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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
2,551 books — 2,715 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
1,306 books — 2,264 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
626 books — 1,620 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownAngels & Demons by Dan Brown1984 by George OrwellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Conspiracy Fiction
1,299 books — 1,344 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
989 books — 1,024 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
285 books — 658 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
Storm Front by Jim ButcherA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Land by Aleron KongKilling Floor by Lee ChildMonster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Best violent action novels
358 books — 324 voters

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearTHE ECHOING GUN by Yasmin ChinoyThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber
Historical Mysteries and Thrillers Featuring Women
531 books — 318 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
526 books — 227 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
206 books — 225 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
280 books — 207 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
304 books — 191 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
215 books — 177 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)
182 books — 137 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
115 books — 129 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
462 books — 115 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
78 books — 112 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!
229 books — 109 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)
158 books — 109 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
323 books — 107 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)
364 books — 106 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
362 books — 98 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
101 books — 86 voters

From Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottLife of Pi by Yann MartelLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
This is the.......life
1,196 books — 76 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
148 books — 72 voters

Don't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesMagic America by C.E. MedfordComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneThe Desolate Garden by Daniel KempThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Books about Taking On Powerful Organisations
56 books — 66 voters
Red Sparrow by Jason MatthewsSlow Horses by Mick HerronPalace of Treason by Jason MatthewsThe Tourist by Olen SteinhauerDead Lions by Mick Herron
Best Post-Cold War Espionage/Spy Novels
52 books — 52 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
387 books — 46 voters
Emma by Jane AustenDune by Frank HerbertKate by Tate JamesFake by Tate JamesLiar by Tate James
It is a four letter word......
344 books — 38 voters

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