Each year, UChicago Law faculty share the books that have stayed with them—titles that have challenged their thinking, sparked new questions, or simply offered a great story. What began as a casual conversation has become a much-anticipated annual list, reflecting the wide-ranging intellectual interests that define the Law School community.

The 2025 recommendations span fiction and nonfiction, classic works and contemporary releases, and topics well beyond the bounds of law alone.

Among this year’s selections is Fierce and Fearless: Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress, a biography of one of the Law School’s most distinguished graduates. Recommended by Deputy Dean William Hubbard, the book offers a long-overdue account of Mink’s life and legacy that highlights her pathbreaking legal and political career to her role as the chief architect of Title IX.

Read the full list.