Got the mid-summer reading itch? Whether by hard cover or audio, here is a roster of books of probably interest to our CodeX community! And we are ALWAYS looking for reviewers! If you have found a terrific book that will help us understand everything from artificial intelligence, VCs, computational law, access to justice, startups, classics, intelligence—and so much more—ping me!
18: Originals, by Adam Grant.
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/07/15/codex-book-club-chapter-18-originals/
17: John Cleaves: Demonstratives
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/07/12/codex-book-club-chapter-17-john-cheaves-demonstratives/
16: Startup Boards; The Anxious Lawyer; Project Management E-Discovery
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/06/10/codex-book-club-16-startup-boards-the-anxious-lawyer-project-management-e-disco/
15: Charles Duhigg: Smarter Faster Better
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/06/05/codex-book-club-chapter-15-smarter-faster-better/
14: Elon Musk:
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/05/03/codex-book-club-chapter-14-elon-musk/
13: The Launch Pad (Inside Y Combinator) and Legal Procurement Handbook
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/06/05/codex-book-club-chapter-15-smarter-faster-better/
12: What Was Mine, by Helen Ross
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/02/24/codex-book-club-chapter-12-what-was-mine/
11. Robbie the Robot Learns to Read, by Noah Waisberg
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/02/12/codex-book-club-chapter-11-robbie-the-robot/
10. Susskind x2
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/01/28/codex-book-club-chapter-10-susskind-x2/
9. The Martian, reviewed by Dan Lear
https://law.stanford.edu/2016/01/12/codex-book-club-chapter-9-the-martian/
8. Deborah Rhode: The Trouble With Lawyers
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/12/03/codex-book-club-chapter-8/
7. The Everything Store (Jeffrey Bezos)
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/11/06/codex-book-club-chapter-7-the-everything-store/
6. Anne-Marie Slaughter: Unfinished Business. Also: Audio extra: Monica Phillips “Powerful Conversations”
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/10/28/codex-book-club-chapter-6-audio-edition/
5. Venture Deals 2nd ed. Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson, reviewed by Mike Suchland. Author corner: Jerry Kaplan.
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/09/26/codex-book-club-chapter-5/
4. Dealing with China, by Henry Paulson Jr. reviewed by Aron Solomon.
Art of the Start 2.0, Guy Kawasaki (reviewed by MB)
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/09/23/codex-book-club-chapter-4/
3. The Hard Thing About Hard Things Ben Horowitz (reviewed by Daniel Lewis). Also Humans Need Not Apply by Jerry Kaplan.
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/09/08/codex-book-club-chapter-3/
2. Data & Goliath; Work Rules (Google)
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/08/28/codex-book-club-chapter-2/
1. Black Box Society – reviewed by Jason R. Baron. Author corner: Nelson Brestoff & WIlliam Inmon, Preventing Litigation.
https://law.stanford.edu/2015/08/25/codex-book-club-chapter-1/
Monica Bay is a Fellow at Stanford and credits her mom, Lillian Bay, for encouraging rabid book reading.
@MonicaBay Email: mbay@codex.stanford.edu.
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