion picture industry--Fiction; California, Southern--Fiction.

(Oil), L. A. "Laura" Starks (2006). 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy. (Dallas, TX: Brown Books, 347 p.). Oil industry -- fiction; oil refineries -- fiction. Plot to take out Gulf Coast oil refineries. Energy executive Lynn Dayton thinks her challenge is fixing the troubled refinery her company has just acquired on the Houston Ship Channel. But soon she must save it, and other oil refineries, from the industrial havoc and deaths directed by a French saboteur, simultaneously fighting off threats to her own life. As Lynn deals with chemical leaks, disloyal employees, a new season of hurricanes, and mounting casualties, Robert Guillard, a corrupted idealist, plans to manipulate her through her vulnerable sister. But Robert underestimates his prey.

(Oil - Video Game),  (2006). Big Oil: Build An Oil Empire. (Upton, MA: Tri Synergy). Challenges you to cash in on management of an entire oil company; turn it into a profitable venture and become a big-time executive! Find oil and refine natural resources, while turning a profit; Turn a few wells into a massive oil drilling empire across multiple scenarios or sandbox play.

(Organizational Change), Alan Green (1996). A Company Discovers Its Soul: A Year in the Life of a Transforming Organization. (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 189 p.). Organizational change; Industrial management. Randall Hawkes was trained in modern business schools and is CEO of a company founded by his grandfather-a traditional, hierarchical organization that is facing decreasing profits, low morale, and competitors that are taking market share. Recognizing that the managerial techniques he learned in school are now producing dis-ease in himself, his family, his staff, and the organization, Randall becomes convinced that some kind of radical change must be made. Year in life of a company as it undergoes profound transformation

(Organizational Change), John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber (2006). Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 160 p.). Professor, Harvard Business School; Executive, Becton Dickinson. Organizational change; Organizational effectiveness; Penguins--Fiction. Most of the denizens of the Antarctic penguin colony sneer at Fred, the quiet but observant scout who detects worrying signs that their home, an iceberg, is melting. Fred must cleverly convince and enlist key players, such as Louis, the head penguin; Alice, the number two bird; the intractable NoNo the weather expert; and a passle of school-age penguins if he is to save the colony; journey illuminates how to manage the necessary change that surrounds us all. 

(Paper), Marie Arana (2006). Cellophane: A Novel. (New York, NY: Dial Press, 384 p.). Editor of the Washington Post Book World. Engineers--Fiction; Papermakers--Fiction; Rain forests--Peru--Fiction. Don Victor Sobrevilla, a lovable, eccentric engineer, always dreamed of founding a paper factory in the heart of the Peruvian rain forest. His dream has come true–until he discovers the recipe for cellophane. In a life already filled with signs and portents, the family dog suddenly begins to cough strangely. A wild little boy turns azurite blue. All at once Don Victor is overwhelmed by memories of his erotic past; his prim wife, Doña Mariana, reveals the shocking truth about her origins; the three Sobrevilla children turn their love lives upside down; the family priest blurts out a long-held secret....

(PR), Tim Paulson (1988). The Real World. (New York, NY: Dutton, 310 p.). West Coast Advertising Manager (Economist). Public Relations. Ruthless world of big-time public relations.

(Publishing), Gene Fowler (1943). Trumpet in the Dust, A Newspaper Story. (New York, NY: New Avon Library, 278 p.). Newspaper publishing--Fiction.

(Publishing), Anna Murdoch (1988). Family Business. (New York, NY: Morrow, 592 p.). Businesswomen--Fiction; Newspaper publishing--Fiction; Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction.

(Publishing), Stephen Birmingham (1991). The Rothman Scandal: A Novel. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 535 p.). Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; Family--Fiction; Family corporations--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; Fashion--Fiction.

(Publishing), Jeffrey Archer (1996). The Fourth Estate. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 549 p.). Newspaper publishing--Fiction.

(Publishing), Thomas McCormack (2002). Endpapers (A Play directed by Pamela Berlin - of "Steel Magnolias" and "Cossing Delancey"). (New York, NY: Variet Arts Theater. Former Chairman, CEO, Editorial Director (St. Martin's Press). Comic drama - what it takes to be a CEO and what it takes away.

