Thirty attorneys were commissioned by the American Bar Association; each was asked to name one book they thought all attorneys and law students should read. Here is the list (minus duplicates).

My Life in Court by Louis Nizer

Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael Hiltzik

1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart

The Story of My Life by Clarence Darrow

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin E.P. Seligman

And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank by Steve Oney

Personal History by Katharine Graham

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Leadership on the Federal Bench: The Craft and Activism of Jack Weinstein by Jeffrey B. Morris

My Personal Best: Life Lessons from an All-American Journey by John Wooden with Steve Jamison

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

The Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Cary

In the Shadow of the Law by Kermit Roosevelt

*One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School by Scott Turow

*Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger

The Man to See by Evan Thomas

The End of Anger: A New Generation’s Take on Race and Rage by Ellis Cose

Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process by Robert M. Cover

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law by Ward Farnsworth

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton

A Nation of Immigrants by John F. Kennedy

Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen and Haskel Frankel

*The Trial by Franz Kafka

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made by Jim Newton

Civility: Manners, Morals and the Etiquette of Democracy by Stephen L. Carter

By : Mark McDowell