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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
2,629 books — 2,894 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
1,399 books — 2,475 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 BrinkThe Shaft by Scott B Delaney
Conspiracy Fiction
1,394 books — 1,838 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
642 books — 1,634 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
1,006 books — 1,046 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
307 books — 671 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
374 books — 371 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
584 books — 319 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
316 books — 258 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
545 books — 239 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
217 books — 228 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
285 books — 212 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
216 books — 178 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
134 books — 133 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
481 books — 125 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

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!
235 books — 114 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)
162 books — 113 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
329 books — 112 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)
368 books — 110 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
54 books — 102 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
102 books — 87 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelMedicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottLife, the Universe and Everything by Douglas AdamsThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
This is the.......life
1,188 books — 79 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
63 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
171 books — 74 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......
346 books — 40 voters

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