Best political thriller books according to redditors
We found 374 Reddit comments discussing the best political thriller books. We ranked the 56 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 374 Reddit comments discussing the best political thriller books. We ranked the 56 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
This is an interesting idea, especially for those worldbuilders like myself who have worlds heavily grounded in realism.
I think it’s safe to say that the more “realistic” you make an aspect of your world (“realistic” here meaning closely reflecting how the concept existed in the real world), the more believable it will appear to your readers. However, the more in-depth you create it, the more it will come to resemble your influences, to the point where the two concepts are virtual copies of the other. It’s simpler to copy intricate details than recreate them. This is good in a world based in realism. Details will be ordered and logical, allowing you to accurately model real world conditions. If you accurately want your Roman-inspired army to remain supplied in the field, it’s best to copy Roman military logistics.
Of course, if you want to have every detail of your setting exactly as it appears(ed) in reality (which is technically impossible), you wouldn’t be setting it in a constructed setting. It is then equally important to determine why you are creating a fictional setting in the first place. What makes you want to create a fictional locale? Do you like not being bound by history, and the freedom to create events as you wish? Do you like creating new sciences, technologies, or ideas? Use why you wish to create a fictional world to make your setting unique, not, in your words, a “rip-off.” In other words, copy intricate details from reality (such as the process and reasons for inflation in a bullion-based currency system), but allow yourself to be influenced by multiple influences or periods when creating macro-level concepts (like religions). It is important though to construct these ideas in a manner that the society at large could logically exist. The whole must be greater than the sum of its parts.
This is only one perspective. It is perfectly fine to realistically model all major elements of a society off it’s historical or contemporary counterpart. Guy Gavriel Kay has written a number of successful novels set in historically inspired fantasy settings, like Byzantium in [The Sarantine Mosaic] (http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Sarantium-Book-Sarantine-Mosaic/dp/045146351X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405480068&sr=8-1&keywords=sarantine+mosaic) or Muslim Spain in [The Lions of al-Rassan] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Lions-al-Rassan-Guy-Gavriel/dp/0060733497/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1405480129&sr=8-5&keywords=guy+gavriel+kay). The settings of both very closely mirror their historical counterpart, yet enough aesthetic aspects are changed to create a feeling of difference, of uniqueness. If a certain period or society truly inspires you, there is nothing inherently wrong with your setting being strongly influenced by it. After all, what constitutes a “unique rendition” of a topic from a “rip-off” is ultimately a matter of personal taste.
Rex Electi is a book she wrote based on a prompt here on reddit. There's also Prompt Me which is a collection of short stories from writing prompts. Here's her author page on Amazon.
Exactly.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RHCKRKW
I have several good recommendations for this one. First I will give you two fiction books you MUST read if this subject is a real interest of yours.
Islands In The Net by: Bruce Sterling
https://www.amazon.com/Islands-Net-Bruce-Sterling-ebook/dp/B00PDDKVXK/
Neuromancer by William Gibson
https://www.amazon.com/Neuromancer-William-Gibson/dp/0441569595
For non-fiction the one book that really did it for me was again by Mr. Sterling it's called The Hacker Crackdown and it is so amazing!!
https://www.amazon.com/Hacker-Crackdown-Disorder-Electronic-Frontier/dp/055356370X
Good luck. PM for more recommendations if you need them. This is a genre I am very interested in myself and have read extensively.
No, because if it's super cheap, it's probably going to be available as a KU title. But again, you don't need KU to get the whispersync deal. You can just buy the book outright.
See the second screenshot. I included the option to buy the book in the screenshot. The only thing KU does is allow you to "borrow" the book.
But again, if you don't have KU, you can just buy the book and you'll still be able to add whispersync.
I'm assuming you don't have KU, you can check this link as an example of a book you can get cheap with Kindle + Whispersync without needing a KU subscription.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KXZ9EE4/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_awdb_t1_f1fRDbHBK3ZSA
There are even cheaper books.
Here's one for $3 total.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079L69CJ4/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_awdb_t1_q6fRDb7XK27SS
I'm not recommending either of these books, the first example I feel is hot garbage, the second one I don't know anything about. They're just examples of cheap books.
And expanding upon that, don't expect books like The Expanse or books by Peter F. Hamilton or Alastair Reynolds to be this cheap. It's usually the lower quality books. There are some gems for low prices like this, but for the most part the top quality books are flying to be fairly expensive.
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Your book will be on my wishlist for xmas ;)
Check out the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn, starting with Transfer of Power. It's good fun and Mitch Rapp is a badass. In my mind, he is the American James Bond. Long running series too, so there's plenty of content to keep you busy. Another great author to check out would be David Morrell, in particular, the Mortalis trilogy, though those three are more about assassins than spies, but you can't go wrong with Morrell.
If he likes action movies, he may like the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn. Very quick reads, suspenseful page-turners. The first one is about a hostage situation in the White House, Transfer of Power. It is 426 pages, but it really goes quickly.
(edit: to note- amazon link above says that is Mitch Rapp #3. This was the first one published in this series, and then 2 other books about the younger Rapp came out later. I think Transfer of Power is the better place to start.)
Springing off your preference for Roman history, you should take a look at the first 4 books of The Videssos series starting with The Misplaced Legion, by Harry Turtledove. A pre-Empire Roman legion is transported magically to an alternate world, and find themselves in a world very similar to what we would later call the Byzantine Empire.
