10 audiobooks for fans of The Boys from Biloxi
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A Time to Kill
Harry Rex Vonner • Book 1
by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 4.64 ABR Score (834.1K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (828.3K) ★ 4.74 Audible (5.9K)More about this pick
Young lawyer Jake Brigance defends a Black father who killed his daughter's rapists in racially charged Mississippi. Michael Beck's narration captures the courtroom tension and social upheaval surrounding the case.
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The Widow
by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 4.42 ABR Score (105.0K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (93.2K) ★ 4.46 Audible (11.8K)More about this pick
Small-town lawyer Simon Latch's practice transforms when elderly Eleanor Barnett reveals her late husband's hidden fortune and asks him to draft a new will. Grisham explores greed and secrets in rural Virginia through his signature legal thriller lens.
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The Reckoning
by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 4.05 ABR Score (127.1K ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (103.6K) ★ 4.1 Audible (23.6K)More about this pick
In 1946 Mississippi, decorated war hero Pete Banning calmly walks into his Methodist church and shoots the pastor, then refuses to explain why. Grisham's three-part structure spans decades to unravel this shocking crime's roots.
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The Last Juror
Harry Rex Vonner • Book 3
by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 4.37 ABR Score (115.9K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (109.9K) ★ 4.52 Audible (6.0K)More about this pick
College dropout Willie Traynor buys a failing Mississippi newspaper in 1970, then covers a brutal murder trial that makes him a target of the notorious Padgitt family.
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The Appeal
by John Grisham
Narrated by Michael Beck
★ 3.91 ABR Score (67.3K ratings)★ 3.65 Goodreads (63.1K) ★ 4.08 Audible (4.2K)More about this pick
Corporate giants manipulate a state supreme court election to overturn a massive pollution verdict, showing how money corrupts justice at every level. Michael Beck guides listeners through Grisham's most cynical legal thriller.
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The Firm
Mitch McDeere • Book 1
by John Grisham
Narrated by Scott Brick
★ 4.53 ABR Score (644.8K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (639.0K) ★ 4.63 Audible (5.8K)More about this pick
Young lawyer Mitch McDeere joins a prestigious Memphis tax firm that turns out to be a front for the Chicago mob's money laundering operations.
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The Rainmaker
by John Grisham
Narrated by Frank Muller
★ 4.46 ABR Score (213.5K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (209.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.5K)More about this pick
A broke law student takes on a massive insurance fraud case in this David-versus-Goliath legal thriller that exposes corporate corruption at its ugliest.
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The Client
by John Grisham
Narrated by John MacDonald
★ 4.41 ABR Score (464.8K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (464.2K) ★ 4.7 Audible (561)More about this pick
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway knows where the FBI's most wanted body is buried after a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer. The legal thriller format works beautifully in audio, with courtroom tensions and childhood vulnerability creating compelling contrast.
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The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
Narrated by Frank Muller
★ 4.40 ABR Score (319.1K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (315.9K) ★ 4.53 Audible (3.2K)More about this pick
During a landmark tobacco trial worth hundreds of millions, mysterious forces begin manipulating the jury from within and without. Muller's narration builds tension as competing interests battle for control over a verdict that could change everything about corporate liability in America.
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The Chamber
by John Grisham
Narrated by Alexander Adams
★ 4.26 ABR Score (150.6K ratings)★ 3.86 Goodreads (147.2K) ★ 4.45 Audible (3.4K)More about this pick
A young lawyer risks everything to save his racist grandfather from death row in this morally complex legal thriller that exposes the ugly legacy of the KKK.
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