31 Books like Ghost Fleet

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

2054

by Elliot Ackerman • 2024

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

3.43

3k+

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue

2054 92%

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

by Elliot Ackerman 2024

3.43

3k+ ratings

⏳ Near-Future Thriller 🧠 Uploaded Consciousness 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Freedom™

by Daniel Suarez • 2010

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

4.26

31k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Freedom™ 92%

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

by Daniel Suarez 2010

4.26

31k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Edge of Victory I

by Greg Keyes • 2001

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

3.84

8k+

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War

Edge of Victory I 92%

Aliens the Force cannot touch hunt the Jedi to extinction. The Skywalker family scatters to survive.

by Greg Keyes 2001

3.84

8k+ ratings

🛸 Alien Invasion 🚀 Space Battles 🎖️ Morally Gray War

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

The Three-Body Problem

by Liu Cixin • 2006

A ghost countdown draws a physicist into a three-sun game hiding an alien invasion already underway.

4.08

505k+

🔬 Hard Science Fiction 🛸 First Contact 👽 Alien Invasion Looming

The Three-Body Problem 92%

A ghost countdown draws a physicist into a three-sun game hiding an alien invasion already underway.

by Liu Cixin 2006

4.08

505k+ ratings

🔬 Hard Science Fiction 🛸 First Contact 👽 Alien Invasion Looming

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 92%

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

Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey • 2011

A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.

4.31

325k+

🚀 Space Opera 🕵️ Noir Detective 🦠 Alien Virus

Leviathan Wakes 92%

A detective and a captain race to stop a corporation's alien virus from consuming humanity.

by James S.A. Corey 2011

4.31

325k+ ratings

🚀 Space Opera 🕵️ Noir Detective 🦠 Alien Virus

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 92%

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

Nexus

by Ramez Naam • 2012

A neuroscientist's mind-linking drug plunges him into a spy war for the future of humanity.

4.04

21k+

🧬 Biopunk 🔍 Techno-Thriller 🧠 Shared Consciousness

Nexus 92%

A neuroscientist's mind-linking drug plunges him into a spy war for the future of humanity.

by Ramez Naam 2012

4.04

21k+ ratings

🧬 Biopunk 🔍 Techno-Thriller 🧠 Shared Consciousness

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 92%

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

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown • 2014

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

4.27

823k+

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy

Red Rising 92%

Reshaped as a Gold, a slave miner infiltrates the empire's war academy to destroy from inside.

by Pierce Brown 2014

4.27

823k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Caste System 🏛️ Space Roman Empire ⚔️ Deadly Training Academy

Cryptonomicon

by Neal Stephenson • 1999

His grandfather's codebreaking saved the world. The treasure it protected could destroy his.

4.23

117k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🔐 WWII Codebreaking 💰 Treasure Hunt

Cryptonomicon 91%

His grandfather's codebreaking saved the world. The treasure it protected could destroy his.

by Neal Stephenson 1999

4.23

117k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🔐 WWII Codebreaking 💰 Treasure Hunt

Consider Phlebas

by Iain M. Banks • 1987

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

3.85

102k+

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion

Consider Phlebas 91%

To save a crumbling empire, a shapeshifter must steal a runaway supermind from a dead world.

by Iain M. Banks 1987

3.85

102k+ ratings

🦎 Shapeshifter Protagonist 🚀 Mercenary Crew 🛐 Alien Religion

Storm from the Shadows

by David Weber • 2009

Hidden enemies frame a vice admiral's fleet, pushing her toward war with the galaxy's superpower.

4.15

5k+

🚢 Space Fleet Combat 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🎭 Shadowy Puppet Masters

Storm from the Shadows 91%

Hidden enemies frame a vice admiral's fleet, pushing her toward war with the galaxy's superpower.

by David Weber 2009

4.15

5k+ ratings

🚢 Space Fleet Combat 🌐 Interstellar Diplomacy 🎭 Shadowy Puppet Masters

The Apollo Murders

by Chris Hadfield • 2021

A one-eyed pilot joins a secret Apollo mission: the moon as a Cold War battlefield.