(R&D), C.B. Don (1999). Management by Vice: A Humorous Satire on R & D Life in a Fictitious Company. (Yorba Linda, CA: Sterling Ter Libra, 229 p.). Management--Fiction.

(Railroads), Frank Norris (1901). The Octopus; A Story of California. (New York, NY: 1994 Penguins Classic Edition, 688  p.). Mussel Slough Tragedy, 1880--Fiction; Wheat farmers--Fiction; Farmers--Fiction; San Joaquin Valley (Calif.)--Fiction; California--Fiction. War between wheat growers and the railroad trust. 

(Real Estate), Les Standiford (1993). Done Deal: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 261 p.). Contractors--Fiction; Baseball players--Fiction; Baseball teams--Fiction; Miami (Fla.)--Fiction. 

--- (1994). Raw Deal: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 282 p.). Deal, John (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Contractors--Fiction; Miami (Fla.)--Fiction.

--- (1995). Deal To Die For: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 327 p.). Deal, John (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Contractors--Fiction; Miami (Fla.)--Fiction.

--- (1997). Deal on Ice: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 239 p.). Contractors--Florida--Miami--Fiction; Miami (Fla.)--Fiction.

(Real Estate), Donald Everett Axinn (1998). The Ego Makers: A Novel. (New York, NY: Arcade Pub., 288 p.). Corporations--Corrupt practices--Fiction; Businesspeople--Fiction; Brothers--Fiction. Intrigue in commercial real estate.

(Real Estate), Les Standiford (1998). Presidential Deal: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 290 p.). Deal, John (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Contractors--Fiction; Presidents' spouses--Fiction; Kidnapping--Fiction; Miami (Fla.)--Fiction.

--- (2001). Deal with the Dead. (New York, NY: Putnam, 302 p.). Deal, John (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Contractors--Fiction; Florida--Fiction.

(Real Estate), Maggie Sefton (2005). Dying To Sell. (Waterville, ME: Five Star, 232 p.). Women real estate agents--Fiction; Lawyers--Crimes against--Fiction; Real estate development--Fiction; Divorced women--Fiction; Colorado--Fiction.

(Retail), Isadore Barmash (1972). Net Net. ( New York, NY: Macmillan, 315 p.). Discount houses (Retail trade)--Fiction; Stores, Retail--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction.

(Retail), Barbara Taylor Bradford (1979). A Woman of Substance. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 755 p.). Businesswomen--Fiction.

(Retail), Stephen Birmingham (1993). Carriage Trade. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 469 p.). Clothing trade--United States--Fiction; Upper class--United States--Fiction; Stores, Retail--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction. 

(Retail), John Ed Bradley (1994). Smoke. (New York, NY: Holt, 400 p.). Couple-owned business enterprises--Fiction; City and town life--Fiction; Friendship--Fiction; Louisiana--Fiction.

(Retail), Margaret Rose (1999). A Merchant's Tale: The Life of William Hay, 1787-1858. (Lerwick, Scotland: Shetland Times Ltd., 149 p.). Hay, William, 1787-1858 --Fiction; Hay & Company (Lerwick, Scotland)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Shetland (Scotland)--Fiction.

(Retail), Barbara Taylor Bradford (2006). Just Rewards. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 480 p.). Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Inheritance and succession--Fiction; Conflict of generations--Fiction; Mothers and daughters--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction. How matriarch Emma Harte (first seen in A Woman of Substance, 1979) founded the Knightsbridge emporium, the flagship in her business empire that is now run by great-granddaughter Linnet O'Neill who battles to modernize the family business. Dramatic conclusion of the extraordinary tale of Emma Harte's great-granddaughters.

(Retail-Apparel), Abraham Cahan (1999). The Rise of David Levinsky. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 606 p. [orig. pub. 1917]). Jews--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; Jews--Russia--Fiction. Immigrants--Fiction; Jewish men--Fiction; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction. 

