John Grisham

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John Grisham
  • Bibliography:
    54 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1989
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

Before literature was acquainted with John Grisham, he practiced law at a small firm in Mississippi. He began writing as a hobby, which eventually turned into his first novel, A Time to Kill. Published in 1988, by Wynwood Press, it had a very modest first printing.

He began work on The Firm, which Paramount Pictures later bought the rights of. The Firm was the best-selling novel of 1991. After The Firm was published, he quickly gained notoriety for his legal thrillers, gaining a new publication of A Time to Kill. Grisham publishes a novel a year and he has over 275 million copies in print. Nine of his novels have become films including A Time to Kill and The Rainmaker. Grisham and his family split their time between Mississippi and Virginia.

Full Series List in Order

Camino Island

1 - Camino Island (Jun-2017)
2 - Camino Winds (May-2020)
3 - Camino Ghosts (Jun-2024)

The Firm

1 - The Firm (Feb-1991)
2 - The Exchange: After The Firm (Oct-2023)

Ford County

1 - A Time to Kill (Jan-1989)
2 - Ford County (Nov-2009)
3 - Sycamore Row (Sep-2013)

Jake Briggance

1 - A Time to Kill (Jan-1989)
2 - Sycamore Row (Sep-2013)
3 - A Time for Mercy (Oct-2020)
4 - Sparring Partners (Jan-2022)

Rogue Lawyer

1 - Rogue Lawyer (Oct-2015)
1.5 - Partners (Mar-2016)

Theodore Boone

1 - Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (Jun-2010)
2 - Theodore Boone: The Abduction (Jun-2011)
3 - Theodore Boone: The Accused (May-2012)
4 - Theodore Boone: The Activist (May-2013)
5 - Theodore Boone: The Fugitive (May-2015)
6 - Theodore Boone: The Scandal (May-2016)
7 - Theodore Boone: The Accomplice (May-2019)

The Whistler

0.5 - Witness to a Trial (Sep-2016)
1 - The Whistler (Oct-2016)
2 - The Judge's List (Oct-2021)

Book List in Order: 54 titles

  • A Time to Kill

    Ford County - 1
    Jake Briggance - 1

    Clanton, Mississippi The life of a ten-year-old girl is shuttered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle--and takes justice i...

  • The Firm

    The Firm - 1

    AT THE TOP OF HIS CLASS AT HARVARD LAW; HE HAD HIS CHOICE OF THE BEST IN AMERICA. HE MADE A DEAD MISTAKE. When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The fir...

  • The Pelican Brief

    IN SUBURBAN GEORGETOWN A KILLER'S REEBOKS WHISPER ON THE FLOOR OF A POSH HOME... IN A SEEDY D.C. PORNO HOUSE A PATRON IS SWIFTLY GARROTED TO DEATH ... The next day America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. An...

  • The Client

    In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull pull up to the curb... Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowi...

  • The Chamber

    IN THE CORRIDORS OF CHICAGO'S TOP LAW FIRM: Twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case. MAXIMUM SECURITY UNIT, MISSISSIPPI STATE PRISON: S...

  • The Rainmaker

    HE'S A YOUNG LAWYER WHO DOES YARD WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR RENT. THEN ONE LITTLE CASE BEGINS TO EXPLODE... It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing ...

  • The Runaway Jury

    WHEN THEIR JOB IS DONE, JUSTICE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.... They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women will have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high priced lawyers and consultants...

  • The Partner

    For four years, Patrick had often wondered how it would feel if they caught him. Now he was terror-stricken. Practically naked and strapped down like an animal, he knew the next few hours would be insufferable.... Once he was a well-liked, well...

  • The Street Lawyer

    Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone. A homeless man takes nin...



  • The Testament

    HEART OF DARKNESS In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off ...

  • The Brethren

    They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a federal prison in Florida. Meeting daily, these judges-turned-felons reminisce about old court cases, and contemplate where they went wrong in their lives. They decide t...

  • A Painted House

    Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers -- and two very dangerous men -- came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chan...

  • The Summons

    Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling...

  • Skipping Christmas

    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 t...

  • The King of Torts

    The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a youn...

  • Bleachers

    High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who mol...

  • The Last Juror

    In 1970, Willie Traynor came to Clanton, Mississippi, in a Triumph Spitfire and a fog of vague ambitions. Within a year, the twenty-three-year-old found himself the owner of Ford County's only newspaper, famous for its well-crafted obituaries. While ...

  • The Broker

    In his final hours in the Oval 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 t...

  • The Innocent Man

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES • “Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.” -- Entertainment Weekly John Gri...



  • Playing For Pizza

    Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what w...

  • The Appeal

    In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst "cancer cluster" in history. The company appeals to the Mississippi...

  • The Associate

    Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him. The men who accost K...

  • Ford County

    Ford County - 2

    # 1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham takes us back to Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill. This riveting collection of short stories features an unforgettable cast of characters: Wheelchair-bound Ine...

  • Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

    Theodore Boone - 1

    A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he's only thirteen years old Meet Theodore Boone In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he's only thirteen years old, T...

