Legal Stories

11,630 members

116 reviews

3.8

4 Members: gilroy, dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963

4

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

24,052 members

468 reviews

4.1

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, gypsysmom, ahef1963

5

The Rainmaker

The First Rumpole Omnibus

10,233 members

66 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: gilroy, dara85, cej1027, ahef1963

6

by John Mortimer

916 members

6 reviews

4.1

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, ahef1963
Explanations: thorold: Classic stories about a curmudgeonly old defence barrister

7

The Trial

by Franz Kafka

20,170 members

237 reviews

4

3 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner

8

A Time to Kill

The Second Rumpole Omnibus

12,314 members

155 reviews

3.8

4 Members: gilroy, dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963

9

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens

13,843 members

249 reviews

4.2

4 Members: thorold, aulsmith, thecoroner, gypsysmom

10

by John Mortimer

543 members

6 reviews

4.2

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, ahef1963

11

Presumed Innocent

The Third Rumpole Omnibus

4,357 members

76 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963

12

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

35,986 members

506 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963

13

by John Mortimer

276 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, ahef1963

14

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

by Arthur Miller

15,586 members

161 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, aulsmith, gypsysmom

15

The Broker

9,265 members

110 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: gilroy, dara85, gypsysmom

16

The Last Juror

8,414 members

96 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: gilroy, dara85, gypsysmom

17

The Client

10,740 members

78 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963

18

An American Tragedy

by Theodore Dreiser

4,030 members

48 reviews

3.9

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

19

The Street Lawyer

9,519 members

91 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: gilroy, dara85

20

Resurrection

by Leo Tolstoy

3,073 members

40 reviews

3.8

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

21

The Summons

8,534 members

76 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: gilroy, dara85

22

Sycamore Row

4,115 members

167 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

23

The Brass Verdict

by Michael Connelly

4,745 members

160 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

24

The Lincoln Lawyer

by Michael Connelly

7,365 members

212 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

25

Compulsion

by Meyer Levin

288 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: bluepiano

26

The Pelican Brief

11,142 members

84 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

27

The Runaway Jury

10,559 members

81 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

28

The Chamber

8,811 members

62 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

29

Reversible Errors

1,698 members

19 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

30

Plain Truth

by Jodi Picoult

6,789 members

158 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

31

The Burden of Proof

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

2,485 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

32

by Heinrich Böll

2,533 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: thecoroner

33

Silent Witness

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1,241 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85
Explanations: dara85: Murder Trial

34

The Great Monkey Trial

by L. Sprague de Camp

25 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: aulsmith

35

Inherit the Wind

by Jerome Lawrence

2,407 members

30 reviews

4

Member: aulsmith

36

Alex Cross's TRIAL

by James Patterson

2,538 members

57 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

37

by Edward J. Larson

1,029 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: aulsmith

38

The Tyrannicide Brief: The Story of the Man Who Sent Charles I to the Scaffold

by Geoffrey Robertson

365 members

12 reviews

4.2

Member: thorold

39

The Black Book

by Orhan Pamuk

2,230 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: thecoroner

40

Another City, Not My Own

by Dominick Dunne

534 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

41

In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Heinar Kipphardt

225 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: aulsmith

42

The Justice Game

by Geoffrey Robertson

225 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: thorold
Explanations: thorold: Important English trials of the 60s,70s and 80s (ABC, Viz, Gay News, etc.) described by famous human rights barrister.

43

Babel Tower

by A.S. Byatt

1,926 members

15 reviews

3.8

Member: roby72

44

The trial of Lady Chatterley: Regina v. Penguin Books Limited

by C. H. Rolph

211 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: thorold

45

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

by Daniel Berrigan

132 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: aulsmith

46

Turning Angel

by Greg Iles

2,122 members

54 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

47

The Letter of the Law

by Tim Green

345 members

6 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dara85

48

The Tenth Justice

by Brad Meltzer

1,189 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

49

The Attorney

by Steve Martini

884 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

50

Gray Mountain

3,327 members

132 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

51

The Confession

4,510 members

140 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

52

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

12,999 members

190 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

53

The Insider

by Reece Hirsch

116 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

54

The Reversal

by Michael Connelly

3,630 members

124 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

55

Jury of One

by David Ellis

152 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

56

The Devil's Punchbowl

by Greg Iles

1,621 members

46 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

57

Needles

by William Deverell

59 members

1 review

3.8

Member: gypsysmom

58

The Litigators

4,127 members

116 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

59

Trial of Passion

by William Deverell

62 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: gypsysmom

60

The Burning Man

by Phillip Margolin

579 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

61

Snow Job

by William Deverell

59 members

6 reviews

2.9

Member: gypsysmom

62

Defending Jacob

by William Landay

4,059 members

341 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85
Explanations: dara85: Murder Trial

63

Rogue Lawyer

2,755 members

117 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

64

The Testament

10,204 members

96 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

65

The Brethren

9,320 members

79 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

66

The Associate

5,163 members

121 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

67

The King of Torts

8,347 members

72 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dara85

68

Eyes of a Child

977 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

69

Degree of Guilt

1,157 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

70

Pleading Guilty

1,869 members

20 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dara85

71

Ties That Bind

by Phillip Margolin

588 members

13 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

72

The Arraignment

by Steve Martini

803 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

73

Blue Diary

by Alice Hoffman

1,461 members

42 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

74

The First Counsel

by Brad Meltzer

1,411 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

75

Dark Lady

883 members

8 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: dara85

76

The Jury Master

by Robert Dugoni

459 members

21 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

77

A Time for Mercy

1,690 members

49 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

78

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