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List your all-time favorite technothrillers.
NOTE: Technothrillers are a hybrid genre, drawing subject matter generally from science fiction, thrillers, spy, action and war. The inner workings of technology and the mechanics of various disciplines (espionage, martial arts, politics) are thoroughly explored, and the plot often turns on the particulars of that exploration.
NOTE: Technothrillers are a hybrid genre, drawing subject matter generally from science fiction, thrillers, spy, action and war. The inner workings of technology and the mechanics of various disciplines (espionage, martial arts, politics) are thoroughly explored, and the plot often turns on the particulars of that exploration.
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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)
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The Andromeda Strain (Andromeda, #1)
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The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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The Martian
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
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Daemon (Daemon, #1)
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Sphere
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3.84 avg rating — 196,392 ratings
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Timeline
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1984
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Prey
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3.79 avg rating — 184,840 ratings
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Freedom™ (Daemon, #2)
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Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 30,121 ratings
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Cryptonomicon
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 116,294 ratings
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Relic (Pendergast, #1)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 114,625 ratings
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Red Storm Rising
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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 3,366,164 ratings
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The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2)
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Congo
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Snow Crash
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 295,523 ratings
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Digital Fortress
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 661,189 ratings
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State of Fear
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3.70 avg rating — 91,063 ratings
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Deception Point
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Dan Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 695,591 ratings
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The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
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Patriot Games (Jack Ryan, #1)
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4.16 avg rating — 212,962 ratings
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The Invisible Man
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3.63 avg rating — 213,904 ratings
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Airframe
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3.74 avg rating — 88,654 ratings
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Clear and Present Danger (Jack Ryan, #5; Jack Ryan Universe, #6)
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The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan, #4)
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4.10 avg rating — 60,211 ratings
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Next
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3.54 avg rating — 76,847 ratings
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Kill Decision
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Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 11,891 ratings
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The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan, #6)
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4.08 avg rating — 66,181 ratings
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Map of Bones (Sigma Force, #2)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 62,952 ratings
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The Running Man
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3.89 avg rating — 155,655 ratings
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The Day of the Jackal
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4.27 avg rating — 144,231 ratings
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Rainbow Six (John Clark, #2; Jack Ryan Universe, #10)
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4.14 avg rating — 57,658 ratings
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The Manchurian Candidate
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4.08 avg rating — 24,936 ratings
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Without Remorse (John Clark, #1; Jack Ryan Universe Publication Order, #6)
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4.22 avg rating — 76,082 ratings
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Micro
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3.53 avg rating — 40,725 ratings
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Nexus (Nexus, #1)
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Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 20,909 ratings
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Deep Storm (Jeremy Logan Series)
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3.90 avg rating — 32,420 ratings
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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
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Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 52,919 ratings
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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4.35 avg rating — 9,723,316 ratings
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Ice Station (Shane Schofield, #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 34,691 ratings
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
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4.26 avg rating — 978,218 ratings
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Executive Orders (Jack Ryan, #8)
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4.12 avg rating — 53,301 ratings
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Dark Matter
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Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 689,635 ratings
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The Terminal Man
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3.41 avg rating — 30,254 ratings
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Ice Hunt
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 19,535 ratings
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The Ice Limit
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
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Dance of Death (Pendergast, #6; Diogenes, #2)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 35,238 ratings
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The Devil Colony (Sigma Force, #7)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 27,995 ratings
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Sandstorm (Sigma Force, #1)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 54,203 ratings
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Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1)
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Daniel H. Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 41,047 ratings
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Area 7 (Shane Schofield, #2)
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4.11 avg rating — 19,622 ratings
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Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 43,016 ratings
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Think Fast or Die
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Simon W. Clark (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 141 ratings
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The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3; Nora Kelly, #0B)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 55,205 ratings
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Mount Dragon
