The SUBstiution Order by Martin Clark (2019)

This is a legal thriller by a judge in Virginia.  Writing is more interesting than Grisham but the end is unsatisfying, a little shallow.  This judge has potential.

The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovitz (2019)

Yale Law Professor Daniel Markovitz breaks down on Meritocracy, which is the successor to the old Aristocracy.  It sounds better, but it's just as bad-- a small group of people controlling the rest.  His writing is a bit dense and he tends to repeat himself but it's an important subject and worth the read.

Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son by Tony Castro 2002

This is a biography of the great Yankees switch hitting slugger. It tells something of the times he played and afterward but mostly it is about the great game of baseball and one of the best to have ever played the sport.