Similarly, the Sarantine Mosaic by Guy Gavriel Kay, starting with Sailing to Sarantium takes place in a world similar to the Byzantine Empire.
Here's the book I've been talking about. It's Vince Flynn's Transfer of Power, staring his character Mitch Rapp. One of my all time favorite book series.
You should check out our Ancap/libertarian short story anthology but also:
Also check out Withur We (mentioned by another poster), Alongside Night, Minerva by Bob Murphy (yes, that Bob Murphy) and #agora a novel (all on the list linked to above).
Thanks for the questions!
Under the Heel of the Aether Imperium by J.P. Medved ( /u/aducknamedjoe ) is definitely uplifting. My Doubleplusunhate might be, too, a little.
This anthology is more about defiance and fighting hard battles than about feel-good tho if you enjoy winning, there is a lot of that in here.
As to suggesting other scifi that is uplifting, I'm stumped. I frankly found Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead to be uplifting but I know others do not.
I'm not sure why they stopped making libertarian science fiction anthologies. There are definitely people writing libertarian sci-fi tho, like Vernor Vinge, Michael Z. Williamson, Sarah Hoyt and the authors of this anthology.
I was feeling really empowered after I published my first novel, Lando Cruz and the Coup Conspiracy (agorist dystopian thriller) and I was recently connected with some of my fellow authors, so I proposed this idea and the drafts started coming in.
I lost faith a few times but kept on pushing. L. Neil Smith was going to join us but then fell ill. Several stories came in last-minute when I thought we wouldn't have enough to do a proper anthology, and then step by step it has finally happened. We worked on this for about 4-5 months I think.
Thanks again for your questions! -- George Donnelly
Hi, my book is my take on a modern dystopian in the vein of 1984, only with today's technology those ideas are completely plausible. It's called Stronger than Blood on Amazon.
I've heard about Goodreads during my research on how to market my book but I'll be honest, I don't know much about it. Can you share any insights you may have?
link to book
>state of fear
http://www.amazon.com/State-Fear-Michael-Crichton/dp/0066214130
>And I've read L Ron Hubbard.
Global warming alarmism and Scientology are two of main things that I am against.
Luckily there are plenty of groups such as Anonymous that are exposing Scientology.
There's even a subreddit for exposing Scientology:
/r/scientology
I sometimes refer to global warming alarmism activists as "Climate Scientologists".
My favorite book is Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. It's a wonderful story of a man with not much left to lose, who sets out to write a book and instead finds love in a world of anarchy, unorthodox religion in a world of science, and sense in nonsense. It's a relatively quick read, and one that I hope everyone checks out.
Item if I win!
Here it is on Amazon.de. I'm not sure what issue you are having.
You won't be disappointed.
Also, if you're looking for something a little different, and you're interested in Byzantium, Guy Gavriel Kay's Sarantine Mosaic series is set in a fictionalized version of 6th Century Byzantium, and it is flat-out great.
Also Amazon, Google. DRM-free from Tor.
Read: The State of Fear - Michael Crichton
Thank you Kera, someone else said they couldn’t find it, so here are the links.
US store
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078R7XBPW
uk store
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078R7XBPW
I've read something similar by a well known submitter on /r/WritingPrompts.
Here's a link! Your idea seems sufficiently different, just thought i'd show you for inspiration if you need it :) good luck
While I don’t specialize in only this genre, I did recently finish a copyedit for a highly technical military thriller for a major US publisher. Here: https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Evil-Force-Orange-Novel-ebook/dp/B07KVN11ZX/
The author was pleased with my work and left a nice review on my Facebook page, if you’d like to verify that he was happy. http://ww.facebook.com/LisaGilliamEditor
You can also take a look at my website to see if you think we’d be a good fit. http://ww.lisagilliam.com
Hi everyone ,
Noble Origins, Episode one of my serialized conspiracy thriller is now Free on Amazon. (Until Oct 9th) after that it’s $.99.
I’m looking to get some honest feedback and reviews if you have time.
The book is based on a ton of true events and I think you’ll enjoy it if you are into historical or conspiracy thrillers.
I do have book 2 out as well. Aria Wolff and Specter Squad . While I work on book 3.
I haven’t gotten much traction so would appreciate the feedback . Thanks In advance . Frank
https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Origins-Episode-Omega-Conspiracy-ebook/dp/B0769FKWKK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539082412&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=noble+origins&dpPl=1&dpID=51xh5xlWZ0L&ref=plSrch[Noble Orgines](https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Origins-Episode-Omega-Conspiracy-ebook/dp/B0769FKWKK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539082412&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=noble+origins&dpPl=1&dpID=51xh5xlWZ0L&ref=plSrch)
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In 1996, Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson made a (great!) action movie whose plot was a CIA conspiracy to blow up downtown Niagara Falls during the Christmas parade and blame it on Arabs, in order to get Congress to increase their budget.
On the other hand, in 1998, Bruce Sterling wrote a pretty-good science fiction novel about Islamic terrorists from Mali using drone aircraft to attack a conference center in Galveston, Texas. The remainder of the novel plays out remarkably like the way the War on Terror has gone so far.
Rex Electi
Most of my books from June 20 were added to the list months ago, but I recently made all the new lists...does that still count? There are 6 that were moved from the main list to the eBooks list.
If it does still count, the book would be this.
My three favorite books right now are:
Great contest, by the way - page-turner :)
A must read: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0066214130/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_thcv_p1_i8
Also read 'A Michael Crichton Timeline'.