(Retail-Food & Beverage), K. K. Beck (1992). The Body in the Cornflakes. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 216 p.). Grocery trade--Washington (State)--Seattle--Fiction; Private investigators--Washington (State)--Seattle--Fiction.

(Retail-Food & Beverage), Philibert Schogt; Translated by Sherry Marx (2005). Daalder's Chocolates: A Novel. (New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 256 p.). Chocolate; Retail; Competition.

(Retail-History), Washington Irving (1836). Astoria, or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. (Philadelphia, PA: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 564 p.). Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848; Pacific Fur Company; Fur trade--Oregon; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Voyages to the Pacific coast; Astoria (Or.); Northwestern States--Description and travel. Chronicled the early Far West fur trade.

(Retail-Specialty), Matt Cohen (1996). The Bookseller. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 242 p.). Brothers--Fiction; Family--Fiction; Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.

(Retail-Specialty), Elaine Viets (2003). Murder Between the Covers: A Dead-End Job Mystery. (New York, NY: Signet Book, 275 p.). Women detectives--Florida--Fort Lauderdale--Fiction; Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction; Bookstores--Employees--Fiction; Hawthorne, Helen (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)--Fiction.

(Retail-Specialty), Douglas Coupland (2007). The Gum Thief. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 288 p). Office supplies--Employees--Fiction; Friendship--Fiction. Roger, divorced, middle-aged "aisles associate" at Staples Office Supplies Superstore, condemned to restocking reams of 20-lb. bond paper for the rest of his life. Co-worker Bethany (early 20s),  is looking at fifty more years of sorting the red pens from the blue in aisle 6. Bethany discovers Roger’s notebook in the staff room. She discovers that this old guy she’s never considered as quite human is writing mock diary entries pretending to be her: and, spookily, he is getting her right. Two retail workers strike up an extraordinary relationship. Comedy, loneliness,  strange comforts of contemporary life.

(Selling), Harold Morrow (1932). Saleslady, A Novel of Department Store Life. (New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 264 p.). Department stores--Fiction; Sales personnel--Fiction.

(Selling), Saul Bellow (1956). Seize the Day. (London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 160 p.). Middle aged men--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction. 

(Selling), William Stevens (1966). The Peddler; A Novel. (Boston, MA: Little Brown, 308 p.). Sales personnel--Fiction.

(Selling), Howard Stevens and Jeff Cox (1991). The Quadrant Solution: A Business Novel That Solves the Mystery of Sales Success. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 239 p.). Management--Fiction; Selling--Fiction.

(Selling), Harry Crews (1995). The Mulching of America: A Novel. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 268 p.). Sales personnel--Fiction; Miami (Fla.)--Fiction. 

(Selling), Brad Barkley (2000). Money, Love: A Novel. (New York, NY: Norton, 336 p.). Door-to-door selling--Fiction; Fathers and sons--Fiction; Sales personnel--Fiction; Teenage boys--Fiction; North Carolina--Fiction.

(Selling), Howard Stevens and Jeff Cox (2000). Selling the Wheel: Choosing the Best Way To Sell for You, Your Company, and Your Customers. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 255 p.). Selling--Fiction.

(Selling), Elaine Viets (2003). Shop Till You Drop: A Dead-End Job Mystery. (New York, NY: Signet, 276 p.). Clerks (Retail trade)--Fiction; Sales management--Fiction; Sales executives--Fiction; Embezzlement--Fiction.; Murder--Fiction; Drug dealers--Fiction; Drug abuse and crime--Fiction; Hawthorne, Helen (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)--Fiction.

(Selling), Joseph Finder (2006). Killer Instinct: A Novel. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 416 p.). Sales executives--Fiction; Success in business--Fiction; Electronic industries--Fiction; Special forces (Military science)--United States--Fiction. Jason Steadman is a salesman in the U.S. office of Entronics, a Japanese electronics company like Sony and Panasonic. One day, he drives his car into a ditch while on his cell phone and is assisted by a tow truck driver named Kurt Semko, who turns out to be an ex-Special Forces soldier. An opening comes up at Entronics for a security official, and Steadman thinks of Semko, who gets the job. Semko, in turn, says he never forgets it when someone does him a favor. And that's where things start getting nasty.

