36 Best Selling and Popular Books by John Grisham

Title: Gray Mountain

Losing her job at New York City's largest law firm in the weeks after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Samantha becomes an unpaid intern in a small Appalachian community, where she stumbles upon dangerous secrets.

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345543257
Pages: 480

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Title: Sycamore Row: A Novel (Jake Brigance)

Seth Hubbard is a wealthy man dying of lung cancer. He trusts no one. Before he hangs himself from a sycamore tree, Hubbard leaves a new, handwritten will. It is an act that drags his adult children, his black maid, and Jake into a conflict as riveting and dramatic as the murder trial that made Brigance one of Ford County’s most notorious citizens, just three years earlier. The second will raises many more questions than it answers. Why would Hubbard leave nearly all of his fortune to his maid? Had chemotherapy and painkillers affected his ability to think clearly? And what does it all have to do with a piece of land once known as Sycamore Row?

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780553393613
Pages: 464

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Title: Theodore Boone: The Fugitive

Theodore Boone returns in this fifth adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham, master of the modern legal thriller Theo Boone thought the danger had passed, but he's about to face off against an old adversary: ...

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780147510181
Pages: 272

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Title: The Racketeer

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345545336

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Title: Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

<p>In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he's one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk-and a lot about the law. He dreams of a life in the courtroom. But he finds himself in court much sooner than expected. Because he knows so much-maybe too much-he is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial. A cold-blooded killer is about to go free, and only Theo knows the truth. The stakes are high, but Theo won't stop until justice is served.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780142417225
Pages: 288

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Title: The Litigators

The best-selling author of The Confession and The Appeal presents a latest legal thriller in which high-stakes courtroom tensions lead up to an explosive, unorthodox conclusion. A best-selling novel. Reprint.

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345536884
Pages: 416

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Title: Rogue Lawyer

Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who’s also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy. He lives alone in a small but extremely safe penthouse apartment, and his primary piece of furniture is a vintage pool table. He drinks small-batch bourbon and carries a gun.

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780804194792
Pages: 544

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Title: The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. <p>In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory.</p> <p>Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa.</p> <p>In 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder. With no physical evidence, the prosecution’s case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row.</p> <p>If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345532015
Pages: 448

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Title: A Time to Kill

John Grisham has become, in less than three years, America's most popular author. While The Firm first put him on bestseller lists across the country, and The Pelican Brief and The Client confirmed his status as the master of the legal thriller, it was A Time to Kill that launched his writing career. Originally published in a small print-run in 1989, and for years unavailable in hardcover, Doubleday is proud to publish a new trade hardcover edition of this gripping courtroom drama. Near the rural town of Clanton, Mississippi, little Tonya Hailey is brutally raped, beaten, and left for dead by two drunken and remorseless men. The rapists are almost immediately caught in a road side bar, where they have been bragging of their exploits. When the men appear in court days later, Tonya's father Carl bursts out of the courthouse basement, and executes them with an assault rifle. Murder or executions? Justice or revenge? Carl trusts his life to only one man in town - local criminal lawyer Jake Brigance, who dreams of famous cases, headlines, and the big time. Jake is about to face the fight of his life, and he knows it. Not only is he up against Rufus Buckley - a tough, ambitious district attorney who realizes that a murder conviction could help him gain higher office - but he has a much bigger problem: the rapists are white, the judge is white - and Carl is black. This is a trial sure to change forever the lives of everyone involved. A Time to Kill is a riveting novel that challenges everything we think we know about justice and equality. <p>Available for the first time in a hardcover edition, this riveting novel of rape, murder, retribution, and justice set in rural Mississippi was Grisham's first novel and led to his subsequent bestsellers The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Client. </p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780440245919
Pages: 672

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Title: The Firm

For a young lawyer on the make, it was an offer he couldn't refuse: a position at a law firm where the bucks, billable hours, and benefits are over the top. It's a dream job for an up-and-comer--if he can overlook the uneasy feeling he gets at the office. Then an FBI investigation plunges the straight and narrow attorney into a nightmare of terror and intrigue, with no choice but to pit his wits, ethics, and legal skills against the firm's deadly secrets--if he hopes to stay alive . . . <p>LA Law meets The Godfather in the most talked about thriller of the year. A Harvard Law graduate joins a wealthy tax firm, only to find out it is owned by the most powerful Mob family in Chicago, and that they're laundering vast sums of money through dummy corporations around the world. And the FBI is pressuring him to become their informant . . . but perhaps there is one way out. Film rights sold to Paramount Pictures. </p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780440245926
Pages: 560

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Title: Theodore Boone: The Activist

Clearing his name of the false charges of vandalism and theft that were leveled against him, thirteen-year-old legal maverick Theodore Boone hopes to return to his life of giving advice to friends and community members when an exciting new ...

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780142423097
Pages: 289

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Title: The Abduction (Theodore Boone Series #2)

<p>#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller John Grisham's next Theo Boone novel, now in paperback!</p> <p>When we last saw Theo Boone, he ensured that justice was served by uncovering evidence that kept a guilty man off of the streets. Hot off this high-profile murder trial, thirteen-year-old Theo is still dispensing legal advice to friends and teachers. But just when it seems as if his life has calmed down and gone back to the status quo, a new legal mystery comes to town, and this time it's personal.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780142421376
Pages: 256

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Title: The Accused (Theodore Boone Series #3)

<p>Theodore Boone is back! And he's ready for his next big case</p> <p>Big trouble is brewing for Theodore Boone. While all of Streenburg anxiously awaits the new trial of infamous murder suspect Pete Duffy, problems arise for their own kid lawyer. There's been a robbery and Theo is the accused. His reputation is on the line, and with the evidence building against him—and dangerous threats looming—Theo will do whatever it takes to prove his innocence—even if it means breaking a few rules. Filled with the intrigue and page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone's adventures will keep readers enthralled until the very last page.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780142426135
Pages: 304

