In the broadest sense, John Grisham has written the same story over and over. It goes like this: A decent person finds themselves the David in a David and Goliath story where the opposition is the ...

When it comes to writing high-stakes legal battles and compelling characters, nobody does it better than John Grisham. The Rainmaker, premiering August 15 on USA Network, provides a reminder that ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 1, 2025. Click here for that audio. John Grisham, author of thriller novels including “The Firm” and “The Pelican Brief,” has a new book with ...

It’s been four decades since John Grisham was a small-town Mississippi lawyer, but that experience continues to provide material for his bestselling novels. That was true of his first, “A Time to Kill ...

The novelist Robyn Gigl picks her favorite courtroom dramas and legal whodunits — some of which may surprise you. By Robyn Gigl In “Framed,” an advocate for the wrongly accused joins forces with John ...

Here’s how to read best-selling author John Grisham: all his books in order. Acclaimed writer John Grisham upends readers’ expectations again and again in his career. Here are his books in order, but ...

Grisham’s latest novel, ‘The Exchange,’ reunites readers with Mitch McDeere, who isn’t quite the same hero we fell for all those years ago In 1991, when John Grisham and his literary creation “The ...