All rise for the honorable John Grisham on Books, Beach, & Beyond this week. The G.O.A.T of the legal thriller and the author of A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Confession, and publishing this October 21st  from DoubleDay, The Widow. John tells us about his life as a lawyer, how he got his start writing, his most memorable reading experiences throughout his life, and some of his favorites of his own novels. The three dig in about The Widow, Grisham’s first legal whodunnit, his writing process and routines, The Innocence Project, and his favorite legal thriller of all time.

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John Grisham Reading List:

• A Time to Kill
• The Firm
• Calico Joe
• Bleachers
• Playing for Pizza
• Sooley
• A Painted House
• Skipping Christmas
• The Innocent Man
• Camino Island 
• The Confession
• Framed 

What else are we reading in this episode? 

• The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
• Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
• Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson
• Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
• Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
• The Chip Hilton Series by Clair Bee
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
• Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 
• Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
• The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carre
• Scott Turow, Stephen King, James lee Burke, Amor Towles 

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