The Client vs The Firm: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: FBI, Mystery, Fiction
The Client
“MARK WAS ELEVEN and had been smoking off and on for two years, never trying to quit but being careful not to get hooked.”
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a…
1 film adaptation
vs
The Firm
“THE SENIOR PARTNER studied the résumé for the hundredth time and again found nothing he disliked about Mitchell Y. McDeere, at least not on paper.”
The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller by American writer John Grisham. It was his second book and the first which gained wide popularity. ---------- Also contained in: Novels (Firm / Pelican Brief) Reader's Digest…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Firm has the widest readership — 640194 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| The Client | The Firm | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (468004) | 4.1 (640194) |
| Hardcover | 5.0 (1) | 3.9 (513) |
| Google Books | 4.0 (12) | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (369) | 4.5 (1285) |
Reception
| The Client | The Firm | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 468004 | 640194 |
| Editions | 80 | 94 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 95287 | 105485 |
| Reading it now | 3127 | 1269 |
| Written reviews | 3914 | 5497 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2536 | 7718 |
| Pages | 566 | 501 |