27 Books like Cryptonomicon

The Maniac

by Benjamín Labatut • 2023

Tormented minds of the twentieth century build the machine intelligence that could eclipse humanity.

4.33

28k+

🔬 Novelized Science History ⭐ Scientific Obsession 🧠 Tortured Genius

The Maniac 92%

Tormented minds of the twentieth century build the machine intelligence that could eclipse humanity.

by Benjamín Labatut 2023

4.33

28k+ ratings

🔬 Novelized Science History ⭐ Scientific Obsession 🧠 Tortured Genius

The Breakthrough Effect

by Douglas E. Richards • 2023

An enhanced soldier finds a digital afterlife and is framed as a traitor by its creator.

4.25

3k+

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🖥️ Technothriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness

The Breakthrough Effect 92%

An enhanced soldier finds a digital afterlife and is framed as a traitor by its creator.

by Douglas E. Richards 2023

4.25

3k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 🖥️ Technothriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness

Sandstorm

by James Rollins • 2004

Lightning strikes a London museum, hurling a curator across Oman toward a lost city's deadly secret.

3.96

55k+

🏛️ Archaeological Thriller 🕵️ Covert Ops 🗝️ Secret Society

Sandstorm 92%

Lightning strikes a London museum, hurling a curator across Oman toward a lost city's deadly secret.

by James Rollins 2004

3.96

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Archaeological Thriller 🕵️ Covert Ops 🗝️ Secret Society

Ghost Fleet

by P.W. Singer • 2015

China sinks America's Pacific Fleet. A mothballed armada of warships must sail to retake Hawaii.

3.76

12k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🌏 Near-Future War 💻 Cyber Warfare

Ghost Fleet 91%

China sinks America's Pacific Fleet. A mothballed armada of warships must sail to retake Hawaii.

by P.W. Singer 2015

3.76

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🌏 Near-Future War 💻 Cyber Warfare

Deception Point

by Dan Brown • 2001

An analyst verifying NASA's Arctic meteorite finds flawless evidence of an elaborate, deadly hoax.

3.77

704k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ❄️ Arctic Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Deception Point 91%

An analyst verifying NASA's Arctic meteorite finds flawless evidence of an elaborate, deadly hoax.

by Dan Brown 2001

3.77

704k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller ❄️ Arctic Thriller 🏛️ Political Conspiracy

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell • 2004

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

4.01

270k+

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness

Cloud Atlas 91%

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

by David Mitchell 2004

4.01

270k+ ratings

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness

The Terminal List

by Jack Carr • 2018

Ambushed in Afghanistan, his family murdered, a Navy SEAL hunts the men on his list.

4.30

74k+

🎖️ Military Conspiracy 🦅 Navy SEAL Protagonist 🔪 Revenge Thriller

The Terminal List 91%

Ambushed in Afghanistan, his family murdered, a Navy SEAL hunts the men on his list.

by Jack Carr 2018

4.30

74k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Conspiracy 🦅 Navy SEAL Protagonist 🔪 Revenge Thriller

The Atlantis Gene

by A.G. Riddle • 2013

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

3.79

82k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution

The Atlantis Gene 91%

A geneticist's cure triggers evolution, and a shadow cabal will kill billions to control it.

by A.G. Riddle 2013

3.79

82k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Evolution

Raise the Titanic!

by Clive Cussler • 1976

To recover a Cold War edge, Dirk Pitt must salvage the Titanic, with Soviets closing in.

3.99

30k+

🤖 Techno-Thriller 💰 Sunken Treasure 🔍 MacGuffin Hunt

Raise the Titanic! 91%

To recover a Cold War edge, Dirk Pitt must salvage the Titanic, with Soviets closing in.

by Clive Cussler 1976

3.99

30k+ ratings

🤖 Techno-Thriller 💰 Sunken Treasure 🔍 MacGuffin Hunt

Without Remorse

by Tom Clancy • 1993

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

4.22

77k+

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Without Remorse 91%

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

by Tom Clancy 1993

4.22

77k+ ratings

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Halo

by Eric S. Nylund • 2001

An alien armada attacks humanity's military stronghold. A Spartan team must keep Earth hidden.

4.26

36k+

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 💪 Super Soldiers 👽 Alien Invasion

Halo 91%

An alien armada attacks humanity's military stronghold. A Spartan team must keep Earth hidden.

by Eric S. Nylund 2001

4.26

36k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Sci-Fi 💪 Super Soldiers 👽 Alien Invasion

The Hunt for Red October

by Tom Clancy • 1984

A Soviet captain must outrun his own fleet in a silent submarine to reach America.

4.12

390k+

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🤖 Techno-Thriller 🚢 Naval Procedural

The Hunt for Red October 91%

A Soviet captain must outrun his own fleet in a silent submarine to reach America.

by Tom Clancy 1984

4.12

390k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🤖 Techno-Thriller 🚢 Naval Procedural

Digital Fortress

by Dan Brown • 1998

A cryptographer's weekend is interrupted when an unbreakable code threatens to destroy the NSA.

