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Joel C. Rosenberg
310 ratings 4.33 ·
espionage · christian · political-intrigue · suspense · politics · historical-fiction · audiobook · spirituality · fiction · military · thriller · adult · drama · book · action-adventure · religion · violent-conflict · mystery · terrorism · war
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W.E.B. Griffin
809 ratings 4.19 ·
fiction · war · adult · military · violent-conflict · book · historical-fiction · action-adventure · historical · audiobook · mystery · thriller · suspense · 20th-century · espionage · political-intrigue · ww2 · crime · male-mc · politics
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Daniel Silva
678 ratings 4.18 ·
thriller · book · fiction · adult · espionage · political-intrigue · action-adventure · suspense · crime · audiobook · politics · murder · historical-fiction · assassins · law-enforcement · contemporary · terrorism · assassinations · conspiracies · mystery
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Jack Du Brul
225 ratings 4.12 ·
suspense · book · action-adventure · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · audiobook · adult · political-intrigue · violent-conflict · espionage · military · historical-fiction · technothriller · historical · nautical · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary
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Scott Mariani
208 ratings 4.08 ·
book · adult · fiction · action-adventure · thriller · military · crime · mystery · political-intrigue · suspense · violent-conflict · conspiracies · murder · war · audiobook · historical · nautical · historical-fiction · espionage · male-mc
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James Rollins
870 ratings 4.06 ·
action-adventure · fiction · mystery · adult · suspense · audiobook · thriller · historical-fiction · military · political-intrigue · book · crime · technothriller · violent-conflict · historical · espionage · politics · supernatural · horror · paranormal
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William E. Butterworth IV
166 ratings 4.04 ·
violent-conflict · audiobook · fiction · war · adult · military · book · espionage · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · thriller · action-adventure · mystery · 20th-century · suspense · ww2 · politics · male-mc · crime
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Rebecca Cantrell
130 ratings 4.02 ·
mystery · fiction · adult · action-adventure · suspense · historical-fiction · political-intrigue · thriller · crime · book · historical · law-enforcement · violent-conflict · audiobook · horror · ww2 · 20th-century · war · urban-fantasy · espionage
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S.J. Parris
104 ratings 4.02 ·
murder · audiobook · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · book · medieval · adult · crime · fiction · political-intrigue · religion · law-enforcement · spirituality · early-modern · thriller · action-adventure · suspense · conspiracies · espionage
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Clive Cussler
1758 ratings 4.01 ·
fiction · action-adventure · adult · thriller · mystery · book · crime · suspense · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · nautical · espionage · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · conspiracies
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Dirk Cussler
172 ratings 4.00 ·
adult · crime · thriller · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · suspense · book · nautical · historical-fiction · military · violent-conflict · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · war · archaeology · terrorism
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Robin LaFevers
137 ratings 4.00 ·
historical-fiction · alpha-mc · magic · audiobook · alternate-history · assassins · historical · political-intrigue · female-mc · supernatural · romance · fiction · fantasy · myths · book · royalty · high-fantasy · paranormal · action-adventure · young-adult
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David Downing
102 ratings 3.98 ·
political-intrigue · espionage · adult · fiction · historical · historical-fiction · crime · book · violent-conflict · ww2 · thriller · war · mystery · 20th-century · audiobook · male-author · action-adventure · western-central-europe · assassinations · literary-fiction
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Oliver Bowden
158 ratings 3.95 ·
action-adventure · political-intrigue · book · fiction · fantasy · historical-fiction · assassins · historical · young-adult · audiobook · conspiracies · assassinations · mystery · crime · espionage · alternate-history · medieval · early-modern · suspense · murder
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Frederick Forsyth
424 ratings 3.95 ·
action-adventure · fiction · suspense · political-intrigue · audiobook · espionage · adult · historical-fiction · book · crime · thriller · politics · war · drama · violent-conflict · military · historical · 20th-century · cold-war · terrorism
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Joanna Bourne
130 ratings 3.91 ·
industrial-era · historical · historical-fiction · adult · romance · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage · regency · suspense · book · audiobook · mystery · action-adventure · enemies-to-lovers · politics · steamy · georgian · military · victorian
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Philip Kerr
402 ratings 3.90 ·
book · fiction · mystery · crime · suspense · adult · thriller · audiobook · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · espionage · 20th-century · noir · law-enforcement · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · action-adventure · murder
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Susan Elia MacNeal
208 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · mystery · female-mc · war · adult · violent-conflict · ww2 · espionage · historical · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · book · 20th-century · law-enforcement · cozy · action-adventure · female-author · thriller · audiobook · suspense
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Helen MacInnes
168 ratings 3.89 ·
suspense · book · political-intrigue · espionage · adult · fiction · historical-fiction · action-adventure · historical · crime · thriller · 20th-century · mystery · cold-war · assassinations · politics · military · murder · literary · classics
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Robert Harris
381 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · adult · book · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · suspense · mystery · political-intrigue · crime · thriller · politics · action-adventure · drama · 21st-century · espionage · violent-conflict · war · male-author · literary-fiction
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Dan Brown
422 ratings 3.86 ·
suspense · fiction · historical-fiction · book · action-adventure · audiobook · mystery · thriller · crime · law-enforcement · political-intrigue · murder · spirituality · classics · conspiracies · literary · realistic · drama · religion · adult
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Steve Berry
625 ratings 3.86 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · suspense · action-adventure · historical · thriller · book · crime · historical-fiction · audiobook · espionage · political-intrigue · conspiracies · murder · politics · law-enforcement · male-author · archaeology · alternate-history
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Y.S. Lee
102 ratings 3.85 ·
young-adult · crime · fiction · mystery · industrial-era · action-adventure · realistic · female-author · steampunk · female-mc · romance · poc-mc · historical · historical-fiction · poc-author · feminism · suspense · book · victorian · regency
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Lauren Willig
484 ratings 3.85 ·
historical · fiction · historical-fiction · womens-fiction · book · romance · mystery · adult · audiobook · industrial-era · action-adventure · family · suspense · humor · regency · espionage · political-intrigue · victorian · literary-fiction · georgian
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John le Carré
695 ratings 3.82 ·
political-intrigue · espionage · fiction · adult · thriller · suspense · book · crime · action-adventure · audiobook · politics · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · contemporary · war · 20th-century · violent-conflict · classics · literary · cold-war
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Martin Cruz Smith
248 ratings 3.80 ·
fiction · book · adult · mystery · espionage · political-intrigue · audiobook · action-adventure · suspense · crime · thriller · historical-fiction · murder · law-enforcement · historical · police-procedural · politics · literary-fiction · 20th-century · supernatural
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Ian Fleming
402 ratings 3.73 ·
fiction · literary · classics · action-adventure · adult · crime · espionage · political-intrigue · audiobook · 20th-century · thriller · suspense · cold-war · pulp · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · book · male-author · mystery · historical
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Joseph Kanon
156 ratings 3.71 ·
thriller · adult · fiction · political-intrigue · espionage · historical-fiction · suspense · book · 20th-century · crime · mystery · audiobook · historical · war · ww2 · cold-war · violent-conflict · politics · action-adventure · europe
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