(Shipping), Nicholas Gage (1975). The Bourlotas Fortune: A Novel. (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 453 p.). Shipping-Fiction; Shipowners-Fiction. 

(Sports), John D. Spooner (1993). The Foursome. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 401 p.). Businesspeople--Fiction; Golfers--Fiction.

(Steel), K.C. Constantine (2000). Grievance. (New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 279 p.). Police--Pennsylvania--Fiction; Downsizing of organizations--Fiction; Steel industry and trade--Fiction; Pennsylvania--Fiction.

(Strategy), Hari Singh (2006). Framed!: Solve an Intriguing Mystery and Master How To Make Smart Choices. (Amherst, MA: HRD Press, 227 p.). Professor of Economics at Seidman College of Business (Grand Valley State University). Business Strategy; decision-making. Seven critical concepts in murder mystery: 1) framing or conceptualizing the issue creatively; 2) anchoring or relying on reference points; 3) cause and effect; 4) taste for risk preference and the role of chance; 5) negotiation and the importance of trust; 6) evaluating decisions by a process; 7) lacking relevant feedback.

(Taxes), Susan Dunlap (1992). Death and Taxes. (New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 247 p.). Smith, Jill (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Police--California--Berkeley--Fiction; Policewomen--Fiction; Berkeley (Calif.)--Fiction.

(Taxes), Jim Weikart (1992). Harry's Last Tax Cut. (New York, NY: Walker, 199 p.). Founder, Weikart Tax Associates. Tax consultants--Fiction.

(Telecommunications), John Griesemer (2003). Signal & Noise. (New York, NY: Picador, 593 p.). Cables, Submarine--Atlantic--Fiction; Americans--England--Fiction; Children--Death--Fiction; Spiritualists--Fiction; Engineers--Fiction; Telegraph--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction; Maine--Fiction.

(Textiles), Margaret Arkwright (1971). Cotton Arkwright, Master Spinner: A Novel Based on the Life of Sir Richard Arkwright. (Altrincham, Sherratt; Manchester: D. J. Morton, Publishers, 131 p.). Arkwright, Richard, Sir, 1732-1792 --Fiction; Cotton manufacture--Great Britain--History--18th century--Fiction.

(Tobacco), Foster Fitz-Simons (1948). Bright Leaf. (New York, NY: Rinehart, 631 p.). Tobacco industry--Fiction; Cigarette industry--Fiction; Rich people--Fiction.

(Tobacco), Borden Deal; With a foreword by Hy Kraft (1965). The Tobacco Men; A Novel Based on Notes by Theodore Dreiser and Hy Kraft. (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 431 p.). Tobacco industry--Fiction.

(Tobacco), Norman Katkov (1996). Millionaires Row. (New York, NY: Dutton, 371 p.). Tobacco industry--Fiction; Sheriffs--Fiction; North Carolina--Fiction.

(Tobacco), Christopher Buckley (1994). Thank You for Smoking. (New York, NY: Random House, 272 p.). Editor of Forbes FYI Magazine. Tobacco industry--Fiction; Tobacco use--Fiction; Smoking--Fiction. Nick Naylor is a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies–a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He’s so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he’s become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy?

(Toys), Scarlett Thomas (2005). PopCo. (Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 512 p.). Women designers--Fiction; Toy industry--Fiction; Young women--Fiction; England--Fiction. 

(Travel), Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous (2005). Air Babylon. (London, UK: Bantam, 360 p.). Air travel -- Fiction; Airlines -- Fiction. A trawl through the highs, the lows, and the rapid descents of the travel industry". It combines various allegedly true incidents into a fictionalized day in the life of a duty manager at London Heathrow airport. The day ends with a plane journey from London to Dubai.