  • The Confession

    An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him. For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn't understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly ...

  • Theodore Boone: The Abduction

    Theodore Boone - 2

    Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone-who knows April better than anyone-has answers. As ...

  • The Litigators

    The partners at Finley & Figg often refer to themselves as a "boutique law firm." Boutique, as in chic selective, and prosperous. Oscar Finley and Wally Figg are none of these things. They are a two-bit operation of ambulance chasers who bicker like ...

  • Calico Joe

    A surprising and moving novel of fathers and sons, forgiveness and redemption, set in the world of Major League Baseball... Whatever happened to Calico Joe? It began quietly enough with a pulled hamstring. The first baseman for the Cu...

  • Theodore Boone: The Accused

    Theodore Boone - 3

    BIG TROUBLE IS BREWING FOR Theodore Boone. While all of Strattenburg 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 t...



  • The Racketeer

    Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Ra...

  • Theodore Boone: The Activist

    Theodore Boone - 4

    Theodore Boone is back, and he’s facing his most dangerous case yet. As Strattenburg sits divided over a hot political and environmental issue, Theo finds himself in the middle of the battle. When he uncovers corruption beneath the surface, Theo wi...

  • Fetching Raymond

    A riveting story of suspense from John Grisham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, "Ford County" -- now available as a standalone eBook short Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons, Leon and Butch, take a bizarre road trip through th...

  • Sycamore Row

    Ford County - 3
    Jake Briggance - 2

    John Grisham takes you back to where it all began . . . John Grisham's A Time to Kill is one of the most popular novels of our time. Now we return to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fierce...

  • Gray Mountain

    The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer’s career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track -- until the recession hits and she is downsized, furloughed, and escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is offered an opportunity to work at ...

  • Theodore Boone: The Fugitive

    Theodore Boone - 5

    Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone thought the danger had passed, but he’s about to face off against an old adversary: accused mur­derer and fugitive Pete Duffy. On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, ...

  • Rogue Lawyer

    Rogue Lawyer - 1

    On the right side of the law. Sort of.   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...

  • Partners

    Rogue Lawyer - 1.5

    They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had s...

  • Theodore Boone: The Scandal

    Theodore Boone - 6

    Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in Strattenburg. He has even helped bring a fugitive to justice. But even a future star lawyer like Theo has to deal with statewide standardized testing. When an a...

  • Witness to a Trial

    The Whistler - 0.5

    A startling and original courtroom drama from New York Times #1 Best Seller John Grisham that is the prequel to his newest legal thriller, The Whistler. An Original E-Short. A judge’s first murder trial.A defense attorney in over his head.A prosecu...



  • The Whistler

    The Whistler - 1

    From John Grisham, America’s #1 bestselling author, comes the most electrifying novel of the year, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impa...

  • Camino Island

    Camino Island - 1

    A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in t...

  • The Rooster Bar

    #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham’s newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that’s on shaky ground. Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year studen...

  • The Reckoning

    The reckoing.jpgJohn Grisham returns to Clanton, Mississippi, to tell the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that follows it, and its profound and lasting effect on the people of Ford County. Pete Banning was Clanton’s favorite s...

  • Theodore Boone: The Accomplice

    Theodore Boone - 7

    Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers. Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at s...

  • The Guardians

    In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller,...

  • Camino Winds

    Camino Island - 2

    Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen -- even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime . . . Just as Bruce Cable’s Bay Books is preparing for the return of bestselling author Mercer Mann...

  • A Time for Mercy

    Jake Briggance - 3

    Jake Brigance, the protagonist of A Time to Kill, John Grisham’s classic legal thriller is back. This time he’s at the epicenter of a sensational murder trial that bitterly divides the citizens of Clanton, Mississippi. A Time to Kill is one o...

  • Sooley

    John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel “Sooley” Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams -- and even bigger challenges off the court. In the summer of his seventeenth year, Sam­u...

  • The Judge's List

    The Whistler - 2

    Nonstop suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author: Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect -- a sitting judge. In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge wh...



  • Sparring Partners

    Jake Briggance - 4

    #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store. “Homecoming”...

  • The Boys from Biloxi

    #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham returns to Mississippi in his most gripping thriller yet. Grisham takes his powerful storytelling to the next level, his trademark twists and turns will keep you tearing through the pages&#x...

  • The Exchange: After The Firm

    The Firm - 2

    #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they...

  • Camino Ghosts

    Camino Island - 3

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Escape to Camino Island, where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise. Don’t miss John Grisham’s upcoming Framed, his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent ...

  • Suspended Terror

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    Two men suffering from memory loss, they struggle to make sense of their erratic behaviour and the strange symptoms afflicting them. Eventually they come to realise that their lives have become mysteriously and inextricably entangled. As one searches...

Award-Winning Books by John Grisham

The Client
1995 Colorado Blue Spruce Award -- Young Adult
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
2012 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award -- Grades 4-6


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Grisham has published 54 books.

John Grisham does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Camino Ghosts, was published in June 2024.

The first book by John Grisham, A Time to Kill, was published in January 1989.

Yes. John Grisham has 7 series.
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