3.92

20k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🔍 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Sleeper Agent

The Apollo Murders 91%

A one-eyed pilot joins a secret Apollo mission: the moon as a Cold War battlefield.

by Chris Hadfield 2021

3.92

20k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🔍 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Sleeper Agent

American Assassin

by Vince Flynn • 2010

After a terrorist attack kills his girlfriend, a college athlete joins a CIA assassination program.

4.25

102k+

🐺 Lone Wolf Operative 💥 Revenge Mission 🌍 Middle East Espionage

American Assassin 91%

After a terrorist attack kills his girlfriend, a college athlete joins a CIA assassination program.

by Vince Flynn 2010

4.25

102k+ ratings

🐺 Lone Wolf Operative 💥 Revenge Mission 🌍 Middle East Espionage

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

Doctor Who

by Lance Parkin • 2002

A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.

3.62

202

🃏 Con Artist 📡 Surveillance State 👽 Alien Invasion

Doctor Who 91%

A time machine auction could start a war, but the Doctor knows it's a con.

by Lance Parkin 2002

3.62

202 ratings

🃏 Con Artist 📡 Surveillance State 👽 Alien Invasion

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

Weapons Free

by Daniel Gibbs • 2021

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

4.14

1k+

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero

Weapons Free 91%

When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.

by Daniel Gibbs 2021

4.14

1k+ ratings

✈️ Military Space Opera 🚀 Naval Combat In Space 🎖️ Reluctant Hero

Waste Tide

by Chen Qiufan • 2013

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

3.32

3k+

♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising

Waste Tide 91%

On an island of Chinese e-waste, a virus turns a migrant worker into a living network.

by Chen Qiufan 2013

3.32

3k+ ratings

♻️ Eco-Cyberpunk 🧠 Networked Consciousness ✊ Class Uprising

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H. Wilson • 2011

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

3.71

42k+

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi

Robopocalypse 91%

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

by Daniel H. Wilson 2011

3.71

42k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi

The President Is Missing

by Bill Clinton • 2018

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

3.86

128k+

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within

The President Is Missing 91%

To stop a crippling cyberattack, the president vanishes to find the hacker who can disarm it.

by Bill Clinton 2018

3.86

128k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Thriller 💻 Techno-Thriller 🔍 Traitor Within

The Lions of Lucerne

by Brad Thor • 2002

An avalanche buries the President's detail; one survivor is framed and goes rogue to rescue him.

4.10

48k+

🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🕵️ Rogue Agent 🚔 Framed For Murder

The Lions of Lucerne 91%

An avalanche buries the President's detail; one survivor is framed and goes rogue to rescue him.

by Brad Thor 2002

4.10

48k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🕵️ Rogue Agent 🚔 Framed For Murder

Revan

by Drew Karpyshyn • 2011

A Jedi Master's nightmares drag him into the Sith Empire, where a hidden Emperor plots conquest.

4.01

25k+

🖤 Fallen Hero Redemption 🗡️ Political Intrigue 👑 Sith Empire

Revan 91%

A Jedi Master's nightmares drag him into the Sith Empire, where a hidden Emperor plots conquest.

by Drew Karpyshyn 2011

4.01

25k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Hero Redemption 🗡️ Political Intrigue 👑 Sith Empire

Bitter Angels

by C.L. Anderson • 2009

Her mentor's murder drags a retired Guardian back to a system where immortals harvest human minds.

3.30

279

🌑 Space Opera Noir 🤖 AI Companions 🌀 Unreliable Reality

Bitter Angels 91%

Her mentor's murder drags a retired Guardian back to a system where immortals harvest human minds.

by C.L. Anderson 2009

3.30

279 ratings

🌑 Space Opera Noir 🤖 AI Companions 🌀 Unreliable Reality

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 91%

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

Star Wars

by Mike Chen • 2022

A bombing shatters a neutral world. One Jedi must uncover the truth before war claims it.

4.13

11k+

🧑‍🏫 Master And Apprentice 🗳️ Political Conspiracy 💕 Secret Romance

Star Wars 91%

A bombing shatters a neutral world. One Jedi must uncover the truth before war claims it.

by Mike Chen 2022

4.13

11k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Master And Apprentice 🗳️ Political Conspiracy 💕 Secret Romance

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