What's a lot of books? This is a lot of books.

According to Nielsen Bookscan, John Grisham's latest thriller, The Broker, sold 218,000 copies in its first week on the market. That's a cool 500 g's in JG's pocket in just 7 days.

The paperback edition of Grisham's previous book, The Last Juror, was #2 overall in sales for the week.

You've gotta hand it to the man, he knows what he's doing. At least these last two are supposed to be pretty good.