PATIENT READERS: How hot is novelist John...

PATIENT READERS: How hot is novelist John Grisham these days? His “The Client” is No. 1 on the bestseller list, his previous books are 1, 2 and 4 on the paperback bestseller list. The benchmark at the 27-branch Orange County Library: The waiting list for “The Client” has topped a thousand. . . . That hasn’t happened since the frenzy over Scott Turow’s “Presumed Innocent” and “Burden of Proof” a few years back. Take heart if you’re on the list for Grisham: The library ordered 237 copies.