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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
2,715 books — 3,233 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
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

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
1,029 books — 1,067 voters
The Gods of Guilt by Michael ConnellyFear Nothing by Lisa GardnerUnlucky 13 by James PattersonMissing You by Harlan CobenBlack Hour by Lori Rader-Day
2014's Most Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers
319 books — 682 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
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

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
598 books — 339 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 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
550 books — 247 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
229 books — 237 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
Burn for Me by Ilona AndrewsLa guerre du roquefort by Gérard MullerRules of Redemption by T.A. WhiteWildfire by Ilona AndrewsWhite Hot by Ilona Andrews
Adventure Books with Romance (not the other way)
186 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
218 books — 180 voters
New Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannNevada Lowball by Antonio NicassioLife of Pi by Yann MartelLucky by Scott NelsonGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS by Scott L. Nelson
This is the.......life
1,194 books — 176 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 — 136 voters
Live Free or Die by Dave IvesThe Smithtown Project by Scott WittenburgDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesMagic America by C.E. MedfordComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Books about Taking On Powerful Organisations
70 books — 131 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
488 books — 129 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
89 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)
378 books — 121 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)
169 books — 119 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
50 books — 119 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!
235 books — 111 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

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
176 books — 76 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

The Smithtown Project by Scott WittenburgMigrant Crisis by John SteelFirepower by John CutterThe Ridders by Lisa TowlesMissions by Marc McGuire
Best Political Thrillers
48 books — 47 voters
Emma by Jane AustenDune by Frank HerbertKate by Tate JamesFake by Tate JamesLiar by Tate James
It is a four letter word......
348 books — 38 voters

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