“I’m wondering what to read next.”
∼Matilda, Roald Dahl
Here are a few suggestions, compiled by the students, staff, and faculty at the University of Montana Alexander Blewett III School of Law.
Americanah by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Last Season by Eric Blehm
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism by Howard Bryant
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation by John Carlin
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash (consider the audio book for this one)
Last Kingdom series by Bernard Cornwell
Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains by Dan Flores
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin
A Teaspoon of Courage by Bradley Greive
The Rainmaker by John Grisham
Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold
Lost and Found: Dogs, Cats, and Everyday Heroes at a Country Animal Shelter by Elizabeth Hess
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
Return of the Sea Otter: The Story of the Animal That Evaded Extinction on the Pacific Coast by Todd McLeish
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town by Warren St. John
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native American from 1890 to Present by David Treuer
Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco by Jeff Tweedy
Educated by Tara Westover
We The Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler
The Border by Don Winslow