A Time to Kill by John Grisham is a popular novel that started out as a paper back not a hard cover.
Wikipedia: “ a 1989 legal thriller and debut novel by American author John Grisham. The novel was rejected by many publishers before Wynwood Press eventually gave it a 5,000-copy printing. When Doubleday published The Firm, Wynwood released a trade paperback of A Time to Kill, which became a bestseller. Dell published the mass market paperback months after the success of The Firm, bringing Grisham to widespread popularity among readers. Doubleday eventually took over the contract for A Time to Kill and released a special hardcover edition.”
This novel has been on and off of the band book list in the south several times due to Content of a sexual nature..
