Book List

Well, I'm done with final exams. Having regurgitated lots of information in a very short period of time, and having completed an agonizingly long semester, I now turn to other pursuits: more work. Yes, sad as it is, my work is not complete. Although I get to go home tomorrow, where no doubt I'll be well fed at least, I have 2 weeks to complete a 40 page research paper (also called a Note) for the law review. I've already done an outline for this paper though, so hopefully it won't be too bad.

In the meantime I hope to be reading some interesting books. Any suggestions? My current list of books to read over winter break is below. I'm finding that it's rather heavily weighted towards non-fiction (indeed, only 2 fiction pieces listed, now that I look at it).....an influence of law school perhaps? I'm not sure. Of course, there's no way that I'll be able to make it through all these books this winter....but that's never stopped me from trying before.

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
by Jeffrey Toobin

Atonement
by Ian McEwan

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
by Tim Weiner

The Making of Victorian Values: Decency and Dissent in Britain, 1789-1837
by Ben Wilson

India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
by Ramachandra Guha

Then We Came To The End
by Joshua Ferris

The Eight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice in Guantanamo Bay
by Clive Stafford Smith

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing
by Paul Collier

From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools
by Rakesh Khurana