Shortlisted: Women in the Shadows of the Supreme Court

The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered―but not selected―for the US Supreme Court

– By Renee Knake Jefferson & Hannah Brenner Johnson

I am a big fan of Toni Morrison. I have a literature background. Alice Walker is one of my favorite poets. I enjoy historical pieces by David McCullough. I enjoy his books. Those are the first ones that come to mind. There has been some science fiction that I've read over the years that has been fun, like Stranger in a Strange Land. I read that when I was young. Those are the ones that come to mind in terms of authors that I go back to.

– Recommended by Caryn Schenewerk, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Policy at Relativity Space (episode 111)

Amy Impellizzeri In Her Defense

– by Amy Impellizzeri, previous podcast guest (episode 105)

“Who I'm into now is the man who wrote A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman. He has written some extraordinary books, like Anxious People and Beartown. He's amazing, and I would highly recommend him. He's a fun, well-written fiction writer, but he's amazing. ”

– Recommended by Jessica S Henry, author, legal commentator, blogger and social justice advocate

“I still think To Kill a Mockingbird is the greatest American novel there is. I read it as a teenager and it's a great legal story. A lot of other things in there too, with a great legal story as well.

I’m a big Ernest Hemingway fan”

– Recommended by Chase Rogers, former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court

“I love beautiful or interesting writing. It's different. I remember Wolf Hall and it's from a different perspective. I remember reading and it was extraordinary reading. I forget what the story is because it's all that great story about the Anne Boleyn period but the way it was written was interesting. If you'd stacked up my books, the highest stack is probably historical fiction.”

– Recommended by Ann Kappler, GC of Prudential Financial

Sofia Segovia, The Murmur of the Bees

– Recommended by: Jennafer Wagner of FVAP

Patricia Hunt Holmes, Searching for Pilar

– by Patricia Hunt Holmes, previous podcast guest (episode 17)

Patricia Hunt Holmes, Crude Ambition: A Novel

– by Patricia Hunt Holmes, previous podcast guest (episode 17)

“I'm a great Jane Austen fan. I go to her often when things seem bad. I love a British novelist named Penelope Lively, who has written a series of wonderful novels over the years. Most of them for grounding women and their relationships. Also interestingly, given some of the things I've said in this show highlighting the role of chance in everybody's life, sometimes producing sad outcomes and sometimes producing happy outcomes.

I like to read mysteries. I also have some favorite mystery writers. Andrea Camilleri, who unfortunately is now dead, wrote wonderfully about this Sicilian detective. I love the ways that many mysteries are stories about different societies can give you a fun window into a different society. When I was younger, I loved Hemingway and some of the great American authors, Faulkner and Saul Bellow. There were not so many female authors at the time.”

– Recommended by Deborah Hensler, Stanford Law Professor

Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

– Recommended by: Erin Smith of FVAP