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| Posted: 27 Jul 2013 08:16 AM PDT The ABA Journal, August issue has the annual pop culture feature: this year is devoted to "the 25 Greatest Law Novels." The panel chose, in order, the following novels as numbers 1 through 25: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment Charles Dickens, Bleak House Franz Kafka, The Trial Victor Hugo, Les Miserables Herman Melville, Billy Budd Scott Turow, Presumed Innocent Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy John Jay Osborn, The Paper Chase Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener Richard Wright, Native Son Albert Camus, The Stranger Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities John Grisham, A Time To Kill Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God Leon Uris, QB VII John Grisham, The Firm Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale Robert Traver, Anatomy of a Murder Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead Walter Van Tilburg Clark, The Oxbow Incident Jane Gardam, Old Filth The August issue isn't available online yet, but should be posted soon here. This list does seem to be heavily U.S.-centric. Which legal novels would be on your "Best 25" list? Some or all of the above? What novels by non-U.S. authors would you choose?  |
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