The Fifth Witness vs The Lincoln Lawyer: Which Should You Read?
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The Fifth Witness
Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team…
1 film adaptation
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil. Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate The Lincoln Lawyer highest: The Lincoln Lawyer 4.2 · The Fifth Witness 4.0.
- The Lincoln Lawyer has the widest readership — 264965 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Fifth Witness | The Lincoln Lawyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (264965) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (134) | 4.2 (278) |
| Google Books | 3.5 (6) | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (3205) | 4.5 (2430) |
Reception
| The Fifth Witness | The Lincoln Lawyer | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3205 | 264965 |
| Editions | 2 | 59 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 82235 |
| Reading it now | — | 13941 |
| Written reviews | — | 8684 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1426 | 7630 |
| Pages | 421 | 492 |