The Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library is home to more than just books containing statutes and case law. The law library is also home to an interesting and diverse collection of fiction books. This collection includes historical novels, thrillers, mysteries, and more. Whether you are looking for a fiction book to occupy your leisure time, or whether you are looking for a fiction book that supports your scholarly research, the law library just might have the perfect book for you. 

 

The following is a list of just a few of the fiction titles that can be found in the Beeson Law Library’s fiction collection. Additional titles can be found by exploring the library’s online catalog.

Al-Tounsi. Anton Piatigorsky. Chicago: Ankerwycke, 2017.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PR9199 .3 .P479 A48

In a case of detainees held overseas, read about what happens when Supreme Court Justices allow their personal lives to affect their judicial decisions.

 

Half of a Yellow Sun. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. New York: Anchor Books, 2007.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PR9387 .9 .A34354 H35

In this work of historical fiction, follow the struggles of five people as they cope with the effects of the Nigerian Civil War.

 

Hallelujah, Alabama! Robert Ely. Montgomery, AL: MBF Press, 2006.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3555 .L92 H35

Richard Steick, an attorney and college professor, withstands the weight of political corruption in order to prevent a county in Alabama from becoming a toxic waste dump.

The Help. Kathryn Stockett. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3619 .T636 H45

Read about the experiences of Abilene, Minny, and Skeeter as they work to tell the stories of African American maids who work in white Southern households of the 1960s.

 

The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln: A Novel. Stephen L. Carter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3603 .A78 I47

What might have happened had President Lincoln not been assassinated? 

 

Law and Vengeance: A Legal Thriller. Mike Papantonio. New York: Select Books, 2017.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3616 .A587 L395

Gina Romano, a trial lawyer, works to find out who murdered her friend.

 

Legal Asylum: A Comedy. Paul Goldstein. Chicago: Ankerwycke, 2017.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3607 .O4853 L44

In spite of dark secrets and uncooperative forces, can Dean Elspeth Flowers succeed in getting her state law school into the top of the rankings?

 

The Rainmaker. John Grisham. New York: Doubleday, 1995.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3557 .R5355 R35

Rudy Baylor, a young attorney who seems to be down on his luck, hopes to turn his life around with a million-dollar insurance dispute.

 

The Street Lawyer. John Grisham. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Location: Second Floor

Call Number: PS3557 .R5355 S7

In this thriller, the life of Michael Brock, a rising star in a big D.C. law firm, is changed forever after surviving a violent encounter with a homeless man.

 

Supreme Ambitions. David Lat. Chicago: American Bar Association, 2015.

Location: Reading Lounge, Second Floor

Call Number: PS3612 .A8684 S87