Posted on 12/24/2012 3:35:29 PM PST by CincyRichieRich
I am going through withdrawal...Ya'll have been helpful and have recommended some of the authors I'll name here...I've unfortunately exhausted Ben Coes, Brad Thor, Brad Taylor, Vince Flynn and Barry Eisler's novels...I would appreciate some more names...I was once told to read David Baldacci's novels...I read 2 pages and realized he's an America-hating liberal. Please, none of these. I only like America-supporting, conservative spy novels...many thanks in advance.
Not so much spy stuff, but Stephen Hunter does great thrillers.
Michael Connelly, Michael Crichten, Douglas Prestin and Lincoln Childs. There are some entertaining fictional series therein.
Try a different David Baldacci, and read further. [Go to the library, to get something free, just in case you still don’t like him.]
Maybe I’ll get back into that genre —Clancy just left me more and more and more disappointed.
His early stuff was great, and then it plunged downhill after that. Also whenever they’d make his stuff into movies they were usually stupid —Sum of All Fears terrorists were blonde guys?
Oh, please...
Not quite ‘spy’, but check out Marcus Wynne.
Why not our own Travis McGee?
...and the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.
If you like hard nosed spy novels read the Ian Fleming Bond series.
It is very much dated and OBE since 1990 but the best book I can
Recommend is “The First Team” by John Ball.
Not a classic spy novel but go to www.smashwords.com and you can download a book called “American Terrorist” by Ron Carter. Its a good read and a free download.
As far as spy novels, all of Robert Ludlum’s early stuff is great. Very entertaining. Also Len Deighton’s ‘Bernard Samson’ series of 9 books is excellent.
Other authors to check out (not “spy” genre) are Michael Connelly, T. Jefferson Parker, and James Grippando. All are consistently solid and entertaining.
You might also check out Stephen Frey. He writes Wall Street thrillers, also very entertaining.
Other authors I have enjoyed are:
Sydney Sheldon
Phillip Margolin
Steve Martini
Thomas Perry
William Bayer
Jay Brandon
Robert Crais
David Morrell
David Lindsey
John Katzenbach
Nelson DeMille
You won’t go wrong with any of them.
Good luck, and happy reading!
AND...
Merry Christmas!
Lancey Howard
I agree the past few Clancy novels were no where near as good as the first five or six.
Suggestion: sit down and start writing one of your own, one that you would like to read. This is HUGE fun.
I didn’t see Ian Flemming on your list.
Oh yea, Jeffery Deaver.
Adam Hall, any of the Quiller novels. Or Donald Hamilton’s Matt Helm series. Enjoy!
A list of anti-American authors would be useful for those of us who want to avoid them. I know there’s a subjective aspect to such a list, but there’s probably some concensus on the worst of the worst.
Raymond Khoury is a good example. Decent author but makes capitalism the ultimate enemy in his novels. Usually the conspiracy is tied around industry.
The conservative polemicist William F. Buckley wrote a number of spy novels.
He has a new one coming out. I think the last few have been pretty good, though not of the caliber of “Hunt for Red October”.
Nelson DeMille’s “Charm School” is excellent.
Joel Rosenberg is a must.
Joel Rosenberg is a must.
Joel Rosenberg is a must.
Joel Rosenberg is a must.
Joel Rosenberg is a must.
Not spy, but very good murder thriller. Brian Freeman is one of us, but doesn’t preach. Look at “Stripped,” “Stalked,” “Spilled Blood,” and one of my favorites, “The Agency” which he wrote under a woman’s name.
I enjoy Daniel Silva’s spy novels featuring Gabriel Allon. I recommend reading the Allon series in order. Silva is a supporter of Israel and depicts a very realistic view about the threat of militant Islam throughout the series. Some of the storylines in his most recent novels have been eerily prescient.
Not spy novels, but I am re reading The Corps series by W E B Griffin. His Brotherhood of War series is also great. He does have spy novels in another series, but these first tow series are First Rate!!
John Sandford is terrific also.
I read his latest,along with Michael Connelly’s just last week.
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DeMille’s “Plum Island” is one of my favorites.
I love Eastern Long Island so I found it quite entertaining-—and informative.
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Not spy novels, but any book by Kyle Mills has me both spellbound and laughing hysterically, especially those featuring his protagonist, Mark Beamon, FBI Special Agent in Charge.
For thrillers try Clive Cussler, Dale Brown or W.E.B. Griffin.
I second that! John Ball’s The First Team was one of my favorites.
All are very good reads and are written by someone that knows how things in that area work.
A little older and not so action-packed...but excellent IMO.
Try Michael Savages latest book.
Try COLD PEACE:
Just finished Clancy’s Dead or Alive, now am reading Locked On. Both are very similar in style to his early novels and are very timely to today. He is back on his A game.
Research “The Seville Communion”
Also, Read “Lucky You” for a wild ride, courtesy of Hiaasen. He wrote “Strip Tease.” Yes. THAT “Strip Tease” is a book.
Really good reads!
Really good reads!
Ross Thomas and Charles McCarry. Masters.
I think Teeth of the Tiger was the last book Clancy wrote alone. The last few have been co-written.
“Charm School” is probably the best book I’ve ever read.
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