Books like The Testament
12 books with a reading profile close to The Testament by John Grisham. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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The Last Juror
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In 1970, twenty-three-year-old college dropout Willie Traynor purchases a bankrupt weekly newspaper in Ford County, Mississippi.
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2
The Street Lawyer
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Michael Brock is a rising antitrust lawyer at Drake & Sweeney, a prestigious Washington, D.C.
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3
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
by Ed Brubaker
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Set immediately after the events of Year One, this story chronicles the first encounter between Batman and the Joker.
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4
The Revenant
Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1823, Michael Punke’s novel follows Hugh Glass, a scout for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
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5
Rising Sun
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
During a gala opening for the Nakamoto Corporation’s new Los Angeles headquarters, a beautiful woman is found dead on a boardroom table.
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Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
by Scott Snyder
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Bruce Wayne believes he knows every secret within Gotham City's foundations, yet the discovery of a century-old murder reveals a hidden organization known as the Court of Owls.
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The Day of the Jackal
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Set in 1963, the plot follows a secret French paramilitary group, the OAS, as they hire a professional British assassin known only by the codename Jackal.
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A Matter of Honour
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Adam Scott, a former captain in the British Army, receives a mysterious letter following his father's death.
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Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event (Comic)
by Mark Millar
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Following a catastrophic explosion in Stamford caused by a battle between the New Warriors and Nitro, the United States government passes the Superhuman Registration Act.
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Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye
by Frank Miller
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Marv is a massive, scarred brawler who wakes up in a cheap hotel to find Goldie, the beautiful woman he just spent the night with, murdered beside him.
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Pirate Latitudes
by Michael Crichton, John Bedford Lloyd
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In 1667, Captain Charles Hunter receives a secret commission from the Governor of Jamaica to lead an expedition against a Spanish fortress on the island of Matanceros.
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Batman, Volume 2: The City of Owls
by Scott Snyder
Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment
In the second volume of Scott Snyder’s Batman run, Bruce Wayne faces the Court of Owls, a secret cabal that has manipulated Gotham City's infrastructure and politics from the shadows for centuries.
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