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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
2,683 books — 3,072 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
1,434 books — 2,628 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBlood on Their Hands by Bob Brink1984 by George Orwell
Conspiracy Fiction
1,447 books — 1,868 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 — 1,636 voters

Decryption Gambit by Doug CollinsThe 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 Ludlum
Espionage
1,026 books — 1,246 voters
The Gods of Guilt by Michael ConnellyFear Nothing by Lisa GardnerUnlucky 13 by James PattersonBlack Hour by Lori Rader-DayMissing You by Harlan Coben
2014's Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers
312 books — 676 voters

When Alec Met Evie by Jenny ProctorSpies Don't Fall for Their Neighbor by Meg EastonAccidentally Falling For My Fake Wife by Abby GreysonTruly, Madly, Steeply Brew by J.P. SterlingBrewing Love With the Bookworm by Deanna Lilly
2025 Swoony Awards
623 books — 419 voters
Night of the Bear by Alan CockrellStorm Front by Jim ButcherA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Land by Aleron KongKilling Floor by Lee Child
Best violent action novels
381 books — 381 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee HuberHer Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Historical Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Women
590 books — 325 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
417 books — 262 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
544 books — 241 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Constant Gardener by John le Carré
Literary Spy Stories
225 books — 234 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
286 books — 213 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
217 books — 179 voters

Burn for Me by Ilona AndrewsRules of Redemption by T.A. WhiteWildfire by Ilona AndrewsWhite Hot by Ilona AndrewsPathfinder's Way by T.A. White
Adventure Books with Romance (not the other way)
184 books — 139 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Bookish Thrillers
136 books — 135 voters

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
482 books — 124 voters
Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerThe Kitchen Boy by Robert AlexanderThe Lost Crown by Sarah MillerThe Romanov Brides by Clare McHughForty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky
Fiction featuring the Romanov Family
86 books — 121 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)
374 books — 117 voters
The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
166 books — 116 voters

Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAppointment with Death by Agatha ChristieCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
Death in a Warm Climate
330 books — 113 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Domestic Service - Help Wanted!
232 books — 111 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 — 107 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
[ATY 2023] Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
363 books — 99 voters

Song of the Butterflies by R.M. LeslieDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesMagic America by C.E. MedfordComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Desolate Garden by Daniel Kemp
Books about Taking On Powerful Organisations
66 books — 94 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
102 books — 88 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. Nelson
This is the.......life
1,189 books — 82 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssPandora by Joshua GrantThe Assiduous Quest of Tobias Hopkins by James Faro
Fictitious Shipwrecks
170 books — 73 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Humans by Matt HaigProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A “Fish out of Water” or An Outsider
390 books — 49 voters
Emma by Jane AustenDune by Frank HerbertKate by Tate JamesFake by Tate JamesLiar by Tate James
It is a four letter word......
350 books — 42 voters

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