JP Stevens needs to get over his embarrassment at not having read Proust. Some other interesting answers here: What books on the law would you most recommend to the general reader? And to a student of law? Ken Manaster’s “The American Legal System and Civic Engagement” to the general reader; Leon Green’s “Judge and Jury” for law students. Who are the best people writing about law today? Probably Stephen Breyer and Richard Posner. Which books might we be surprised to find on your bookshelves? The King James edition of the Bible, and mysteries by Georges Simenon. The last book that made you cry? I don’t remember. The last book that made you furious? “Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America,” by Gilbert King. What kind of reader were you as a child? And what were your favorite books? Both of my parents loved books and encouraged my brothers and me to read a great deal. Among my favorites were: “Winnie-the-Pooh”; Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Men” and “Little Women”; Stevenson’s “Treasure Island”; Count Felix von Luckner’s account of his raids on Allied shipping during the First World War; and dozens of books about Tom Swift. What were the most influential books you read as a student? Aristotle’s “Poetics.”
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