Summer Leisure Reading
All titles with call numbers are available through the Widener University library system. Some may reside on one of the other campuses. If so, please use the "request" button in the library catalog to have them delivered to the Widener library closest to you.

Many of these titles also may be available in public libraries, so check a library near you if there is one you want to read.

Note about call numbers: Most college and university libraries use the Library of Congress system for cataloging items, so they will have the same or very similar call numbers as those shown here. Public libraries, however, use the Dewey Decimal system and will have different call numbers, so use their catalog to find what you want.

It's summer and all I want to do is chill out with a good novel ...

Bernhardt, William
  • Silent Justice
Coughlin, William
  • Shadow of a Doubt
  • The Court
  • The Judgment
  • In The Presence of Enemies
  • The Heart of Justice
  • Death Penalty PS3553.O78 D4 1992
Fairstein, Linda A.
  • Final Jeopardy 1996
  • Likely to Die 1997
  • Cold Hit 1999
Grisham, John Lescroart, John
  • The Hearing. 2001
  • Nothing But the Truth. 1999
Margolin, Phillip
  • Wild Justice. 2000
Martini, Steve
  • The Attorney
  • The Simeon Chamber
  • Undue Influence
  • Compelling Evidence PS3563.A73358 C66 1992
  • Prime Witness
  • The Judge
  • Critical Mass
Scottoline, Lisa
  • Courting Trouble PS3569.C725 C68
  • Mistaken Identity
  • Vendetta Defense
  • Moment of Truth
  • Everywhere that Mary Went
  • Final Appeal
  • Running from the Law
  • Legal Tender
  • Rough Justice
Traver, Robert Turow, Scott How about some light non-fiction...
  • Anders, George
    Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard
    HD9696.A3 U5144 2003
  • Asim, Jabari
    Not Guilty: Twelve Black Men Speak Out on Law, Justice, and Life
    HV9950.N68 2001
  • Bingham, Clara
    Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law
    KF228.J464 B56 2002
  • Burnett, D. Graham
    A Trial by Jury
    KF9680 .B87 2001
  • Burrows, Peter
    Backfire: Carly Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard
    HD9696.A3 U53172 2003
  • Cochran, Jonnie L
    A Lawyer's Life
    KF373.C59 A35 2002
  • Cohen, Celia
    Only in Delaware
    F170.C64 2002
  • Critser, Greg
    Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
    RA645.O23 C75 2003
  • Earley, Pete
    Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life and Justice in a Southern Town
    KF224.M36 E17 1995
  • Ehrenreich, Barbara
    Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
    HD4918.E375 2001
  • Gerstner, Louis V.
    Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
    HD9696.2.U64 I2545 2002
  • Harr, Jonathan
    A Civil Action
    KF228.A7 H37
  • Kessler, Ronald
    • The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI
      St. Martin's Press, Inc./May 2002
    • Inside the CIA: Revealing the Secrets of the World's Most Powerful Spy Agency
      JK468.I6 K43 1992
    • Inside Congress: The Shocking Scandals, Corruption, And Abuse Of Power Behind the Scenes on Capitol Hill
      KF4935 .K47 1997
  • Klebanoff, Arthur M.
    The Agent: Personalities, Publishing and Politics
    PN149.9.K59 A3 2002
  • Lee, Wen Ho
    My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused of Being a Spy
    QC774.L44 A3 2001
  • O'Connor, Sandra Day and H. Alan Day
    Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest
    KF8745.O25 A35 2002
  • Olsen, Jack
    Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt
    E185.97.P73 O47 2000
  • Orens, Geoffrey (ed.)
    The Muslim World
    BP161.3 .M87 2003
  • Possley, Maurice and Rick Kogan
    Everybody Pays: Two Men, One Murder and the Price of Truth
    HV6534.C4 P67 2001
  • Schiller, Lawrence
    Cape May Court House
    HV6534.C283 S35 2002
  • Smolla, Rodney A.
    Deliberate Intent: A Lawyer Tells the True Story of Murder by the Book
    KF228.R488 S63 1999
  • Vidal, John
    Mclibel: Burger Culture on Trial
    KD1960 .V53 1997
  • Woodward, Bob
    Bush at War
    E902 .W66
OK, I'm ready for something more challenging...
  • Beschloss, Michael
    The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
    E807 .B46 2002
  • Branch, Taylor
    Pillar of fire : America in the King Years, 1963-65
    E185.61.B7915 1998
  • Friedman, Jane M.
    America's First Woman Lawyer: the Biography of Myra Bradwell
    KF368.B712 F75 1993
  • Garbus, Martin
    Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law
    KF8742.G37 2002
  • Hendrickson, Ryan C.
    The Clinton Wars: The Constitution, Congress and War Powers
    KF5060.H46 2002
  • Lazare, Daniel
    The Velvet Coup: the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Decline of American Democracy
    JK31 .L395 2001
  • Marcosson, Samuel A.
    Original Sin: Clarence Thomas and the Failure of the Constitutional Conservatives
    KF8742.M27 2002
  • Miller, Henry G.
    On Trial: Lessons From a Lifetime in the Courtroom
    KF8915.M475 2001
  • Murphy, Bruce Allen
    Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas
    KF8745.D6 M87 2002
  • O'Connor, Sandra Day
    The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
    KF8742.O274 2003
  • Rhode, Deborah L. (ed.)
    The Difference "Difference" Makes: Women and Leadership
    HQ1237.5.U6 D54 2003
  • Schwartz, Herman
    The Rehnquist Court: Judicial Activism on the Right
    KF8742.A5 R44 2002
  • Snepp, Frank
    Irreparable Harm: A Firsthand Account of How One Agent Took on the CIA in an Epic Battle Over Secrecy and Free Speech
    KF228.S559 S65 2001
  • Starr, Kenneth
    First Among Equals: The Supreme Court in American Life
    KF8748.S815 2002
  • Viscusi, Kip
    Smoke-Filled Rooms: A Postmortem on the Tobacco Deal
    HD9136 .V57 2002
  • Williams, Evelyn
    Inadmissible Evidence: The Story of the African-American Trial Lawyer Who Defended the Black Liberation Army
    KF373.W468 A3 1993
Want to watch a good movie?
The Delaware campus library has a collection of law related movies on DVD. Many of these should also be available at your favorited DVD rental service or public library.