Action / Thriller authors: books in reading order, page 2

Greig Beck's books carry horror, thriller, suspense and action-adventure subject tags, and the catalogue records 42 titles from Beneath the Dark Ice (2009) to The Titans (2026). Alex Hunter is the recurring character, and other series include Matt Kearns, Cate Granger, Primordia, Valkeryn Chronicles, Europa, Devil's Peak, Mysterious Island and Center of the Earth. Seven other writers, Jeremy Robinson and James A. Moore among them, appear in the credits on 1 book each. Settings tagged in the subjects include Alaska, Antarctica, Israel and Paraguay.

Jack Du Brul is an American techno-thriller novelist, born October 15, 1968, in Burlington, Vermont. Vulcan's Forge (1998) opens the catalogue of 14 books, followed by Charon's Landing (1999), The Medusa Stone (2000), Pandora's Curse (2001), River Of Ruin (2002) and Deep Fire Rising (2003). The Lightning Stones (2015), The Titanic Secret (2019) and The Iron Storm (2025) are later titles. Philip Mercer is the series on the author page, and Isaac Bell also appears among the characters. Geologists, terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, Nazis and treasure feature in the subject tags.

Caroline Kepnes

9 books• 4 series

Caroline Kepnes, born in 1976, is an American novelist and screenwriter and a former entertainment reporter. The You series is Kepnes's best known work: You (2014) opens it, followed by Hidden Bodies (2016), You Love Me (2021), For You and Only You (2023) and You First (2026). Kepnes also wrote the standalone novel Providence (2018) and, earlier, Stephen Crane (2004) for the Classic StoryTellers series. Kepnes wrote for the television adaptation of You that ran from 2018 to 2025.

Dot Hutchison writes thrillers built on kidnapping, murder and missing persons. The Butterfly Garden (2016), The Roses of May (2017), The Summer Children (2018) and The Vanishing Season (2019) put government investigators onto those cases. Boarding schools, ghost stories and revenge run through the wider catalogue, which opens with A Wounded Name (2013). Six books end at Deadly Waters (2020).

Rebecka Martinsson, a Swedish lawyer drawn into murder investigations, carries every book Asa Larsson has published. The series runs to 6 thrillers across two decades, from Sun Storm / The Savage Altar (2003) to Sins of Our Fathers (2023), at an average of four years between titles. Sweden and its mining country supply the setting. Volumes median 371 pages, and no new book has followed 2023.

Scott Mariani, born 1 January 1968 in St Andrews, Scotland, is a British Sunday Times bestselling thriller writer. Ben Hope, a former SAS Major who once studied theology, is the hero of the thrillers Mariani is best known for, and the first of them, The Alchemist's Secret (2007), held No.1 on the UK Amazon Kindle chart for six weeks running. The catalogue counts 45 books from How to Write a Thriller (2007) to The Black Eagle (2026). Will Bowman, Vampire Federation and DI Tom McAllister are other series.

Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has 105 books in the catalogue, published between 2013 and 2026, starting with Santa's Gift (2013). Owner of a Witchy Heart (2026) is the newest title. The series list includes Witches of Holiday Hills, Lily Sprayberry Realtor, Midlife Psychic Medium, Rachel Ryder, Jenna Wyatt, Pooch Party, Inn at Laurel Creek and Magical Real Estate. Subject headings file the work under mystery and thrillers.

G.K. Parks writes thrillers and mystery fiction, with 59 books in the catalogue from 2013 onward. Likely Suspects (2013) is listed first, and Agent Prerogative, Assignment Zero and The Warhol Incident share that year. Series include Alexis Parker, Detective Liv DeMarco, Julian Mercer, Lexie Sarconi and Cross Security Investigation. Sirens at Night (2026) is the newest entry, and Rules of Engagement is due in 2027.

Creston Mapes writes Christian suspense. Journalists and reporters, stalkers and terrorists make up the recurring cast of 10 catalogued books, which run from Fear Has a Name (2005) to Who Is My Neighbor (2025). Poison Town and Sky Zone both appeared in 2014, and the run continued through Let My Daughter Go (2020), Charm Artist (2021) and Secrets in Shadows (2023).

J. Robert Kennedy writes action thrillers. The archaeologist James Acton heads one series, the James Acton Thrillers, and others follow Special Agent Dylan Kane, Delta Force Unleashed, the Templar Detective, Detective Shakespeare, Wolfgang Vogel, Just Jack and Zander Varga: Vampire Detective. The catalogue holds 85 books published between 2010 and 2025, from The Protocol (2010) to Crypt of the Gladiator (2025). Excavations, espionage and crime run through the subject headings, with Egypt and Italy among the named places.

Brent Towns writes thrillers and westerns, with 61 books in the catalogue from Bugles and Blood (2017) to The Red Lady (2026). Lightning Strike! (2017), Shadow Flats (2017), Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws (2018) and Kill Count (2019) are among the early titles. Towns series include Team Reaper Thriller, Fear the Reaper, Gods of War, Company C., Mark Hayes, Dave Nash Thriller, Treasure, MI6 Files, Lew Eden Western and Jack Price. Subjects include action & adventure and war & military fiction.

Michele Pariza Wacek writes mysteries and suspense thrillers, with 34 books catalogued between 2015 and 2026. The Stolen Twin (2015) is the earliest title and Masquerading as Murder (2026) the newest. Named series are the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries, Secrets of Redemption, Riverview Mysteries and Redemption Detective Agency. It Began With a Lie (2018), The Murder Before Christmas (2021) and The Third Nanny (2021) are among the titles.