(Utilities), Michael Ledwidge (2001). Bad Connection. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 263 p.). Telephone companies--Employees--Fiction; Chief executive officers--Fiction; Consolidation and merger of corporations--Fiction; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Utilities), Starling Lawrence (2006). The Lightning Keeper: A Novel. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 432 p.). Editor-in-Chief, Vice Chairman (W.W. Norton). Energy -- Fiction; General Electric -- Fiction; Electricity -- Fiction. Struggle to harness electricity in the early 20th century. Romeo and Juliet romance at the dawn of the electric age, with the nation balancing on the brink of world war and a scientific revolution. 

(Utilities), Samantha Hunt (2008). The Invention of Everything Else. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 272 p.). Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 --Fiction; Hotel cleaning personnel--Fiction; Electric engineers--Fiction; Inventors--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction. New Year's Eve, 1942 - 86-year-old inventor Nikola Tesla  bitterly muses over his past: "I am broke. I have given AC electricity to the world…radar, remote control, and radio to the world, and because I asked for nothing in return, nothing is exactly what I got." Unlikely friendship between the eccentric inventor and a young chambermaid in the Hotel New Yorker where Tesla lives out his last days. She begins to suspect that she has understood something about the relationship of love and invention that Tesla, for all his brilliance, never did. .

(Work), Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant (2002). The Office: Scripts 1. (London, UK: BBC Worldwide Publishing, 192 p.). Office politics--Fiction. Hilarious BBC mockumentary series; award winning, phenomenally popular BBC TV comedy. TV comedy.

(Work), Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant (2003). The Office: The Scripts 2. (London, UK: BBC Worldwide Publishing, 272 p.). Office politics--Fiction. 

(Work), Lucy Kellaway (2005). Martin Lukes: Who Moved My BlackBerry. (London, UK: Viking, 384 p.). Management Columnist (Financial Times). Office politics--Fiction.

(Work), Jennifer van der Kwast (2005). Pounding the Pavement: A Novel. (New York, NY: Broadway Books, 280 p.). Worked for Several Film Companies. Young women--Fiction; Job hunting--Fiction; Unemployed women workers--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.

(Work), Lucy Kellaway (2005). Martin Lukes: Who Moved My BlackBerry. (London, UK: Viking, 384 p.). Management Columnist (Financial Times). Office politics--Fiction. Spoof of foolishness of institutional life - business self-help. Martin Lukes is Special Projects Director at a-b global (UK). He's got a huge ego (unwarranted), an inflated sense of self-importance, spouts management buzz words as though a management expert and has a life coach to prepare him for his just executive rewards as he sees it. A pretentious guy who cultivates and nurtures his delusions of grandeur - the fellow worker you love to hate.

(Work), Fernando Trias de Bes (2006). The Time Seller: A Business Satire. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 176 p.). Founder and Partner of Salvetti & Llombart, Associate Professor of the Marketing Department (ESADE Business School in Barcelona). Business--Fiction; Time--Fiction. Meditation on time, work, meaning, and the true costs of "selling out" to the system. What could happen if we undervalue our time. Clarion call to those bound to a routine that has become source of alienation.

(Work), Joshua Ferris (2007). Then We Came to the End: A Novel. (New York, NY: Little, Brown and Co., 400 p.). Clerks--Illinois--Chicago--Fiction; Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction. Life in the office - group of copywriters, designers at Chicago ad agency face layoffs at end of the '90s dot-com boom; they milling around in cubicles, take advantage of increasingly infrequent free morning bagels, have almost no work to do but plenty of time to talk about each other. Author exposes delusions people in groups are susceptible to, surprising little cruelties they're capable of; lays bare strange interconnectedness of human cogs in corporate machine during business downturn: gossip, secret romance, elaborate pranks, increasingly frequent coffee breaks.

Kurt Andersen (1999). Turn of the Century. (New York, NY: Random House, 659 p.). Married people--New York (State)--New York--Fiction; Computer software industry--Fiction; Television producers and directors--Fiction; Businesspeople--Fiction; New York (N.Y.)--Fiction; Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction. 

Stephen Birmingham (1989). Shades of Fortune: A Novel. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 474 p.). Domestic fiction.

