"A Case of Mice and Murder": A Defense Of The Solitary Mind
I’ve always felt a little too seen by Maugham’s line: "Conversation after a time bores me… Then I fly to my book as the opium-smoker to his pipe." If you’re a fellow introvert who finds sanctuary in books, you’re going to love Gabriel Ward. He’s the book-loving barrister in this delightful, smart cozy by Sally Smith.
“Mississippi Blue 42:” A Gonzo Legal Brief for Paying College Athletes
Eli Cranor’s new novel is a fun, smart takedown of race, greed and the NCAA’s unpaid labor system
Justice by Algorithm and Absurdity: Law, Trauma and the Windowless Courtroom Room
I Spent Years in Family Court. The “Dream Hotel” and “Mothers and Sons” Capture How Quick Rulings Change Lives
What Stacey Abrams’s “Coded Justice” Taught Me About AI’s Ethical Frontier
A Gripping Legal Thriller Where Due Diligence Meets Rogue AI
When Fiction Delivers Justice
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Dream Count” reimagines a high-profile sexual assault case, giving a voice to a victim the legal system failed
Summering in the Hamptons? Better Lawyer Up
Franklin’s “Great Black Hope” delivers literary firepower; Burke’s “The Note” is a twisty legal thriller
A Novel That Asks If Affordable Housing Is a Fairy Tale
Emily Hunt Kivel’s “Dwelling” turns eviction, displacement, and late-stage capitalism into a dark, fun surreal fable
Abigail Dean’s “The Death of Us” Moved Me…
...and left me wondering about the place of victims’ testimony in sentencing
The Constitution Didn’t Save Him. Google Did.
I kept waiting for the Constitution to show up in Kevin Nguyen’s fantastic dystopian novel “My Documents.” It never did.
This Wild Novel Made Me Rethink Everything About Easy Money
Megan Abbott’s “El Dorado Drive” is a vodka-soaked ride through suburban angst and the seductive logic of a scam
“The Silver State”: A Masterclass in What Law School Doesn’t Teach You
Gabriel Urza doesn’t just give us a legal thriller; he gives us a raw, honest window into the human cost of justice
When Hamilton & Burr Were Co-Counsel
“The Girl from Greenwich Street” brings America’s first murder trial to life and two other excellent historical courtroom dramas
Legal Briefs: Summer’s 5 Hottest Courtroom Novels
LawFi on the Rocks: Beach Reads with a Legal Twist
A Bad Outcome? When a Lawyer Needs a Legal Team of Their Own
Jon Hickey’s riveting Big Chief follows a tribal “fixer” all to well-aware he’s barreling head-first down a slippery slope
Michael Connelly’s “Nightshade” Kicks Off a Bold New Series
Sunshine Noir meets legal realism in a procedural set on Catalina Island with the haunting question: Can justice survive the system?
Voter Fraud but Make it Constitutional
How Shteyngart’s “Vera, or Faith” Inverts American History to Redefine Citizenship
Waiting for the Next Mandalorian Episode, I Ended Up Reading a Star Wars Lawsuit
A Mandalorian Reading List Includes a Star Wars Lawsuit, Graphic Novels and Publisher Picks
“The Payback”: How to Rob a System That’s Already Robbing You
Kashana Cauley’s debut is Ocean’s Eleven — if Danny Ocean worked minimum wage jobs and owed $200K in student loans.