A Good Thriller discussion

Authors I've remained loyal to after three books are:

Joseph Finder
Barry Eisler
Eric Jerome Dickey

Russell wrote: "Authors I've remained loyal to after three books are:

Joseph Finder
Barry Eisler
Eric Jerome Dickey"

Daniel Silva
Mark Greany
Tony Hillerman

David wrote: "Russell wrote: "Authors I've remained loyal to after three books are:

Joseph Finder
Barry Eisler
Eric Jerome Dickey"

Daniel Silva
Mark Greany
Tony Hillerman"

I've heard of Daniel Silva. He was recommended to me by a friend. I'll be checking him out.

Authors I've remained loyal to after three books are:

Frank Herbert
Mircea Eliade
Charles Dickens

Stephen King
Neil Gaiman
Frank Herbert
Joe Hill
Colleen McCullough
Lucia St. Clair Robson
Amy Tan
Tabitha King
Rainbow Rowell
Alan Moore
Garth Ennis
Willingham Bill, Mark Buckingham
Margaret Atwood
Philip Dick
Steinbeck John
Alexander Dumas
William Shakespeare
John Green
John Grisham

And so, so many more.

Tornyai wrote: "Authors I've remained loyal to after three books are:

Frank Herbert
Mircea Eliade
Charles Dickens"

Nice.

Kandice wrote: "Stephen King
Neil Gaiman
Frank Herbert
Joe Hill
Colleen McCullough
Lucia St. Clair Robson
Amy Tan impacted me, and it's still relevant today.

Andrea Camilleri
Maj Sjöwall
Ross Macdonald
Tony Hillerman
Dick Francis
Patricia Highsmith
Margaret Millar
Dorothy B. Hughes
Arthur W. Upfield
Dorothy L. Sayers
P.D. James
Raymond Chandler
John le Carré
Donald E. Westlake
John D. MacDonald

Alex Berenson, Preston @ Child, William Kent Krueger, Alex Kava, John Sandford, Gregg Hurwitz, Allen Eskens, Paul Doiron.

Don Winslow, Edward Wilson, Alan Furst, John le Carre, James Ellroy, Ian Fleming, Neal Bascomb, William T. Vollmann, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Frank Herbert.

David wrote: "Andrea Camilleri
Maj Sjöwall
Ross Macdonald
Tony Hillerman
Dick Francis
Patricia Highsmith
[author:Margaret Mi..."

John LeCarre is the only name I recognize from the list. I suppose it's because well known for writing in the genre I like. I keep telling myself to check him out.

Ruth wrote: "Alex Berenson, Preston @ Child, William Kent Krueger, Alex Kava, John Sandford, Gregg Hurwitz, Allen Eskens, Paul Doiron."

Nice

Doubledf99.99 wrote: "Don Winslow, Edward Wilson, Alan Furst, John le Carre, James Ellroy, Ian Fleming, Neal Bascomb, William T. Vollmann, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Frank Herbert."

I believe I only read one Ian Flemming James Bond novel. It was Goldfinger, and it was a page-turner.

Russell wrote: "John LeCarre is the only name I recognize from the list. I suppose it's because well known for writing in the genre I like. I keep telling myself to check him out...."

All the books in the George Smiley series are superb, IMO

John Hart, Kristen Hannah, Steven King, Tess Thompson, Scott Pratt, Robert Dugoni, Nina Atwood, Pamela Callow, Fiona Barton, Ilona Andrews. John Elsworth, David Johnson, Liane Moriarty

Katherine Reay
Katherine Center
Fredrik Backman
VA Swab
Sarah J Maas
Holly Black
Lynn Austin
Jane Austen
Terri Blackstock
BA Paris
I have many but this is my list so far,

A Lot

Gregg Hurwitz
Mark Dawson
Tom Wood
Simon Kenick
Kerry J Donovan
Angela Marsons
Ben Coes
Mark Greaney
Robert Bryndza
Mel Sherratt
Carol Dyer
David Baldacci
Steve Konkoly
Tim Tigner
Linda Castillo
Brad Smith
Lee Childs
The Manning Brothers
Mason Cross
Dawson Howard
Emlyn Rees
Dave Edlund
Will Jordan
Chris Holm
Jack Carr
Jack Mars
DV Berkhom

and more

Adam Hamdy
Eric Carter
LT Ryan
JB Turner
J Robert Kennedy
Chris Ryan
Alistair MacLean
Brain Freeman
Karin Slaughter
Andrew Gross

David wrote: "Russell wrote: "John LeCarre is the only name I recognize from the list. I suppose it's because well known for writing in the genre I like. I keep telling myself to check him out...."

