Books to read before 1L Forum

[Charlie.Home]

I am graduating this December and will have a lot of free time before starting as a 1L in the fall. Any suggestions on some books to read before 1L starts? I am interested in corporate law.

And I mean a lot of time, so anything you think helpful/interesting. Prep books, pleasure, anything. Thanks.

[Nova]

GTM and LEEWS

[sinfiery]

Don't Go to Law School (Unless)

[CanadianWolf]

Anything by a famous Russian author (e.g., Crime & Punishment, The Brothers Karamozov, War & Peace) since you emphasized that you have a lot of time available during which to read. And, depending upon your definition of "a lot of time", you may want to tackle them in Russian.

[Blessedassurance]

Anything by a famous Russian author (e.g., Crime & Punishment, The Brothers Karamozov, War & Peace) since you emphasized that you have a lot of time available during which to read.

Strong list, brother.

Also: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Kafka's The Metamorphosis

Antheap

My Mortal Enemy

The Yellow Wallpaper

Some R.L. Stevenson

Some Dickens (mainly for the incredible prose)

Cthulhu

Notes from the Underground

The Blue Hotel

Almost anything by Dostoevsky, and to an extent, Tolstoy.

You should probably be drinking instead.

[kalvano]

A Song of Ice and Fire would be a good choice.

[nickb285]

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[Swimp]

Anything by a famous Russian author (e.g., Crime & Punishment, The Brothers Karamozov, War & Peace) since you emphasized that you have a lot of time available during which to read. And, depending upon your definition of "a lot of time", you may want to tackle them in Russian.

Good call. Anna Karenina is one of my favorite books, so I've decided to read War and Peace before law school starts (assuming I get in somewhere good, of course...)

[chem]

A Song of Ice and Fire would be a good choice.

Credited. Farseer trilogy. Snowcrash. Anathem

[NoodleyOne]

Infinite Jest!

[NewYorkL]

[prezidentv8]

Don't Go to Law School (Unless)

Bout right.

[cinephile]

Nothing will prepare you for law school, just read something for fun while you still have time for it. But you won't learn this until after 1L, so you'll probably end up reading something meaningless and wasting your time.

[dingbat]

A Song of Ice and Fire would be a good choice.

That shouldn't take more than a month, though

[gaud]

GTM and LEEWS

[kalvano]

A Song of Ice and Fire would be a good choice.

That shouldn't take more than a month, though

You mean the time it takes Martin to write each page?

[Zensack]

Dune
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

[NoodleyOne]

Dune
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Solid recs.

[justonemoregame]

Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov
Sophie's Choice - Wm. Styron
Intimacy - Hanif Kureishi
Stuart: A Life Backwards - Alexander Masters
In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck

some favorites. they will probably help you for law school, too, in various ways

[dingbat]

A Song of Ice and Fire would be a good choice.

That shouldn't take more than a month, though

You mean the time it takes Martin to write each page?

Realistically, it seems I'm on track to have read the whole series in the time it takes him to write a chapter. Each book in the time it takes him to write a page? Maybe if I didn't have lawl school or any other commitments.

I'd love it if OP read non-stop and let us know the results

[sinfiery]

Love this thread. Bought a Nook Glowlight off B&N, will try to read many of the books posted.

[Ex Cearulo]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Great freakin' book on Lincoln.

[jrsbaseball5]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Great freakin' book on Lincoln.

I've always wanted to read this book. Pretty legit huh?

[Ex Cearulo]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Great freakin' book on Lincoln.

I've always wanted to read this book. Pretty legit huh?

Definitely. Not a light read, but if you have any interest in Lincoln or some of the non-military aspects of the Civil War, I highly recommend it. It's particularly interesting from a leadership/teambuilding perspective.

[jrsbaseball5]

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Great freakin' book on Lincoln.

I've always wanted to read this book. Pretty legit huh?

Definitely. Not a light read, but if you have any interest in Lincoln or some of the non-military aspects of the Civil War, I highly recommend it. It's particularly interesting from a leadership/teambuilding perspective.

That seems pretty cool. I have always found the way that he selected his cabinet to be very interesting and probably something worth emulating. I'll have to see if I can pick it up somewhere