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Books like The Firm

If you liked The Firm by John Grisham, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Pelican Brief

    John Grisham · 1992

    Because also by John Grisham; shares tags: thriller, legal thriller, crime.

    Law student Darby Shaw writes a brief on murdered justices and becomes a target, fleeing with a reporter.

  2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    Stieg Larsson · 2007 · Millennium #3

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime, conspiracy.

    Shot and buried, Lisbeth Salander survives to face trial and the secret Section that destroyed her life.

  3. The Client

    John Grisham · 1993

    Because also by John Grisham; shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Eleven-year-old Mark Sway learns a mob secret in Memphis and hires lawyer Reggie Love for one dollar.

  4. A Time to Kill

    John Grisham · 1989 · Jake Brigance #1

    Because also by John Grisham; shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Lawyer Jake Brigance defends a father who killed his daughter's attackers.

  5. Wrong Place Wrong Time

    Gillian McAllister · 2022

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Jen sees her son Todd kill a stranger, then wakes the day before, slipping back in time to stop the murder.

  6. The Outsider

    Stephen King · 2018

    Because shares tags: crime, thriller.

    Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

  7. The Only One Left

    Riley Sager · 2023

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Caregiver Kit tends mute Lenora Hope accused of 1929 family murders.

  8. The Maidens

    Alex Michaelides · 2021

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Therapist Mariana hunts Cambridge professor Edward Fosca after a Maidens murder.

  9. The Locked Door

    Freida McFadden · 2021

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Surgeon Nora Davis hides serial killer father while patients die.

  10. The Coworker

    Freida McFadden · 2023

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime.

    When odd accountant Dawn vanishes, star salesperson Natalie becomes the prime suspect in a tense office thriller with turtles, lies and…

  11. Red Dragon

    Thomas Harris · 1981 · Hannibal Lecter #1

    Because shares tags: thriller, crime.

    Graham consults Lecter to catch Tooth Fairy Dolarhyde.

  12. Origin

    Dan Brown · 2017 · Robert Langdon #5

    Because shares tags: thriller, conspiracy.

    Robert Langdon chases Edmond Kirsch's lost discovery through Bilbao and Barcelona to answer where we come from and where we are going.

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