Transitioning from law firm life after 6 years to corporate counsel in house position. Any good book recommendations to read before transitioning over?

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A Discovery of Witches is supposed to be a good book series.

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The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Although the books get pretty long, it’s his opus, and it’s amazing to see how he intertwines the protagonist with other characters from his other books. Really amazing. Don’t watch that horrible Dark Tower movie that was made a few years back. Completely deviates from the books and just is not done well at all.

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