David Lat Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Lawyer turned writer, speaker, podcaster: Original Jurisdiction, https://t.co/hBEAtRCUxV. Author, @SCOTUSambitions. Founder, AboveTheLaw/@ATLblog.๐ณ๏ธโ๐

The Unveiling: A Mother's Reflection on Murder, Grief, and Trial Life
Ruth Markel
2/ Earlier today, I posted my podcast interview of Ruth Markel, the mother of Dan Markel and the author of a powerful new memoir, The Unveiling. She is an inspiration to me, and I was honored to have her as a guest. https://t.co/2t9KTXUZpm
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inbox Zero: How to Stop Checking Email and Start Finishing It
Ian Charnas
1/ THREAD. One of my new year's resolutions is to be better about emailโspecifically, to keep my inbox under 1,000 messages (low by my standards, even if ridiculously high by the standards of #InboxZero people). I am beginning by filing for #EmailBankruptcy. https://t.co/Q6HErlwE7a
Paperback, 2018
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tolstoy: Death of Ivan Ilyich
L. N. Tolstoy
@OrinKerr @Nonfinality In my legal ethics class, we read "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. But I got to learn the rules when I prepared for the MPRE.
Paperback, 1998
$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America
Adam Winkler
@HTroglodyte Check out @adamwinkler's "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America." https://t.co/NGpwFW1A82
Paperback, 2013
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
5: 2 Diet Meal Plans & Recipes: The Essential Guide for Intermittent Fasting with Easy Recipes,10 day meal plan and Weight Loss, managing diabetes
Alex Paul
5/ Here's something @KaplanRobbie & Paul Clement DO share in common: they both get 7-8 hours of sleep on average. (I thought everyone would be like Alex Spiro, @ElonMusk's top lawyer, who gets way less.) More in the episode!๐ https://t.co/T4wIZVgpGL
Paperback, 2020
$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
@OrinKerr @Nonfinality In my legal ethics class, we read "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. But I got to learn the rules when I prepared for the MPRE.
Paperback, 2012
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Text Book of Veterinary Medicine: 1
James Law
1/ Dang!!! Judge Jerry Smith, who just announced a "Yalies welcome in my chambers" policy, is the former boss of Judge James Ho, who announced a Yale Law boycott last week. Ho clerked for Smith before clerking for Justice Thomas at #SCOTUS.๐ https://t.co/PqpMhzvXRs
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Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution
John Paul Stevens
4/ The late Justice John Paul Stevens, who dissented in the Heller case, supported repealing the Second Amendment. See this 2018 @nytimes op-ed (plus his book, Six Amendments).๐ https://t.co/QfA7wRPrgU
Hardcover, 2014
$34.00$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Partner Track
Helen Wan
1/ If you watch "The Partner Track" on @Netflix or are a lawyer who's an aspiring writer, check out this inspiring interview of @HelenWan1, author of the novel "The Partner Track," by @RenweiChung for @ATLblog. https://t.co/wR2fYEIUAz
Paperback, 2014
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Presumed Guilty
Alexandra Shapiro
4/ Alexandra Shapiro aka @alex_s_author is a co-founder of the high-powered @ShapiroArato litigation boutique and author of a new legal thriller, "Presumed Guilty," which I highly recommend. https://t.co/CuubhXJK54
Hardcover, 2022
$27.99$13.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book