Gifting Grisham For Christmas? Here Are His 12 Most Popular Books

The bestseller that made John Grisham a household name, this novel tells the tale of an ambitious lawyer who finds himself at the mob's mercy after accepting a job that's too good to be true.

The film rights for the book sold to Paramount Pictures for $600,000 dollars and became the first Grisham novel to hit the big screen. Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman starred in the 1993 film version directed by Sydney Pollack.