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Title: The Partner

<p>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</p> <p>Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm—and ran for his life. For four years, he evaded men who were rich and powerful, and who would stop at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle, they finally tracked him down.</p> <p>Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi city where it all began, an extraordinary trial is about to begin. As prosecutors circle like sharks, as Patrick’s lawyer prepares his defense, as Patrick’s lover prays for his deliverance and his former partners wait for their revenge, another story is about to emerge. Because Patrick Lanigan, the most reviled white-collar criminal of his time, knows something that no one else in the world knows. He knows the truth.</p> <p>From the master of courtroom drama comes the ultimate in suspense -- <i>The Partner</i>, John Grisham's new spellbinding novel. </p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345531957
Pages: 480

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Title: The Confession

Recent parolee Travis Boyette, who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor, confesses that he committed a murder nine years earlier for which another man awaits execution, but finds it difficult to convince the justice system of its error.

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345534552
Pages: 448

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Title: Calico Joe

<p><b>A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball…</b><br> &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> Whatever happened to Calico Joe?<br> &nbsp;<br> <i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It began quietly enough with a pulled hamstring. The first baseman for the Cubs AAA affiliate in Wichita went down as he rounded third and headed for home. The next day, Jim Hickman, the first baseman for the Cubs, injured his back. The team suddenly needed someone to play first, so they reached down to their AA club in Midland, Texas, and called up a twenty-one-year-old named Joe Castle. He was the hottest player in AA and creating a buzz.</i><br> &nbsp;<br> In the summer of 1973 Joe Castle was the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone had ever seen.&nbsp; The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas dazzled Cub fans as he hit home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shattered all rookie records.<br> &nbsp;<br> Calico Joe quickly became the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren Tracey finally faced Calico Joe, Paul was in the stands, rooting for his idol but also for his Dad. Then Warren threw a fastball that would change their lives forever…<br> &nbsp;<br> In John Grisham’s new novel the baseball is thrilling, but it’s what happens off the field that makes CALICO JOE a classic.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345536648
Pages: 240

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Title: The Testament

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339582

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Title: A Painted House

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385337939

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Title: Playing for Pizza

After he is cut from the Cleveland Browns, Rick Dockery is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy, and finds himself confronted by the confusing diversity of Italian culture, language, and romance.

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385344005
Pages: 260

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Title: The Broker

<p>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</p> <p>In his final hours in office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems that Backman, in his heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world’s most sophisticated satellite surveillance system.</p> <p>Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive—there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, Who will kill him?</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345532008
Pages: 432

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Title: The Pelican Brief

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339704

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Title: The Last Juror

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339681

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Title: The Whistler

With his latest novel, John Grisham takes his irresistible blend of legal savvy and page-turning storytelling to a whole new level. Filled with an unforgettable cast of characters and Grisham's trademark twists and turns, readers will be kept guessing until the very last page.

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780399565205
Pages: 565

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Title: The Street Lawyer

He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he has left is the law.<br> <br> Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake &amp; Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone.<br> <br> A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plush offices. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered on Michael's face—and suddenly Michael is willing to do the unthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michael is leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker once lived—and where society's powerless need an advocate for justice.<br> <br> But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that has floated up from the depths of Drake &amp; Sweeney, from a confidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from a conspiracy that has already taken lives. Now Michael's former partners are about to become his bitter enemies. Because to them, Michael Brock is the most dangerous man on the streets....

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780440245957
Pages: 448

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Title: The Rainmaker

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339605

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Title: Bleachers

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385340878

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Title: The Client

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339087

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Title: The King of Torts

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339650

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Title: Ford County

<p>In his first collection of short stories, John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill.</p> <p>Inez and her two older sons take a road trip to visit the youngest brother, who's locked away on death row</p> <p>Mack, a low-grossing divorce lawyer, gets a phone call with an offer to settle some old cases for more money than he has ever seen</p> <p>Sidney, a data collector for an insurance company, perfects his blackjack skills in hopes of bringing down the casino empire of Clanton's most ambitious hustler</p> <p>Three good ol' boys from rural Ford County journey to the big city of Memphis to give blood to an injured friend</p> <p>The Quiet Haven Retirement Home is a place with little controversy, until Gilbert arrives</p> <p>Stanley Wade bumps into an old adversary, a man with a long memory, and the encounter becomes a violent ordeal.</p> <p>Featuring a cast of characters you'll never forget, these stories bring Ford County to vivid and colorful life.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780440246213
Pages: 368

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Title: The Appeal

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385342926

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Title: The Summons

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339599

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Title: The Runaway Jury

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339698

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Title: The Brethren

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339674

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Title: The Chamber

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780385339667

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Title: Skipping Christmas

<p>Luther and Nora Krank are fed up with the chaos of Christmas. The endless shopping lists, the frenzied dashes through the mall, the hassle of decorating the tree... where has all the joy gone? This year, celebrating seems like too much effort. With their only child off in Peru, they decide that just this once, they'll skip the holidays. They spend their Christmas budget on a Caribbean cruise set to sail on December 25, and happily settle in for a restful holiday season free of rooftop snowmen and festive parties.</p> <p>But the Kranks soon learn that their vacation from Christmas isn't much of a vacation at all, and that skipping the holidays has consequences they didn't bargain for...</p> <p>A modern Christmas classic, <b>Skipping Christmas</b> is a charming and hilarious look at the mayhem and madness that have become ingrained in our holiday tradition.</p>

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780440422969
Pages: 256

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Title: The Associate

Author(s): John Grisham

ISBN 13: 9780345525727

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