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 18,184 ratings
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Bloodline (Sigma Force, #8)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 24,545 ratings
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Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 358,782 ratings
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Flight of the Intruder (Jake Grafton #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 29,379 ratings
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Debt of Honor (Jack Ryan, #7)
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4.10 avg rating — 51,655 ratings
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The Judas Strain (Sigma Force, #4)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 34,232 ratings
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
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4.35 avg rating — 4,075,288 ratings
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Black Order (Sigma Force, #3)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 37,096 ratings
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The Satan Bug
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3.72 avg rating — 2,965 ratings
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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4.31 avg rating — 1,460,470 ratings
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Avogadro Corp (Singularity, #1)
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William Hertling (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 6,294 ratings
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Influx
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Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 17,922 ratings
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Subterranean
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 27,476 ratings
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Utopia
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3.91 avg rating — 12,839 ratings
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The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 178,626 ratings
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The Doomsday Key (Sigma Force, #6)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 31,379 ratings
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Reamde
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 56,994 ratings
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Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1)
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Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31,082 ratings
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Darwin's Radio (Darwin's Radio, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 16,527 ratings
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Altar of Eden
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 20,290 ratings
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The Last Oracle (Sigma Force, #5)
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 34,975 ratings
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The Last Sword Maker (The Course of Empire, #1)
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Brian Nelson (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
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Night Probe! (Dirk Pitt, #6)
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3.92 avg rating — 15,428 ratings
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The Book of the Dead (Pendergast, #7; Diogenes, #3)
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Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 39,369 ratings
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The Bear and the Dragon (John Clark, #3; Jack Ryan Universe, #11)
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3.91 avg rating — 31,702 ratings
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Scarecrow Returns (Shane Schofield, #5)
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Temple
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4.06 avg rating — 22,385 ratings
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The Russian Ink (Jake Armitage Thriller Book 1)
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Simon W. Clark (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
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The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)
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Cauldron
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Red Rabbit (Jack Ryan, #2)
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A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity, #2)
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William Hertling (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 3,995 ratings
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Red Phoenix (Red Phoenix #1)
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Scarecrow (Shane Schofield, #3)
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4.23 avg rating — 19,123 ratings
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 1,280,885 ratings
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Deep Fathom
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James Rollins (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 19,492 ratings
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The Dragon Factory (Joe Ledger, #2)
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Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 11,010 ratings
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Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1)
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Flight of the Old Dog (Patrick McLanahan, #1)
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Dale Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 18,056 ratings
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Recursion
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Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 302,048 ratings
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Whiteout
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 43,057 ratings
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Firefox (Mitchell Gant, #1)
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Thieves Emporium
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Team Yankee
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Harold Coyle (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 11,683 ratings
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Thank you very much for the techno thriller list
Help! I am looking for a book that I read in about 1987.All of the world's computers crash, except those with the Apple/Macintosh operating system.
The book came out sometime after the "MacPlus" (my first computer).
I don't know the name; nor do I know the title.
Can anyone solve my query?
Thank you.
Miss Bo
I have a similar request. Around 1995 I read a novel and depopulating the world to save it. A group picked leading scientists and others to have the antidote for a virus that was engineered. Folks were tricked into taking a vaccine also. The heroes won and dumped the masterminds of the plot naked in the Amazon jungle. I do not remember the name or author. The was a V22 Osprey tiltrotor on the cover. This was while there were still in the testing phase in the real world.wcblankinship@gmail.com
William wrote: "I have a similar request. Around 1995 I read a novel and depopulating the world to save it. A group picked leading scientists and others to have the antidote for a virus that was engineered. Folks ..."HI William - AG Riddle has a similar book, it's the first in a series I think and intertwined with the Atlantis Gene series.
Pandemic
Enjoy!
Linda
Hi there,I'm looking for a novel similar to the show "Person of Interest" or AI. Female and male protagonists that are adversaries at the beginning but become allies (friends, lovers whatever). Preferably the characters should not be younger than 30, so no teens.^^
(Just read D. F. Jones Colossus anything in that direction would be fine)
In short:
AI thriller akin to POI (Person of Interest TV)
adversaries -> allies
characters (f/m) should no longer be teens
Thanks in advance for your help, hope someone has a recommendation for me.
Cheers :)
Red wrote: "Hi there,I'm looking for a novel similar to the show "Person of Interest" or AI. Female and male protagonists that are adversaries at the beginning but become allies (friends, lovers whatever). Pr..."
Hi Red, I just ran across your somewhat-old question and thought I'd throw my new book out there. It's titled All In and features two unlikely 30-something partners (a hacker and an NSA spook) who battle a super AI.
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