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Top authors writing 20th century action-adventure
Heather Morris
127 ratings 4.34 ·
historical · ww2 · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · war · fiction · 20th-century · book · audiobook · young-adult · survival · literary-fiction · drama · realistic · action-adventure · family · friendship · death · sad · female-author
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Sarah Sundin
220 ratings 4.31 ·
historical · spirituality · christian · historical-fiction · ww2 · fiction · romance · 20th-century · violent-conflict · war · book · military · action-adventure · audiobook · womens-fiction · adult · young-adult · mystery · suspense · drama
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Ruta Sepetys
165 ratings 4.28 ·
historical · fiction · historical-fiction · book · young-adult · family · action-adventure · war · audiobook · friendship · 20th-century · realistic · coming-of-age · mystery · violent-conflict · female-author · romance · drama · high-school · journey
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Margaret Mayhew
165 ratings 4.27 ·- The Lifeline by Margaret Mayhew
- Bitter Poison by Margaret Mayhew
- Bluebirds: An uplifting and heart-warming wartime saga, full of friendship, courage and determination by Margaret Mayhew
- Dry Bones by Margaret Mayhew
- The Crew: A perfectly heart-warming, moving and uplifting wartime drama that will capture your heart by Margaret Mayhew
book · adult · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · 20th-century · action-adventure · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · epic · family · military · mystery · culinary · cozy · amateur-sleuth · animals · romance · female-mc
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Martha Hall Kelly
121 ratings 4.20 ·
20th-century · family · historical · violent-conflict · ww2 · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · war · fiction · book · audiobook · female-mc · action-adventure · friendship · womens-fiction · adult · urban · young-adult · death · survival
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W.E.B. Griffin
809 ratings 4.19 ·
book · adult · war · military · fiction · violent-conflict · action-adventure · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · mystery · thriller · suspense · 20th-century · political-intrigue · espionage · ww2 · crime · male-mc · politics
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Robert Macfarlane
166 ratings 4.17 ·
20th-century · action-adventure · book · classics · fiction · historical-fiction · literary · male-author · literary-fiction · adult · historical
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T.E. Kinsey
172 ratings 4.15 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · historical · cozy · audiobook · fiction · humor · murder · mystery · female-mc · adult · crime · book · investigator · amateur-sleuth · edwardian · industrial-era · thriller · 20th-century · action-adventure
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Nadia Hashimi
116 ratings 4.13 ·
historical-fiction · audiobook · female-mc · fiction · journey · book · realistic · action-adventure · family · poc-author · violent-conflict · poc-mc · historical · female-author · adult · literary-fiction · drama · war · coming-of-age · islam
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Eoin Dempsey
108 ratings 4.12 ·
historical · historical-fiction · fiction · book · violent-conflict · war · adult · 20th-century · audiobook · ww2 · military · literary-fiction · romance · action-adventure · family · drama · female-mc · suspense · young-adult · friendship
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Nancy E. Turner
102 ratings 4.12 ·
book · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · family · 20th-century · romance · audiobook · industrial-era · action-adventure · drama · adult · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · western · literary · young-adult · classics · epistolary · coming-of-age
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Kristy Cambron
126 ratings 4.08 ·
historical-fiction · 20th-century · book · fiction · historical · spirituality · christian · romance · audiobook · ww2 · action-adventure · womens-fiction · mystery · war · adult · violent-conflict · religion · drama · suspense · literary-fiction
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Jacqueline Winspear
488 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · book · 20th-century · cozy · suspense · war · adult · female-mc · crime · violent-conflict · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · investigator
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William E. Butterworth IV
166 ratings 4.04 ·
audiobook · book · fiction · adult · war · military · violent-conflict · action-adventure · thriller · historical-fiction · espionage · historical · political-intrigue · mystery · 20th-century · suspense · politics · ww2 · male-mc · crime
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Edward Rutherfurd
214 ratings 4.03 ·
fiction · epic · literary-fiction · war · adult · violent-conflict · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · action-adventure · family · book · early-modern · 20th-century · drama · journey · medieval · spirituality · religion · urban
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Nevil Shute
218 ratings 4.03 ·
historical · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · classics · literary · book · action-adventure · literary-fiction · audiobook · violent-conflict · 20th-century · war · ww2 · military · romance · mystery · sci-fi · survival · drama
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Mary Stewart
466 ratings 4.00 ·
book · fiction · mystery · historical · literary · classics · historical-fiction · action-adventure · 20th-century · young-adult · romance · female-author · gothic · audiobook · suspense · literary-fiction · cozy · fantasy · crime · magic
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
mystery · gothic · fantasy · historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · drama · horror · audiobook · book · 20th-century · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · supernatural
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Ellen Marie Wiseman
150 ratings 3.99 ·
historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · fiction · book · family · literary-fiction · drama · coming-of-age · mystery · psychological · female-author · 20th-century · suspense · young-adult · action-adventure · abuse · womens-fiction · violent-conflict · survival
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Hazel Gaynor
189 ratings 3.98 ·
20th-century · book · historical · drama · historical-fiction · fiction · womens-fiction · audiobook · adult · coming-of-age · romance · family · literary-fiction · action-adventure · friendship · female-mc · ww2 · female-author · violent-conflict · mystery
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Mary Doria Russell
205 ratings 3.98 ·
literary-fiction · book · adult · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · female-author · 20th-century · action-adventure · epic · historical · spirituality · religion · christian · 21st-century · violent-conflict · politics · war · friendship · survival
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Jennifer Robson
139 ratings 3.93 ·
historical-fiction · historical · fiction · adult · 20th-century · violent-conflict · war · book · family · ww2 · audiobook · romance · military · womens-fiction · action-adventure · ww1 · epic · female-author · drama · literary-fiction
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Eva Ibbotson
375 ratings 3.91 ·
fiction · book · young-adult · middle-grade · children · audiobook · action-adventure · humor · fantasy · 20th-century · children-books · classics · literary · female-author · paranormal · magic · historical · friendship · supernatural · family
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Susan Elia MacNeal
208 ratings 3.89 ·
espionage · ww2 · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · historical · political-intrigue · female-mc · fiction · mystery · adult · war · book · 20th-century · law-enforcement · cozy · action-adventure · audiobook · female-author · thriller · suspense
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Pam Jenoff
272 ratings 3.89 ·
war · fiction · historical-fiction · 20th-century · historical · violent-conflict · ww2 · adult · book · womens-fiction · audiobook · action-adventure · literary-fiction · drama · mystery · family · suspense · romance · female-mc · female-author
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Kate Furnivall
174 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · 20th-century · book · romance · war · violent-conflict · adult · ww2 · action-adventure · mystery · drama · womens-fiction · suspense · female-author · audiobook · literary-fiction · politics · female-mc
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Maurice Leblanc
109 ratings 3.79 ·
fiction · mystery · crime · adult · historical · action-adventure · literary · classics · 20th-century · law-enforcement · book · audiobook · suspense · historical-fiction · cozy · literary-fiction · outlaws · anthologies · humor · thriller
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Ian Fleming
402 ratings 3.73 ·
classics · literary · fiction · crime · adult · action-adventure · thriller · 20th-century · audiobook · political-intrigue · espionage · pulp · cold-war · suspense · book · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · male-author · historical
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