17 Top crime books like The Reckoning by John Grisham

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The Reckoning

By: John Grisham

3.74

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi's favorite son--a decorate…

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Cover of The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2) by David Baldacci

1. The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

By: David Baldacci

2.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detecti… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.11

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

He did not force the door open. He was in no hurry. When Amos Decker returned home to find the b… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"Dark, cool, musty, smoky, where light fell funny and everyone looked like someone you knew or wanted to know. Or, more likely, wanted to forget."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

"But then he put aside the awkward encounter, which his mind allowed him to do quite easily. He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit."

-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

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3. The Firm

By: John Grisham , Robin Waterfield

4.06

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for younger readers. Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Firm book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Her thoughts could not escape the present."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of your better future"

-John Grisham, The Firm

"Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of you."

-John Grisham, The Firm

4. The Fix (Amos Decker, #3)

By: David Baldacci

4.25

Format: 194 pages,

David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker - the man who can forget nothing - was first intr… read more

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5. The Women

By: Kristin Hannah

4.64

Format: 471 pages, Hardcover

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these wor… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Hannah's The Women book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Words were creators of worlds; you had to be careful with them."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love mattered in this ruined world, but so did honor. What was one without the other?"

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

"Love. A thing to be shouted from the rooftops, celebrated, not cultivated in secret and clipped into shape in the dark."

-Kristin Hannah, The Women

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6. Eruption

By: Michael Crichton

3.91

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A history-making once-in-a-century volcanic eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crichton's Eruption book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

By: Michael Connelly

4.56

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning ar… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The River We Remember

By: William Kent Krueger

4.29

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

In 1958, a small Minnesota town is rocked by the murder of its most powerful citizen, pouring fresh… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Finally, she wrote: The most frightening thing we do in our lives is to love."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"People who make other people happy are generally pretty unhappy themselves," she said."

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"Bluestone said, " Hihanni waste ." "He honnay washtay?" Sam gave him a bewildered half smile. "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Exactly my point," Bluestone said. "I've lived in a white man's world a…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

"[Scott] heard the clock on the living room mantel strike midnight, and he could no longer lie there suffering. He slipped from his bed, dressed, and so quietly that he might not even have existed--an…"

-William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember

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9. The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look li… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)

By: David Baldacci

4.37

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murde… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7)

By: David Baldacci

4.42

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the myster… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) by David Baldacci

12. Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1)

By: David Baldacci

3.98

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A twisting new psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a danger… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. A Calamity of Souls

By: David Baldacci

4.53

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo … read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's A Calamity of Souls book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.13

Format: 593 pages, Kindle Edition

Every day without fail, Travis Devine puts on a cheap suit, grabs his faux-leather briefcase, and b… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35) by Michael    Connelly

15. The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35)

By: Michael Connelly

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's The Law of Innocence (The Lincoln Lawyer, #6; Harry Bosch Universe #35) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) by David Baldacci

16. The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4)

By: David Baldacci

4.22

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

David Baldacci returns with the next blockbuster thriller in his #1 New York Times bestselling Memo… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's The Fallen (Amos Decker, #4) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Redemption (Amos Decker, #5) by David Baldacci

17. Redemption (Amos Decker, #5)

By: David Baldacci

4.21

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly… read more

Similar categories in David Baldacci's Redemption (Amos Decker, #5) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The #1 Lawyer by James  Patterson

18. The #1 Lawyer

By: James Patterson

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Move over, John Grisham! Here’s the fastest, sharpest legal thriller in years. Biloxi’s best crimin… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's The #1 Lawyer book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32) by Michael    Connelly

19. Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32)

By: Michael Connelly

4.18

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

LAPD Detective Renée Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling … read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's Dark Sacred Night (Renée Ballard, #2; Harry Bosch, #21; Harry Bosch Universe, #32) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Reckoning by John Grisham

20. The Reckoning

By: John Grisham

3.74

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi's favorite son--a decorate… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Reckoning book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • legal thriller
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Judgement (The Rose Trilogy #2) by Beverly Lewis

21. The Judgement (The Rose Trilogy #2)

By: Beverly Lewis

4.14

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Two Amish sisters reunited by unforeseen circumstances. Hen faces an ultimatum that could leave he… read more

Similar categories in Beverly Lewis's The Judgement (The Rose Trilogy #2) book and John Grisham's The Reckoning

  • fiction

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David Baldacci

2.74

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Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)

David Baldacci

4.11

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4.06

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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3.69

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