# Recommend a good non-Grisham legal novel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 29, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-grisham-legal-novel/350357 "2006-03-29T04:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-grisham-legal-novel/350357/21 "2006-03-31T18:41:35Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > One of the classics in the genre is **Anatomy of a Murder** - which was turned into a great movie, too… Interesting that this one should come up in a Grisham-related thread. Because Grisham “borrowed” heavily from _Anatomy of A Murder_ when he wrote _A Time To Kill_. I just finished _Secret Sanction_ by Brian Haig. Damned good book, with a decidedly snarky narrator. In the beginning, the main character works out of the same building in Fort Bragg where my dad worked. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-grisham-legal-novel/350357/22 "2006-03-31T19:40:32Z")
Not exactly fiction, but very legal and very funny are “Uncommon law” and “More uncommon law” by A.P. Herbert. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-grisham-legal-novel/350357/23 "2006-03-31T20:26:49Z")
Alexander Haig’s son Brian write JAAG type books, They are witty and a good read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-non-grisham-legal-novel/350357.md?page=1)