Eds. Robert Coles and Albert LaFarge (2008). Minding the Store: Great Writing about Business, from Tolstoy to Now. (New York, NY: New Press, 320 p.). Former James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University; Former Deputy Editor of DoubleTake magazine. Business --Fiction; Short stories, American; Short stories. Collection of classic stories on ethical, spiritual predicaments of business world; illuminate human predicaments of commerce, moral quandaries of marketplace.

Deborah Crombie (1999). Kissed a Sad Goodbye. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 322 p.). Kincaid, Duncan (Fictitious character)--Fiction; James, Gemma (Fictitious character : Crombie)--Fiction; Businesswomen--Fiction; Family-owned business enterprises--Fiction; Tea trade--Fiction; London (England)--Fiction.

Edited and with an introduction by Anthony Di Renzo (1997). If I Were Boss: The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis. (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 363 p.). Business enterprises--Employees--Fiction; Businessmen--Fiction; United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction. Sinclair Lewis - advertising industry by day. 

Dorothy Dunnett (1986). Niccolo Rising (The House of Niccolo, 1) (New York, NY: Knopf, 470 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.

--- (1988). The Spring of the Ram: The Second Book of The House of Niccolo. (New York, NY: Knopf, 469 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.

--- (1990). Race of Scorpions (The House of Niccolo, 3). (New York, NY: Knopf, 534 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction; Italy--Fiction.

--- (1992). Scales of Gold : The Fourth Book of The House of Niccolo. (New York, NY: Knopf, 519 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.

--- (1994). The Unicorn Hunt : The Fifth Book of the House of Niccolo. (New York, NY: Knopf, 656 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Bankers--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.

--- (1996). To Lie with Lions (House of Niccolo, Vol 6).
. (New York, NY: Knopf, 626 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction.

--- (1998). Caprice and Rondo : The Seventh Book in the House of Niccolo. (New York, NY: Knopf, 539 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Bankers--Fiction; Europe--History--15th century--Fiction. Historical fiction.

--- (2000). Gemini (The House of Niccolo, 8). (New York, NY: Knopf, 672 p.). Vander Poele, Nicholas (Fictitious character)--Fiction; Merchants--Fiction; Belgium--History--To 1555--Fiction; Flanders (Belgium)--Fiction. Historical fiction.

Joseph R. Garber (1995). Vertical Run. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 305 p.).   He has 24 hours to find out why everyone David Elliot meets will try to kill him...in his office building.

Nancy Goldstone (1990). Bad Business: A Novel. (Boston, MA: Faber and Faber, 229 p.). United States. Dept. of the Treasury--Fiction; Advertising--Fiction.

Lawrence Otis Graham (1997). Proversity: Getting Past Face Value and Finding the Soul of People: A Manager's Journey. (New York, NY: Wiley, 196 p.). Diversity in the workplace--Fiction; Management--Fiction.

William Hoffman (2005). Lies. (Montgomery, AL: River City Pub., 256 p.). Winner of O. Henry Prize, John Dos Passos Prize, Hammett Prize. Businessmen--Fiction; Fathers and daughters--Fiction; Middle-aged men--Fiction; Rural families--Fiction; Married people--Fiction; Poor families--Fiction; Secrecy--Fiction; Virginia--Fiction. 

William Jovanovich (1990). The Money Trail. (San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 178 p.). Money laundering--Fiction.

Stephen Longstreet (1976). The Bank: A Novel. (New York, NY: Putnam, 377 p.).

Tom Parker (1986). Small Business: A Novel. (New York, NY: Norton, 237 p.).

Richard Powers (1998). Gain. (New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 355 p.). Two stories: rise of Jephthah Clare Soap & Chemical from cottage industry to conglomerate, Laura Bodley as middle-aged mother struggling with ovarian cancer.

Paul Rubinstein and Peter Tanous (1979). The Wheat Killing. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 273 p.).

Paul-Loup Sulitzer; translated from the French by Denise Raab Jacobs (1983). The Green King: A Novel. (Seacaucus, NJ: L. Stuart, 488 p.). Novel about becoming the richest man in the world.

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