Faculty Suggested Leisure Reading – Summer 2018

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Summer is here! Today is officially the last day of finals here at Georgia State University College of Law. Tomorrow, we will graduate our 2018 class of J.D. Students. Soon, rising 1L’s and 2L’s will begin summer jobs and internships, and a lucky few will start their summer classes.

While there is still a lot going on for the everyday GSU Law Student, this is a time where many of them take some time for themselves away from law school. So, as is tradition, we surveyed the GSU law faculty for books and other media they suggested for summer leisure reading. Without further ado, here are the GSU Law Faculty Summer Reading Suggestions. We buy all the books on the list so see the hyperlinks for book descriptions and the Leisure Collection (to the right of the Ref Desk) to borrow.

1. Pam Brannon

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susana Clarke
Anything by Brandon Sanderson

2. Karen Johnson

Flight Path: A Search for Roots Beneath the World’s Busiest Airport by Hannah Palmer
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee

3. Kris Niedringhaus

The Illiad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander (this translation specifically)
Circe by Madeline Miller

4. Stacie Kershner

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Flight Path: A Search for Roots Beneath the World’s Busiest Airport by Hannah Palmer
The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley

5. Bill Edmundson

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train through the Americas by Paul Theoroux
- Imagine boarding a train in Boston in mid-winter with no aim other than finding your way to the end of the line(s) in southern Argentina, with only a few loosely arranged stops along the way.