Our list of some of the best Action Thriller books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- Vigilante Assassin (Jake Wolfe) (Volume 2) (2017)
- Indiana Jones and the Interior World (1992)
- The Opening Chase: A Chase Fulton Novel (Chase Fulton Novels) (2018)
- The Suicide Cartel (David Rivers) (2019)
- The Seven Towers (Firebird Fantasy) (2009)
- Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (1996)
- Code Name Camelot – A Noah Wolf Thriller (Volume 1) (2016)
- The Protocol: A James Acton Thriller (James Acton Thrillers) (Volume 1) (2011)
- ERITIS – The Silver Strand Legacy: (Action Suspense Thriller Novel, Eritis Trilogy Book 1) (2018)
- Day Zero: A Jericho Quinn Thriller (2015)
- Event: A Novel (Event Group Thrillers) (2007)
- Steel Force: A Jack Steel Action Mystery Thriller (A Jack Steel Thriller) (2019)
Vigilante Assassin (Jake Wolfe) (Volume 2) (2017)
Jake Wolfe wants to leave his violent past behind, but when a woman and her kids are threatened he starts a one-man vigilante war on a criminal gang.Every marriage has a secret, but this one is deadly. Lauren Stephens wakes up to find her husband, Gene, has vanished during the night. His phone is dead.
Indiana Jones and the Interior World (1992)
Determined to retrieve the unicorn horn he cast into a portal in the earth, Indiana Jones, along with Marcus Brody, journeys from Easter Island to the gateway of the Interior World.
The Opening Chase: A Chase Fulton Novel (Chase Fulton Novels) (2018)
When collegiate baseball phenom Chase Fulton suffers a freak injury on the field that shatters his dreams of becoming a Major League catcher, his future looks bleak until he’s recruited into quasi-governmental covert operations, where his training as an assassin and covert intelligence operative launches him into a world fraught with danger, intrigue, and unexpected passion.
The Suicide Cartel (David Rivers) (2019)
David Rivers wanted to lead his team in war. What he got was a suicide missionDavid Rivers is no ordinary mercenary. He’s just been assigned command of a team in the international criminal war raging in South America. But the Triple Frontier region is deadly. Narcos and terrorists rule its remote jungle, and David must lead his team into the heart of danger.Getting in is easy.
The Seven Towers (Firebird Fantasy) (2009)
They are seven players in a game of deadly magic? Eltiron, Prince of Sevarin; Crystalorn, Princess of Barinash; Ranlyn, the desert rider; Jermain, the outlaw; Vandaris, the soldier; Carachel, the Wizard-King; and Amberglas, the sorceress. Each of them has a secret, and each fights his or her part in the thrilling battle that has put seven kingdoms on the very edge of destruction.
Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs (1996)
Fresh from a ride on a Nazi submarine, Indiana Jones is persuaded by a beautiful missionary to search for her missing father in Mongolia. Professor Angus Starbuck has discovered a dinosaur bone in the Gobi Desert. But unlike other such discoveries, this bone isn’t ancient! As Indy crosses from China through a treacherous mountain pass into Outer Mongolia, he runs afoul of the region’s fiercest warlords.
Code Name Camelot – A Noah Wolf Thriller (Volume 1) (2016)
After witnessing the murder-suicide of his parents as a child, Noah suffers from a form of PTSD that has left him without emotion, without a conscience and without the ability to function as a normal human being. With the help of childhood friends, he learns to watch others around him and mimic their behaviors, in order to conceal the fact that his mind operates more like a computer that he has spent years programming.
The Protocol: A James Acton Thriller (James Acton Thrillers) (Volume 1) (2011)
For two thousand years the Triarii have protected us, influencing history from the crusades to the discovery of America.
ERITIS – The Silver Strand Legacy: (Action Suspense Thriller Novel, Eritis Trilogy Book 1) (2018)
“Fast moving, and full of suspense. One thrilling page-turner of a story” “Original and truly clever”“One of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read.”He’s looking for a way out …For Nate Kincade, former army special forces, the future looks bleak. Following a tragic incident, he faces a long-term sentence inside a U.S. Military prison.
Day Zero: A Jericho Quinn Thriller (2015)
“Awesome.” –Brad Thor Special agent Jericho Quinn is a wanted man. Suspected of murder and marked for death by a network of conspirators embedded in the White House, Quinn knows he has to get out of the country–fast–before a team of contract killers find him and his daughter. To set things right at home, he’ll have to take a nonstop flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Vladivostok, Russia, aboard a massive Airbus A380.
Event: A Novel (Event Group Thrillers) (2007)
The Event Group is the most secret organization in the United States, comprised of the nation’s most brilliant individuals in the branches of science, philosophy, and the military. Led by the valiant Major Jack Collins, they are dedicated to uncovering the hidden truths behind the myths and legends propagated throughout world history―from underground agencies and conspiracy theories to extraterrestrial life and UFOs.
Steel Force: A Jack Steel Action Mystery Thriller (A Jack Steel Thriller) (2019)
On a black op to neutralize terrorists, elite specialist Steel puts honor and integrity ahead of orders when he spares a monk.
Best Action Thriller Books to Read
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