All the book..."

Thanks for the heads up.

Sean wrote: "A Lot

Gregg Hurwitz
Mark Dawson
Tom Wood
Simon Kenick
Kerry J Donovan
Angela Marsons
Ben Coes
Mark Greaney
Robert Bryndza
Mel Sherratt
Carol Dyer
David Baldacci
Steve Konkoly
Tim Tigner
Linda Cast..."

David Baldacci and Lee Child are the only two from your list that I know of. Quite an impressive list.

Too many to list them all, bu the top five are:
Robert B. Parker
Michael Connelly
Ed McBain
Lee Child
John Sandford

Sean wrote: "Adam Hamdy
Eric Carter
LT Ryan
JB Turner
J Robert Kennedy
Chris Ryan
Alistair MacLean
Brain Freeman
Karin Slaughter
Andrew Gross"

I haven't heard of these authors. I'll pick one randomly when I'm done with the others on my list.

Well I try to give you an order.

Kerry J Donovan and his Ryan Kaine books

Gregg Hurwitz and the great Nowhere Man

And

Jack Carr with The Terminal List, shortly a new series on Netflix.

Tom Wood with one of the best characters Victor the assassin.

some great authors, mostly action/thrillers and some thrillers and police dramas.

Highly recommended.

Lynda La Plante and Taylor Jenkins Reid

Here's the rest of my list:
David Baldacci
Lawrence Block
Stephen Booth
Rhys Bowen
C. J. Box
Bill Byrson
James Lee Burke
Jeff Carson
Raymond Chandler
Tom Clancy
Cleo Coyle
Deborah Crombie
Annette Dashofy
Earl Emerson
Linda Fairstein
Dick Francis
Chris Grabenstein
Sue Grafton
Sarah Graves
Jeremiah Healy
Don Helin
James Herriot
Carl Hiaasen
J. A. Jance
Craig Johnson
Jonathan Kellerman
Jonathan King
Dennis Lehane
Tom Lowe
John D. MacDonald
Margaret Maron
Archer Mayor
Toby Neal
Ridley Pearson
Spencer Quinn
Kathy Reichs
David Rosenfelt
Hank Phillippi Ryan
Lisa Scottoline
Martin Cruz Smith
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Will Thomas
Will Thomas
John Verdon
Donald E. Westlake
Stephen White

Stephen King
Sharon Bolton
Catherine McKenzie
Katherine Croft
A.R. Torre

does anyone has some new author to recommend in that genre?

Katherine Center
Katherine Reay
Francine Rivers
Fredrik Backman
Madeline Miller
BA Paris

Still keeping up/ plan to keep up with these authors:

James Lee Burke - Still reading after 24 books
Lawrence Block - Still reading after 20 books
Ross Macdonald - Still reading after 12 books
Dennis Lehane - Read everything he wrote 12 books
Dashiell Hammett - Read everything he wrote 10 books or so
Raymond Chandler - Read everything he wrote 8 books.
Tana French - Read everything she wrote 8 books
James Crumley - Still reading after 5 books
James Ellroy - Still reading after 4 books


Stayed after 3 books (mainly because I did not have access to better books) but have quit now:

Arthur Conan Doyle - Read all of Sherlock Holmes in a different language as a kid
Stephen King - Quit after 44 books
Michael Connelly - Quit after 38 books
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - Quit after 25 books
John Grisham - Quit after 20 books
Michael Crichton - Quit after 18 books
George Pelecanos - Quit after 15 books
Agatha Christie - Quit after 7-8 books
Michael Marshall - Quit after 6 books
Dan Brown - Quit after 6 books
Ben Aaronovitch - Quit after 4 books
Ben Crouch - Quit after 4 books

Jeff Edwards

I enjoy

also and read many

Robert Crais
CJ Box
Daniel Silva
Dennis Lehane
Sharon Bolton

Lee Child
Ruth Ware
Daphne du Maurier
C.J. Box - read The Highway and be scared to death
Charlaine Harris
Norah Lofts read 53 books so far!
Simone St. James
Ruta Sepetys
Liane Moriarty
Stephenie Meyer
John Grisham
Truman Capote read In Cold Blood

James Deegan on number 2 in the series, but ordering number 3.

