Good action thrillers

Explore the best action thrillers with our curated list of heart-pounding books. Dive into high-stakes adventures, gripping plots, and relentless suspense for fans of the genre.

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Thunderhead

by Douglas Preston

Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written sixteen years ago, yet mysteriously mailed only recently. In it her father, long …
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Dance of Death

by Douglas Preston

Two brothers. One a top FBI agent. The other a brilliant, twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate …
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Still Life with Crows

by Douglas Preston

A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? Or is it …
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Brimstone

by Douglas Preston

In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with …
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The Ice Limit

by Douglas Preston

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of …
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Deep Storm

by Lincoln Child

Thriller.
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The Loch

by Steve Alten

To prove the innocence of his estranged father, marine biologist Zachary Wallace must confront his childhood nightmare of nearly drowning in Loch Ness after a …
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The Trench

by Steve Alten

A giant shark escapes from a California aquarium, creating havoc before heading to sea. As he probes the ocean depths in pursuit, biologist Jonas Taylor …
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Goliath

by Steve Alten

The world is threatened by Goliath, a mysterious, high-tech nuclear submarine that is virtually undetectable underwater and is powered by a bio-chemical computer brain capable …
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Meg

by Steve Alten

For Navy deep-sea submersible pilot Jonas Taylor, it was nearly too late.
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The Descent

by Jeff Long

We are not alone…In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with the warning--Satan exists. In the Kalahari Desert, a nun …
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Forever Odd

by Dean Ray Koontz

In the unique world of Pico, Odd--an unforgettable hero who lives between the living and the dead--takes a stand against evil in a battle where …
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Life Expectancy

by Dean Ray Koontz

A dying man's clairvoyant prophesies about his grandson, Jimmy Tock, reveal five terrifying and horrific events, occuring on five different days at different periods in …
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Odd Thomas

by Dean Koontz

Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz’s dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death …
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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

by Dean Ray Koontz

A killer stalks the streets, he is a homicidal maniac, a freak of a mysterious origin, a tattooed man.
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One Door Away from Heaven

by Dean Ray Koontz

When Micky Bellsong encounters disabled Leilani Klonk and her stepfather, Preston Maddoc, she finally finds some purpose in her troubled life, so when the family …
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Lisey's Story

by Stephen King

Two years after losing her husband of twenty-five years, Lisey looks back at the sometimes frightening intimacy that marked their marriage, her husband's successes as …
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Black Order

by James Rollins

In Copenhagen . . . a suspicious bookstore fire propels Commander Gray Pierce on a relentless hunt across four continents—and into a terrifying mystery surrounding …
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Deep Fathom

by James Rollins

Ex-Navy SEAL Jack Kirkland surfaces from an aborted underwater salvage mission to find the Earth burning. Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural …
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Subterranean

by James Rollins

Beneath the ice at the bottom of the earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth.
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Amazonia

by James Rollins

The Rand scientific expedition entered the lush wilderness of the Amazon and never returned. Years later, one of its members has stumbled out of the …
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Ice Hunt

by James Rollins

Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than seventy years. …
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Deja Dead

by Kathy Reichs

See where the smash #1 New York Times bestselling Temperance Brennan “cleverly plotted and expertly maintained” (The New York Times) series all began with Deja …
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Break No Bones

by Kathy Reichs

When Tempe Brennan finds a fresh skeleton among ancient bones, clues lead to a clinic where patients have gone missing and some have turned up …
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Deadly Decisions

by Kathy Reichs

"Fans of TV's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation should be in heaven" (People) stepping into the world of forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, star of Kathy …