Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel review – a starry patchwork inspired by the dark days of Covid
Editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston round up 36 big literary names for a spirited Decameron-style collection of shaggy dog stories and tales of lost love
October 2023
Stephen Rubin, book publisher for John Grisham and Dan Brown, dead at 81
The dynamic publisher, known for memorable parties and famous friends, is credited with many of publishing’s enduring bestsellers
September 2023
George RR Martin and John Grisham among group of authors suing OpenAI
Seventeen authors have joined a new lawsuit alleging ‘systematic theft on a mass scale’ by the program
October 2021
‘The twists and turns are riveting’: Stephen King, Paula Hawkins and others on their favourite le Carré
The master of espionage wrote 26 novels – top authors share the books they love the most
June 2021
Books that made me
Bill Clinton: ‘I always wanted to be a writer, but doubted my ability to do it’
The author and 42nd president of the United States on finding comfort in thrillers – and inspiration in William Styron, James Baldwin and Maya Angelou
June 2020
Joel Schumacher: a high gloss, star-making Hollywood showman
The late director made a string of big hits, from Grisham adaptations to campy Batman capers, and introduced us to some major new A-listers
September 2018
Books blog
After American Animals: the literary robberies Hollywood is yet to snatch up
With Bart Layton’s new true-crime film, literary robbery stories have finally found Hollywood’s spotlight. There are others lurking in the library
July 2018
Stav Sherez wins crime novel of the year for 'moving the genre forward'
The Intrusions, in which the case of an abduction reveals online terrors, takes the 2018 Theakston Old Peculier prize
September 2016
The secret DNA behind bestsellers
Is it possible to predict whether a book will sell well? Former publisher Jodie Archer and Matthew L Jockers, of Stanford University’s Literary Lab, built an algorithm to find out
April 2016
95 Mississippi authors condemn anti-LGBT law
Donna Tartt, John Grisham, Natasha Trethewey and Kathryn Stockett among group calling for repeal of House Bill 1523, allowing businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples
February 2016
Pass notes
Why John Grisham is giving his latest book away
The author believes his new book, The Tumor, is the most important of his career – even without the evil corporations, incompetent lawyers and courtroom battles we’ve come to know and love
December 2015
The Q&A
Q&A: John Grisham – ‘My most embarrassing moment? It involved the passing of gas in church’
‘This guy at a party told me, very loudly, that I had written only one book; the rest are screenplays. I am slow to anger, but that really made me mad’
October 2015
Judge warns Massey Energy CEO not to bring politics into mine explosion trial
Don Blankenship’s lawyers have found ways to repeatedly suggest to jurors that regulators targeted his company for political reasons under Obama’s watch
June 2015
Children's books
Theodore Boone: The Fugitive by John Grisham – review
Hockey_Jess: ‘It is enjoyable and doesn’t shy away from hard hitting topics’
April 2015
Books blog
Thrillers are politically conservative? That's not right
Val McDermid says that while crime fiction is naturally of the left, thrillers are on the side of the status quo. Jonathan Freedland votes against this reading
November 2014
Books blog
Which book marked your transition from child to adult?
Our readers have been discussing the key novels that helped them to progress from children’s to adult literature. Here are five examples they cited, from Animal Farm to Little Women. What are yours?
October 2014
John Grisham is wrong – those who watch child abuse images cause harm
Suzanne Ost
Suzanne Ost: The thriller writer’s claims about the severity of sentencing in the US are simplistic, damaging and inappropriate
John Grisham: sentences too harsh for viewing child abuse images
Crime author criticises US justice system, saying ‘jails are full of 60-year-old white men who never harmed anybody’
John Patterson on film
The Judge: a likable, two-inch-deep legal potboiler
Robert Downey Jr’s spectacular turnaround has been a joy to behold. But his new film doesn’t do him justice
September 2014
World's richest authors list joined by Veronica Roth, Gillian Flynn and John Green
Three new names added to highest earners' ranking, topped as ever by runaway bestseller James Patterson, writes Alison Flood
