Book · 1992 · Fiction
The Firm
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And my final recommendation is The Firm. Yep, The Firm by John Grisham. Now, this is a book that came out in 1991.
What they say about it
- Read while in law school“miserable in law school”2
- Movie adaptation with Tom Cruise“movie with Tom Cruise”2
The best things said about it
In fact, his book, The Firm, is a book that changed my life because I was miserable in law school.
And somebody told me that there was this book that had come out. And I picked up a copy because I hated doing the academic work. It was The Firm. It was your book. I bet I stayed up two nights in a row reading this thing.
And I enjoyed The Firm. I mean, just to be clear, it was entertaining. But there’s a difference between being amused and entertained.
I reread The Firm about a year and a half ago I have no time for leisure reading at all.
And then he writes The Firm, that takes off, it's the movie with Tom Cruise and we've had a John Grisham legal thriller every year since.
Jack Carr My First Million · May 2024 And then he wrote The Firm and that's the one that takes off with the movie with Tom Cruise.
Jack Carr The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2020 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Firm by John Grisham is a gripping legal thriller published in 1991 that follows a young lawyer who joins a prestigious firm, only to discover it is a front for the mafia. Mel Robbins frequently featured the novel on The Mel Robbins Podcast, citing it as her final recommendation in a curated reading list and sharing how it profoundly altered her life. During multiple podcast episodes, including conversations featuring John Grisham himself, Robbins explained that she picked up the book while she was thoroughly miserable and struggling with the academic workload during law school. Desperate to escape her studies, she stayed up for two consecutive nights reading the thriller, an experience that ultimately became a pivotal turning point in her personal trajectory and reinvention. Grisham discussed the origins of the project, noting that he started writing it immediately after finishing his first novel in 1987. Furthermore, Grisham recounted the dramatic story of how a bootleg manuscript of the book miraculously found its way to Hollywood over Christmas, where someone masqueraded as his agent and distributed copies to various studios and production companies to spark immediate interest. Both host and guest reflected on the sleepless nights the novel caused readers, cementing its status as an iconic bestseller from an author renowned for shaping the legal thriller genre.
Every mention
Mel Robbins And my final recommendation is The Firm. Yep, The Firm by John Gisham. Now, this is a book that came out in… 5
Discussed
“In fact, his book, The Firm, is a book that changed my life because I was miserable in law school.”
Discussed
“He has written some of the most iconic and award-winning legal thrillers ever. The firm, the pelican brief, the client, the rainmaker, runaway jury and a time to kill. All 52 of his books have been number one bestsellers. And I personally cannot wait for John's newest book. I've been looking for a page turner and John says, Oh, Mel,”
Discussed
“And there's no doubt that if I hadn't picked up a book called the firm and read it while I was miserable in law school,”
Discussed
“And somebody told me that there was this book that had come out. And I picked up a copy because I hated doing the academic work. It was the firm. It was your book. I bet I stayed up two nights in a row reading this thing.”
Recommended
“And my final recommendation is The Firm. Yep, The Firm by John Gisham. Now, this is a book that came out in 1991.”
John Grisham And so that's how the firm got started. And as soon as I finished the time to kill, writing a time to kill… 4
Discussed
“And so that's how the firm got started. And as soon as I finished the time to kill, writing a time to kill in early 1987, I went straight to the firm.”
Discussed
“My lost sleep reading it, so we're even. Yeah, well, I'm not losing sleep now, but I did back then, but I realized I probably read this somewhere. Write a page a day. I tell I said it a thousand times. Write it one page. If you're serious about writing anything, stop talking about it.”
Discussed
“But a bootleg copy of the firm popped up in Hollywood over the Christmas break. And a guy got it out there. And I'm not sure what he did, but he pretended that he was my agent. And he ran 25 copies of it and sent it off to all the studios and published in production companies.”
Discussed
“So you have my authority. He called back and he said, we just sold the film rights to the firm to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, which was more money that I'd made in 10 years of practicing law.”
Jack Carr And then he writes The Firm, that takes off, it's the movie with Tom Cruise and we've had a John Grisham le… 3
Discussed
“And then he writes The Firm, that takes off, it's the movie with Tom Cruise and we've had a John Grisham legal thriller every year since.”
Discussed
“he couldn't give that book away and then he writes the firm and we've had a John Grisham novel every year in some years two John Christian novels every year since”
Discussed
“and then he wrote the firm and that's the one that takes off with the movie with Tom Cruise”
Jennifer Frey And I enjoyed the firm. I mean, just to be clear, it was entertaining. But there’s a difference between bei… 1
Discussed
“And I enjoyed the firm. I mean, just to be clear, it was entertaining. But there’s a difference between being amused and entertained.”
Lewis Sacher And so Stephen King who I continued to maintain an obsession with Tom Clansancy, John Gisham, Michael Kiteo… 1
Discussed
“And so Stephen King who I continued to maintain an obsession with Tom Clansancy, John Gisham, Michael Kiteon, Anne Rice, all these people, I would see Jurassic Park or Interview with the Vampire or The Firm and I would read the book...”
Mike Johnson um I reread the firm uh about a year and a half ago I have no time for leisure reading at all 1
Discussed
“um I reread the firm uh about a year and a half ago I have no time for leisure reading at all”
Miriam Grossman So what happened with the twins is that after decades, in fact, John Money wrote a book in 1997 in which he… 1
Discussed
“So what happened with the twins is that after decades, in fact, John Money wrote a book in 1997 in which he claimed that his twin study confirmed and supported the results of his experiment.”
Ross Douthat The Philistine skeptic that Shakespeare is better than John Grisham. Is Shakespeare better than John grisha… 1
Discussed
“The Philistine skeptic that Shakespeare is better than John Grisham. Is Shakespeare better than John grisham? Yes why I haven’t read John Grisham since high school, though I have. I haven’t read John Grisham in a while. I’m just. I’m dating myself as I’m a mid-forties person that it’s better that Shakespeare is better. Give me a difference. 1111 qualifying”
Sarah Lyall I remember maybe 13 or so picking up an early John Gisham. Might have been around the time that the movie v… 1
Discussed
“I remember maybe 13 or so picking up an early John Gisham. Might have been around the time that the movie version of The Firm came out.”
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Passing
“John Grisham he wrote his first book A Time to Kill and couldn't give that book away and then he writes the firm and that one takes off Tom Cruise is in the movie”