John Grisham Reading Order

6 books (1998–2024)

Start with Legal Briefs, the first of 6 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Legal Briefs 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute to Frank Muller 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Their World is Law 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Delta Blues 2009Buy 🇺🇸
5	Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit 2010Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering 2024Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2017–2024)

Start with Camino Island and read in order.

#	Title
1	Camino Island 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Camino Winds 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Camino Ghosts 2024Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1989–2022)

Start with A Time to Kill, the first of 4 books in the Jake Brigance series.

#	Title
1	A Time to Kill 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sycamore Row 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Time for Mercy 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	Homecoming 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1991–2023)

Start with The Firm and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Firm 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Exchange 2023Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2006–2027)

Start with The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Framed(With: Jim McCloskey) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
3	Shaken 2027Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2015–2016)

Start with Rogue Lawyer and read in order.

#	Title
1	Rogue Lawyer 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Partners 2016Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2011–2015)

Start with Casino, the first of 5 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Casino 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fetching Raymond 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Fish Files 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Quiet Haven 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Tumor 2015Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2008–2022)

Start with Ford County and read in order.

#	Title
1	Ford County 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sparring Partners 2022Buy 🇺🇸

31 books (1992–2026)

Start with The Pelican Brief, the first of 31 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Pelican Brief 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Client 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Chamber 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Rainmaker 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Runaway Jury 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Partner 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Street Lawyer 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Testament 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Brethren 2000Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Painted House 2001Buy 🇺🇸
11	Skipping Christmas 2001Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Summons 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	Bleachers 2003Buy 🇺🇸
14	The King of Torts 2003Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Last Juror 2004Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Broker 2005Buy 🇺🇸
17	Playing for Pizza 2007Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Appeal 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Associate 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Confession 2010Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Litigators 2011Buy 🇺🇸
22	Calico Joe 2012Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Racketeer 2012Buy 🇺🇸
24	Gray Mountain 2014Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Rooster Bar 2017Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Reckoning 2018Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Guardians 2019Buy 🇺🇸
28	Sooley 2021Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Boys from Biloxi 2022Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Widow 2025Buy 🇺🇸
31	The French Illusion 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2021)

Start with The Whistler and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Whistler 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Witness to a Trial 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Judge's List 2021Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2010–2019)

Start with The Abduction, the first of 7 books in the Theodore Boone series.

#	Title
1	The Abduction 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer / Young Lawyer 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Accused 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Activist 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Fugitive 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Scandal 2016Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Accomplice 2019Buy 🇺🇸