If you're looking for something to read this summer, check out the following recommendations from the law library staff. Some titles have a legal bent, but many do not. The main criteria for inclusion of books in this list is that members of our staff found them to be enjoyable reads!
Each entry includes an Amazon.com link, and unless otherwise indicated, a UW Madison Library Catalog link. Happy reading!
Fiction
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon (2000)
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Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys (2011)
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A Blessing on the Moon, by Joseph Skibell (1997)
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)
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Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent (2013)
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The Colour, by Rose Tremain (2003)
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A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole (1980)
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The Death of Ivan Ilych, by Leo Tolstoy (1886)
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Murial Barbery (2008)
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Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (2012)
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The Ha-Ha, by Dave King (2006)
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High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby (1995)
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Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson (2013)
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The Luminaries, by Eleanor Catton (2013)
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, by Helen Simonson (2010)
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The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver (1999)
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The Revisionists, by Thomas Mullen (2011)
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*Copies available in UW system libraries for upon request (no copies at UW Madison)
Rivers, by Michal Farris Smith (2013)
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A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster (1908)
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, by George Eliot (1861)
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Still Alice, by Lisa Genova (2007)
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A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki (2013)
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce (2013)
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon (2007)
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Non Fiction
The Artists Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, by Julia Cameron (1992)
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*Copies available in UW system libraries upon request (no copies available at UW Madison)
The Journey Home, by Radhanath Swami (2010)
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Note: no copies in UW Libraries system.
Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment, by Anthony Lewis (1991)
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks, by Ken Jennings (2011)
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The Progeny: Justice William J.
Brennan's Fight to Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v.
Sullivan, by Lee Levine and Stephen Wermiel (2014)
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, by Drew Faust (2008)
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Submitted by Sunil Rao, on May 6, 2014
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