Anonymous wrote:Thanks, everyone. I’m listening to Clean Hands, by Patrick Hoffman, and it’s pretty awful. The description suggested BigLaw intrigue, but it’s all over the place and some of the writing is excruciating.

I liked The Boys’ Club, by Erika Katz, better. Also enjoyed Partner Track on Netflix. (Super soapy but perfect for bingewatching when I was sick in bed for weekend!)

Would love more recommendations! I know there a bunch of BigLaw lawyers-turned-novelists out there!

Anonymous wrote:Julie James is a lawyer turned romance author. Most of her lawyers are prosecutors, but a few feature lawyers in private practice.

I think the most big law type setting is in Practice Makes Perfect.

https://juliejames.com/books/practice-makes-perfect/

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you're still checking, read The Underwriting! It is the story of an IPO from the bankers' perspective but wildly entertaining and similar to The Boys' Club that you liked.

Anonymous wrote:I took a class in law school called law & literature. We read:

Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street (you should def read this one if you haven’t yet)
The bleak house
The stranger
Billy budd
The trial

I can’t remember off hand what else we read but I’ll come back if I can think of it. There’s a chance we read some other books like to kill a mockingbird that I am not associating with the class because I had also read them before the class.

I haven’t read a book by Scott Turow but it’s on my list. And not a novel - but Gideon’s Trumpst is a great book if you haven’t read it.

If you want chick lit, you could read something borrowed

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks, everyone. I’m listening to Clean Hands, by Patrick Hoffman, and it’s pretty awful. The description suggested BigLaw intrigue, but it’s all over the place and some of the writing is excruciating.

I liked The Boys’ Club, by Erika Katz, better. Also enjoyed Partner Track on Netflix. (Super soapy but perfect for bingewatching when I was sick in bed for weekend!)

Would love more recommendations! I know there a bunch of BigLaw lawyers-turned-novelists out there!

This one is based on a blog the author wrote while working at an actual Big Law firm: https://www.amazon.com/Lawyer-Novel-Jeremy-Blachman/dp/0312425554

The blog was active when I was in law school and I remember reading it. I think the blog was better than the book but it's been a while since I read either.

Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:This was a good read. Sort of Devil-Wears-Prada-y

Big Law, by Lindsay Cameron

https://www.amazon.com/BIGLAW-Novel-Lindsay-Cameron/dp/1634250273

+1. I liked this, and also the author’s next one, which is more of a thriller.

PP again. Also recently reread The Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella, who is one of my all time favorite authors. It’s more humorous fluff than thriller, but the main character is a corporate lawyer.

DP I really enjoyed that book! Even though it is more fluffy, it's a book that has stayed with me, unlike many books I read and can't tell you five minutes later what happened and why.

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Anonymous wrote:This was a good read. Sort of Devil-Wears-Prada-y

Big Law, by Lindsay Cameron

https://www.amazon.com/BIGLAW-Novel-Lindsay-Cameron/dp/1634250273

+1. I liked this, and also the author’s next one, which is more of a thriller.

PP again. Also recently reread The Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella, who is one of my all time favorite authors. It’s more humorous fluff than thriller, but the main character is a corporate lawyer.

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Anonymous wrote:This was a good read. Sort of Devil-Wears-Prada-y

Big Law, by Lindsay Cameron

https://www.amazon.com/BIGLAW-Novel-Lindsay-Cameron/dp/1634250273

+1. I liked this, and also the author’s next one, which is more of a thriller.

Anonymous wrote:This was a good read. Sort of Devil-Wears-Prada-y

Big Law, by Lindsay Cameron

https://www.amazon.com/BIGLAW-Novel-Lindsay-Cameron/dp/1634250273