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Books like Presumed Innocent
The best books like Presumed Innocent are The Firm, A Time to Kill, and The Lincoln Lawyer. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow is about guilt and innocence, institutional betrayal, obsession and desire. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Firm
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John Grisham · Thriller
Mitch McDeere is a Harvard Law graduate who accepts a job at a small, lavishly compensating Memphis firm called Bendini, Lambert & Locke.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - A Time to Kill
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John Grisham · Thriller
In Clanton, Mississippi, two white men rape and nearly kill ten-year-old Tonya Hailey.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - The Lincoln Lawyer
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Michael Connelly · Thriller
Mickey Haller runs his legal practice out of the back seat of a Lincoln Town Car, shuttling between courthouses and clients across Los Angeles.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - In Cold Blood
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Truman Capote · Memoir
Truman Capote's account of the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas — and of the investigation, capture, trial, and execution of the killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock — is the founding document of the true crime genre and one of the most admired works of American nonfiction of the twentieth century.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson · Memoir
Bryan Stevenson's memoir of his career as a capital defense attorney in Alabama, and specifically of his years working on the case of Walter McMillian — a Black man wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Monroe County, Alabama — is simultaneously a riveting legal narrative and a sustained moral argument about the American criminal justice system's treatment of the poor and of Black defendants.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Alias Grace
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Margaret Atwood · Historical fiction
Alias Grace is based on the historical case of Grace Marks, a young Irish immigrant servant who was convicted in 1843, along with stable hand James McDermott, of the murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Upper Canada.
Both dig into guilt and innocence.
Read the summary → - Mystic River
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Dennis Lehane · Mystery
Three boys play together on a Boston street in 1975.
Both dig into guilt and innocence.
Read the summary → - Raven Black
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Ann Cleeves · Mystery
Raven Black is the first book in Ann Cleeves's Shetland series, set on the Scottish island archipelago at the very edge of British territory.
Both dig into guilt and innocence.
Read the summary → - The Trial
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Franz Kafka · Literary fiction
On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K.
Both dig into guilt and innocence.
Read the summary → - Along Came a Spider
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James Patterson · Thriller
Along Came a Spider introduces Alex Cross, a Black homicide detective and forensic psychologist working in Washington D.C., in the case that made James Patterson a bestseller.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Angels & Demons
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Dan Brown · Thriller
Physicist Leonardo Vetra is found dead at CERN with a symbol burned into his chest: the Illuminati ambigram.
A kindred thriller read.
Read the summary → - Big Little Lies
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Liane Moriarty · Thriller
Big Little Lies begins with a death at a school trivia night and then spends its entire length working backward to explain how it happened.
A kindred thriller read.
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Books like Presumed Innocent: quick answers
What are the best books like Presumed Innocent?
The best books like Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow are The Firm by John Grisham, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Presumed Innocent, such as guilt and innocence, institutional betrayal, obsession and desire.
What should I read after Presumed Innocent?
A natural next read after Presumed Innocent is The Firm by John Grisham. A kindred thriller read. Other strong choices are A Time to Kill by John Grisham, The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
What books are similar to Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow?
Presumed Innocent centers on guilt and innocence, institutional betrayal, obsession and desire. Books with a similar feel include The Firm by John Grisham, A Time to Kill by John Grisham, The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