3.71

667k+

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

Digital Fortress 91%

A cryptographer's weekend is interrupted when an unbreakable code threatens to destroy the NSA.

by Dan Brown 1998

3.71

667k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno Thriller 🔐 Codebreaking 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller

The Tin Men

by Nelson DeMille • 2025

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

4.23

8k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators

The Tin Men 91%

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

by Nelson DeMille 2025

4.23

8k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators

Timeline

by Michael Crichton • 1999

Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.

3.87

219k+

🌀 Multiverse Travel ⚔️ Medieval Siege 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Timeline 91%

Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.

by Michael Crichton 1999

3.87

219k+ ratings

🌀 Multiverse Travel ⚔️ Medieval Siege 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Spartan Gold

by Clive Cussler • 2009

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

3.86

17k+

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple

Spartan Gold 91%

A sunken sub in a swamp puts the Fargos on the trail of Napoleon's lost wine.

by Clive Cussler 2009

3.86

17k+ ratings

🗺️ Treasure Hunt 👑 Napoleonic Mystery 💑 Adventuring Couple

Without Remorse

by Tom Clancy • 1993

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

4.22

77k+

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Without Remorse 91%

When drug dealers murder the runaway he saved, a grieving ex-SEAL becomes their worst enemy.

by Tom Clancy 1993

4.22

77k+ ratings

📚 Military Thriller 🎯 Revenge Quest ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

On Desperate Ground

by James R. Benn • 2000

1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.

4.03

242

🎖️ Military Thriller 🏚️ Wwii Endgame 💔 War Trauma

On Desperate Ground 91%

1945: a German colonel's plot to pit Americans against Russians could prolong a war already lost.

by James R. Benn 2000

4.03

242 ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 🏚️ Wwii Endgame 💔 War Trauma

The Templar Legacy

by Steve Berry • 2006

Cotton Malone, a bookseller and former spy, chases a Templar secret that could topple the Church.

3.84

57k+

🛡️ Templar Conspiracy 🏰 Medieval Mystery 🔐 Cryptic Codes

The Templar Legacy 90%

Cotton Malone, a bookseller and former spy, chases a Templar secret that could topple the Church.

by Steve Berry 2006

3.84

57k+ ratings

🛡️ Templar Conspiracy 🏰 Medieval Mystery 🔐 Cryptic Codes

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Eye of the Needle 90%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

The Athena Project

by Brad Thor • 2010

Four women operatives hunt a global conspiracy that has revived a Nazi experiment in human fusion.

3.88

14k+

🧬 Nazi Science 🕵️‍♀️ Female Spies 📜 Historical Conspiracy

The Athena Project 90%

Four women operatives hunt a global conspiracy that has revived a Nazi experiment in human fusion.

by Brad Thor 2010

3.88

14k+ ratings

🧬 Nazi Science 🕵️‍♀️ Female Spies 📜 Historical Conspiracy

The Gemini Contenders

by Robert Ludlum • 1976

A vault of documents could destroy Christianity. His family was massacred for it. He hunts them.

3.91

14k+

🔍 WWII Espionage ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 👨‍👦‍👦 Generational Secrets

The Gemini Contenders 90%

A vault of documents could destroy Christianity. His family was massacred for it. He hunts them.

by Robert Ludlum 1976

3.91

14k+ ratings

🔍 WWII Espionage ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 👨‍👦‍👦 Generational Secrets

The Lieutenants

by W.E.B. Griffin • 1986

From North Africa to Cold War Berlin, officers navigate war, captivity, and the shadow war.

4.34

9k+

🔗 Pow Escape 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🏜️ North African Campaign

The Lieutenants 90%

From North Africa to Cold War Berlin, officers navigate war, captivity, and the shadow war.

by W.E.B. Griffin 1986

4.34

9k+ ratings

🔗 Pow Escape 🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🏜️ North African Campaign

Killing Floor

by Lee Child • 1997

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

4.08

354k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge

Killing Floor 90%

A former military policeman, arrested in Georgia for murder, discovers the victim is his brother.

by Lee Child 1997

4.08

354k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🪖 Ex Military Hero 💔 Family Revenge

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Chase 90%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

Red Storm Rising

by Tom Clancy • 1986

Soviet refinery burns; Kremlin blames NATO, launches blitzkrieg, and ignites World War III.

4.21

85k+

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🚢 Submarine Warfare ✈️ Aerial Combat

Red Storm Rising 90%

Soviet refinery burns; Kremlin blames NATO, launches blitzkrieg, and ignites World War III.

by Tom Clancy 1986

4.21

85k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🚢 Submarine Warfare ✈️ Aerial Combat

One Rough Man

by Brad Taylor • 2011

A broken ex-operative saves a student and uncovers a plan to weaponize a Mayan relic.

4.10

18k+

🎖️ Military Thriller 💔 Damaged Operative 🤝 Odd Couple Partners

One Rough Man 90%

A broken ex-operative saves a student and uncovers a plan to weaponize a Mayan relic.

by Brad Taylor 2011

4.10

18k+ ratings

🎖️ Military Thriller 💔 Damaged Operative 🤝 Odd Couple Partners

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