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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
2,716 books — 3,234 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
1,458 books — 2,673 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
1,458 books — 1,860 voters
1984 by George OrwellWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauEden 2 by Joseph A. AndersonA New Earth by Eckhart TolleBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Thought Provoking
3,065 books — 1,825 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
644 books — 1,637 voters
Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanThe Dark Tide by Josh LanyonZero at the Bone by Jane SevilleDeath of a Pirate King by Josh LanyonFatal Shadows / A Dangerous Thing by Josh Lanyon
Best Gay Mystery
984 books — 801 voters

Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterFledgling by Mark A. CooperPoint Blank by Anthony HorowitzThe Recruit by Robert Muchamore
Spy Kids
320 books — 709 voters
Zero at the Bone by Jane SevilleWarrior's Cross by Madeleine UrbanMexican Heat by Laura BaumbachEvenfall by AisLuck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
Best Gay Assassins and Spies
352 books — 557 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
387 books — 432 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Twists And Turns
569 books — 382 voters

Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by N.D. StevensonLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonRat Queens, Vol. 2 by Kurtis J. WiebeGeneration Why by G. Willow Wilson
Best Graphic Novels 2015
149 books — 367 voters
Nevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioThe Legacy Begins by Rob CookeLive Free or Die by Dave IvesTHE ECHOING GUN by Yasmin ChinoyAltered Perceptions by Dr. Wayne C Dees
Best Action & Thrillers Ever
767 books — 278 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
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselPattern of Shadows by Judith BarrowSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
348 books — 254 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasDivergent by Veronica RothCinder by Marissa MeyerVampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Kickass Female Protagonists
287 books — 215 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Witches of Scotland by Steven P. AitchisonThe Standoff by Scott BladeBlack Fox by Jack Moffet
Well Dodgy Characters
375 books — 197 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersBlameless by Gail CarrigerWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergBreathe by Sara FujimuraThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
History, Adventure, Romance
162 books — 156 voters
Man Alone by Jack RemickLost Boy by Jacob BlosserTainted Shadows by Kendrick SimsEVO by Diane MayDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa James
Authors Who Leave You Hungry For More
165 books — 155 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
378 books — 121 voters
Stormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzFledgling by Mark A. CooperSilverFin by Charlie HigsonThe Recruit by Robert MuchamoreJimmy Coates by Joe Craig
British Spy Authors Young Adult
146 books — 89 voters

Only the Good Spy Young by Ally CarterUnited We Spy by Ally CarterCross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally CarterDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally CarterI'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Spies, FBI, CIA, & Other Government Agencies
95 books — 83 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

Miami Spy Games by Armand RosamiliaHer Royal Spyness by Rhys BowenOlivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen FieldingThe Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy GilmanThe Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Spy Stories With Humor
48 books — 56 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

Cold Victory by Helena P. SchraderThe Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Lunar Housewife by Caroline Woods
Cold War Literary Fiction
53 books — 33 voters
The Fall Of White City by N.S. WikarskiThe Hanover Square Affair by Ashley GardnerIndia Black by Carol K. CarrSilent in the Grave by Deanna RaybournThe Nell Sweeney Historical Mysteries by P.B. Ryan
Best Romance Historical Mystery Suspense Spy Thriller Romance Series Pub.2005+
29 books — 25 voters

Murder, Magic, and What We Wore by Kelly JonesKat, Incorrigible by Stephanie BurgisGrave Mercy by Robin LaFeversA Spy in the House by Y.S. LeeMastiff by Tamora Pierce
Books Like the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger
43 books — 16 voters
What Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempAmerican Spy by Lauren WilkinsonSparkles And Karim by Dave MooresRemembering Vietnam by Warren RobinsonThe Queen's Envoy by Lord David Prosser
Military, War, and Espionage Fiction Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2010s
15 books — 14 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson MorleyA Spy Named Orphan by Roland PhilippsStalin's Englishman by Andrew LownieTreason in the Blood by Anthony Cave Brown
Cambridge Spy Ring (nonfiction)
30 books — 11 voters
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip PullmanMoribito by Nahoko UehashiCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersA Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanBloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Women of Adventure
77 books — 6 voters

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