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Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,854 books — 3,327 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,475 books — 2,735 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownBlood on Their Hands by Bob BrinkAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson1984 by George Orwell
Conspiracy Fiction
1,475 books — 1,873 voters
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterHeist Society by Ally CarterCross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally CarterOnly the Good Spy Young by Ally CarterDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Best YA Spy/Mystery Novels
633 books — 1,635 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Martian by Andy WeirDaemon by Leinad Zeraus
Best Technothrillers Ever
749 books — 1,099 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Espionage
1,041 books — 1,092 voters

A Show in Chicago by A.M. SardarStill Life by Louise PennyGone Girl by Gillian FlynnMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieMademoiselle le Sleuth by Theasa Tuohy
Best Female Crime/Mystery/Thriller Writers
1,380 books — 1,033 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseHiroshima by John HerseyThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
699 books — 495 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Military Fiction
812 books — 429 voters
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioNight of the Bear by Alan CockrellStorm Front by Jim ButcherA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Land by Aleron Kong
Best violent action novels
397 books — 426 voters

Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
475 books — 293 voters
Nanobots. Gefährliche Teilchen by Veronika A. GragerStill Life by Louise PennyA Fatal Grace by Louise PennyThe Cruelest Month by Louise PennyBury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Mysteries/Suspense/Thrillers Set in Canada
328 books — 272 voters

The Duke of Windsor Conspiracy by David PhilipsThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Alice Network by Kate Quinn
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
423 books — 270 voters
Black Ice by Anne StuartCold As Ice by Anne StuartHard Kill by Charlie FlowersIce Blue by Anne StuartFire and Ice by Anne Stuart
Spy Romance
219 books — 181 voters

The Cauldron by Joe ClarkMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Hat Trick Murders by John A. MacEachern
Best Historical Thrillers
221 books — 148 voters
Night of the Bear by Alan CockrellBig Money by James HudsonThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le CarréBodyguard of Deception by Samuel MarquisMiami Spy Games by Armand Rosamilia
Spy Thrillers that stand apart from the rest!
190 books — 143 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumSaigon Warrior by Al McDonaldThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman
The Cold War (nonfiction)
381 books — 134 voters
Unthinkable Consequences by Bob RectorThe Saladin Strategy by Norm ClarkIt Lives in The Basement by Sahara FoleyTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Tight Plot Novels
101 books — 133 voters

Smith and Weston by Doris NicklesThe Slush Pile Brigade by Samuel MarquisThe Woman From Death Row by Peter HogenkampThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Dysfunctional Sleuths
173 books — 126 voters
Incognito by Khaled TalibThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Smithtown Project by Scott WittenburgThe Vatican Conspiracy by Peter Hogenkamp
Vatican Thrillers
55 books — 121 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Crime, Detective and Mystery Fiction
192 books — 118 voters
Night Shift by Charlaine HarrisJourney to Munich by Jacqueline WinspearThe Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. KingThe Last Chance by Cheryl ThomasWhen Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris
2016 Mysteries
111 books — 112 voters

Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThe Last Chance by Cheryl ThomasThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonMia's Magic Wand by Peter VolkofskyIbil by Adeerus Ghayan
Fiction: Bioterrorism/Biological Warfare
155 books — 106 voters
Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph WolffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannA Guide to Running Your First Marathon by Doug LimbrickBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Non-Fiction read in 2017
482 books — 105 voters

The Neighbor from Geneva by F. David FordNight of the Bear by Alan CockrellRed Sparrow by Jason MatthewsSlow Horses by Mick HerronPalace of Treason by Jason Matthews
Best Post-Cold War Espionage/Spy Novels
57 books — 103 voters
Casino Royale by Ian FlemingFrom Russia with Love by Ian FlemingMoonraker by Ian FlemingLive and Let Die by Ian FlemingOn Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 93 voters

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterThey Call Me Alexandra Gastone by T.A. MaclaganDagger by Steven dos SantosOnly the Good Spy Young by Ally CarterDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Young Adult Espionage
103 books — 89 voters
Untethered by Gary WiseHard Kill by Charlie FlowersThe Terminal Connection by Dan NeedlesThe Chimera Vector by Nathan M. FarrugiaGridlock by Alvin Ziegler
2013 Techno-Thrillers
37 books — 82 voters

The Saladin Strategy by Norm ClarkThe Roca Group by J. Jaye GoldAgency Rules - Never an Easy Day at the Office by Khalid MuhammadAhriman by Puja GuhaThe Adventures of Sarah Ann Lewis and the Memory Thieves by Joshua C. Carroll
Great Books About Spying
68 books — 75 voters
Cold Victory by Helena P. SchraderNight Soldiers by Alan FurstJackboot Britain by Daniel S. William FletcherAssignment Prague by Helen Haught FanickSummit by Harry Farthing
World War II Espionage (fiction)
31 books — 35 voters

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