Donald Eugene Pendleton (December 12, 1927 to October 23, 1995) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction who created Mack Bolan, a character with hundreds of millions of copies sold since a 1969 debut. From 1980, other authors wrote the Bolan books under the Pendleton name, at first with Pendleton's editorial guidance. Pendleton also wrote six Joe Copp, Private Eye novels and six Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective novels. Early titles include The Insatiables (1967), War Against the Mafia (1969) and Miami Massacre (1970).

David Leadbeater writes action and adventure thrillers. Matt Drake is a recurring character in the catalogue, and Joe Mason, Alicia Myles, Torsten Dahl and the Chosen Few give their names to further series. The listing holds 74 books from Chosen (2011) to Knife Edge (2026), among them The Bones of Odin (2011), Walking with Ghosts (2012) and The Tomb of the Gods (2013). Action and adventure is the one recorded subject heading.

Anders De La Motte

21 books• 6 series

Anders de la Motte, born in 1971, is a Swedish crime writer. The Game Trilogy opened the catalogue in 2010 with Game, then Buzz (2011) and Bubble (2012), turning on an internet game and the slacker it draws in. Seasonal novels followed - Deeds of Autumn (2017), Dead of Winter (2018) and End of Summer (2020) - alongside the David Sarac, Asker and Skane Quartet books. Twenty-one titles are catalogued through 2026, with police, informers, bodyguards, amnesia and family secrets as the recurring subjects.

Dave Bartell is listed under Action / Thriller, with 12 books published from 2018 to 2026 and the Darwin Lacroix series in the catalogue. Roman Ice (2018) is the first title. Later books include Templar's Bank (2020), Corsican Gold (2021), Tuscan Hoax (2021), Sinai Deceit (2022), Genesis Plague (2023) and Louvre Escape (2024). Tahitian Vault (2026) is the newest, and Bartell's catalogue is marked as ongoing.

Matt Hilton writes action thrillers, 55 books of them catalogued since 2009. Joe Hunter heads the longest series, which opens with Dead Men's Dust (2009) and continues through Judgement and Wrath (2010), Slash and Burn (2010) and Dead Men's Harvest (2011). Grey and Villere, DI Kerry Drake, Carter Bailey and Korvix the Axe Warrior are the other series, and Hilton also publishes children's books as L.E. Hilton. Veterans, missing persons and private investigators recur as subjects, and This Way Lies Horror (2026) is the newest title.

Thomas Lourds is the figure Charles Brokaw built four action thrillers around. The Atlantis Code (2009) opens the run, followed by The Lucifer Code (2010), The Temple Mount Code (2011) and The Oracle Code (2012). Linguists, archaeologists, excavations, ancient manuscripts and scrolls, kidnapping and the legend of Atlantis supply the material. The catalogue has stood at four books since 2012.

J.T. Brannan writes thrillers and suspense. Journalists, scientists, archaeologists, extraterrestrial beings, biblical history and natural disasters all appear in the subjects recorded against the books. The catalogue holds 76 titles from Origin (2012) to The Thousand Dollar Unit (2026). Colt Ryder, Mark Cole, Maxwell Knight and A Force One Thriller are the four series listed under the Brannan name, and Brannan is still publishing.

Brian Drake writes action thrillers and espionage fiction. The catalogue lists 32 books published between 2012 and 2026, from Skills to Kill (2012) to Target Package (2026). Four series are recorded: Scott Stiletto, the Steve Dane Thrillers, Jack Slayton and Sam Raven. Drake holds the sole credit on all 32 titles and is still publishing.

This listing covers Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan thrillers together with later books by other authors, 23 titles from 1984 to 2024. The Hunt for Red October (1984) opens the list, followed by Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The Sum of All Fears. Intelligence officers, terrorism and fathers and sons are recurring subjects. Red Rabbit, The Teeth of the Tiger, Dead or Alive and Threat Vector come later, and Act of Defiance (2024) is the newest entry.

John Sneeden has 13 books in the catalogue, published from The Signal (2014) to Dark Reckoning (2024). Sneeden's series are Delphi Group, Drenna Steel and Silas Beck. Other titles include The Portal, The Hades Conspiracy, Death List and The Anomaly.

Tom Clancy and various others is a shared author credit carrying 13 books in the Action / Thriller genre, published from 2015 to 2026. Under Fire (2015) is the first entry and Pressure Depth (2026) the newest. Subject headings name Jack Ryan as a fictitious character and list intelligence officers, espionage, terrorism, kidnapping and Washington, D.C. Duty and Honor (2016), Line of Sight (2018), Firing Point (2020) and Zero Hour (2022) are among the titles.

David Gordon is an American novelist born in 1967, catalogued under action and thriller fiction. The Serialist (2010) is the first of 11 listed books, and Behind Sunset (2025) is the newest. Joe the Bouncer is the series recorded for Gordon, and Mystery Girl, The Bouncer, The Hard Stuff and The Pigeon are other titles. Subjects include serial murders, investigation, authors and books and reading.

Edward Wilson writes espionage thrillers. The Catesby series is recorded against the name, and subjects across the 9 catalogued books cover MI6, the Soviet Union, the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, the Vietnam War and London. A River In May (2002) opens the listing and Farewell Dinner for a Spy (2024) is the newest entry, by way of The Envoy, The Darkling Spy, The Midnight Swimmer, Whitehall Mandarin and A Very British Ending.

Robert Rapoza has 8 books in the catalogue, published between 2016 and 2026. The Lost Tribe (2016) is the first, followed by Nazca (2017), The Bermuda Connection (2017), The Devil's Heart (2020) and The Washington Prophecy (2022). God's Eye and The Eternity Code both carry 2026 dates. Rapoza's series are Nick Randall and Jake Stone.