Just bought latest Ben Coes as well

Michael Connelly, though I haven't read him in a while. Also Michael Dibdin, creator of the wonderfully cynical Italian police inspector, Aurelio Zen.

Kendra Elliot

Melinda Leigh

Laura Griffin

Sandra Brown

Dani Pettrey

Lisa Regan

Annelise Ryan

Sharon Sala

Robert Dugoni

Jeff Carson

Andrew Mayne

William Kent Krueger

Belinda Bauer
Sharon Bolton
Mo Hayder
Chris Carter
Angela Marsons
Karin Slaughter
M W Craven
M R Carey
Jojo Moyes
Patrick Ness
C J Tudor
Diana Gabaldon
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Becky Chambers
Tess Gerristen
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Karen Maitland
John Marrs
Sarah Pinborough
Neil Gaiman
Elizabeth Haynes
Patricia Cornwell
Peter Swanson

Dean Koontz
David Baldacci
John Grisham
Clive Cussler
Melissa F. Miller
Sara Paretsky
Daniel Silva
Jack Higgins
Robert Ludlum
Tom Clancy
Dan Brown
Agatha Christie
Rex Stout
Nevada Barr
Jeff Shaara
Steve Berry
Sue Grafton

I have hundreds upon hundreds of authors but will try to narrow it down some. I am also listing authors from all genres I read too to mix it up.

Douglas Preston
Stephen King
Graeme Rodaughan
William Massa
John Sandford
J.A. Konrath
Ann Rule
Duncan Ralston
Hunter Shea
Glenn Rolfe
Alex Kava
Ed McBain (I read almost the whole series when I was a teenager)
Leslie Wolfe
Chelsea Cain
Anna Willett
Ambrose Ibsen
Bentley Little
Brian Moreland
Catherine Cavendish
Darcy Coates
John Saul

and hundreds more as I could go on and on. :)

Keep going

Sean wrote: "Keep going"

😁

Okay Sean - I will get back on here tonight and list out some more! 😊

Here are some more authors - general mix of genres:

Jason Parent
David Haynes
Heather Graham
Lisa Jackson
David Brian
Amy Cross
John Everson
Tim Meyer
Jeremy Bates
Dean R. Koontz
Ronald Kelly
Rick Wood
Michael Bray
Jonathan Janz
Jeffrey Deaver (I read a lot of his books back in the 90's)
Lincoln Child
Phillip Margolin (I read quite a few of his books back in the early 2000's)
T.J. MacGregor
Roger Hayden

Orson Scott Card

Dean Koontz

Tolkien

SM Stirling

Clive Cussler (My airport paperback go to)

Steven King

Elias Witherow, Hunter Shea, Matt Shaw, and Kristopher Triana.

Barry Eisler
Eric Van Lustbader
Dayton Ward
Ty Hutchinson
Kirsten Beyer
Diane Duane
M.D Cooper
G.T. Almasi
James Rollins

Stephen King
Dean Koontz
James Patterson
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Debbie Macomber
Danielle Steel
Norah Roberts
Jackie Collins
Christine Rimmer
Loreth Anne White
Jason Pinter
I know there are more just can't think of them now

Sue Grafton
Daniel Silva,
Dick Francis
J.A. Jance
Michael Connelly

Anthony Horowitz
Peter Swanson

Their books are always unique and smart snappy dialog.

I find many best seller authors to be formulaic and common (aka Patterson).

Classic - Jane Austen
Modern (tho she's written historical pastiches) Jane Rubino

There are a lot of authors I was loyal to for their first books and then fell off. Lee Child is an example. I loved the Reacher books through about 10-12, but just did not like the last few. Also thought "Red Dragon" and "Silence of the Lambs" were great, but didn't like Harris' most recent book. Actually, I think writers who kept on giving you what you expected from them were those who knew their limitations and their category, like Mary Higgins Clark or Barbara Cartland.

Max Hawthorne
Just read his 6th book in the series. Great creature features and suitable ending to the series.

KRONOS RISING: PURGATORY - a Fast-Paced Sci-Fi Suspense Thriller : Book 6 in the Kronos Rising series


Great revenge thriller and epilogue to the series. 4* plus book.


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Hey, everyone,

Your lists gave me authors to check out. Thanks.

I haven't seen your list but I like James Patterson, Robert B Parker, MC Beaton,John Sanford, Stuart Woods.