#144 in Thriller
The Runaway Jury
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About the book
The Runaway Jury is a 1996 legal thriller novel written by American author John Grisham. It was Grisham's seventh novel.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 263 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 64% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 263 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“The premise of the story interested me, the execution left me wanting a little though. Basically I found it difficult to believe that two people could so easily outsmart an entire phalanx of highly paid legal eagles. Legal eagles who could have had just got…”
“This book didn't have the action-packed excitement of lots of Grisham's other books I've read recently, but the main character(s) kept me guessing until the very end. Literally, with 1% of the book left I still wasn't sure what their motivation was and how it…”
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