A Higher Loyalty : Truth, Lies, and Leadership : James Comey

Copies of former FBI director James Comey's book "A Higher Loyalty" are seen at Kramerbooks book store in Washington D.C. After James Comey was fired as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by Donald Trump in May 2017, he began to write an autobiography. Several publishers submitted bids in an auction conducted by literary agency Javelin to secure the rights to the book.[1] In August 2017, Macmillan Publishers' Flatiron Books announced that it had acquired the rights to Comey's autobiography, and set a release for spring 2018. According to the announcement, the book will discuss ethics, leadership, and his experience in government. 

In November 2017, the title of his book was revealed to be A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership with a release date of May 1, 2018. The title references how Trump insisted on Comey's personal "loyalty" regarding the criminal investigation into Michael Flynn in a private meeting in January 2017, before Trump fired him. The release date was moved up to April 17 because of scrutiny faced by the FBI during the Special Counsel investigation. On March 19, A Higher Loyalty had become the top-selling book on Amazon. It was overtaken the next day by A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.