12 Best thriller books like The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq

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The Opium Prince

By: Jasmine Aimaq

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jasmine Aimaq’s stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Courtesan

By: Alexandra Curry

3.54

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

The Courtesan was inspired by the real life of a woman who lived and loved in the extraordinary twi… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Curry's The Courtesan book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"A story is a garden you carry in your pocket. The stories we tell ourselves and each other are for pleasure and refuge. Like gardens they are small places in a large world. But, Jinhua, we must never…"

-Alexandra Curry, The Courtesan

"A story is a garden you can carry in your pocket. The stories we tell ourselves and each other are for pleasure and refuge. Like gardens they are small places in a large world. But, Jinhua, we must n…"

-Alexandra Curry, The Courtesan

"She found the book tucked at the edge of a shelf in the room where she sleeps, and it is thick with pages and words and characters, and reading helps Jinhua to remember and it helps her to forget--an…"

-Alexandra Curry, The Courtesan

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2. Secret Asset (Liz Carlyle, #2)

By: Stella Rimington

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

With her debut novel,At Risk,Stella Rimington established herself as a top-notch thriller writer, a… read more

Similar categories in Stella Rimington's Secret Asset (Liz Carlyle, #2) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

3. At Risk (Liz Carlyle, #1)

By: Stella Rimington

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Paperback

A terrorist is targeting Britain. And to make matters worse it's an "invisible"--someone traveling … read more

Similar categories in Stella Rimington's At Risk (Liz Carlyle, #1) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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4. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis

By: Timothy Egan

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

How a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prize-winning … read more

Similar categories in Timothy Egan's Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • historical

5. Illegal Action (Liz Carlyle, #3)

By: Stella Rimington

3.96

Format: 288 pages,

The new installment in Stella Rimington's series of "frighteningly authentic" espionage thrillers (… read more

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6. I Am Not Sidney Poitier

By: Percival Everett

4.10

Format: 338 pages,

An irresistible comic novel from the master storyteller Percival Everett, and an irreverent take on… read more

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7. Red Plenty

By: Francis Spufford

4.34

Format: 168 pages,

The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned… read more

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8. The Mountain King (The Asker Series, #1)

By: Anders de la Motte

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This atmospheric and sinister mystery, perfect for fans of the Nordic thrillers of Jo Nesbo and Sti… read more

Similar categories in Anders de la Motte's The Mountain King (The Asker Series, #1) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

Similar categories in Hampton Sides's The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • historical
  • audiobook
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10. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. Nothing but the Bones

By: Brian Panowich

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With lyrical prose and hard-hitting depictions of the hardscrabble life in the rural south, Brian P… read more

Similar categories in Brian Panowich's Nothing but the Bones book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. The Wealth of Shadows

By: Graham Moore

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy… read more

Similar categories in Graham Moore's The Wealth of Shadows book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • historical
  • politics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Line That Held Us

By: David Joy

3.75

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author David Joy comes a remarkable novel about the cover-up of an accide… read more

Similar categories in David Joy's The Line That Held Us book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"What I'm saying is that it's easy to take the high road so long as there aren't any stakes. But the minute you've got something to lose, a man'll do all sorts of things."

-David Joy, The Line That Held Us

"You still can't see it and it's right in front of your eyes. It's the reason we're gathered here. The only reason we're here is because of the ones we loved. That the line that held us."

-David Joy, The Line That Held Us

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15. This Strange Eventful History

By: Claire Messud

3.63

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more

Similar categories in Claire Messud's This Strange Eventful History book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."

-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History

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16. Wolf at the Table

By: Adam Rapp

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Corrections meets We Need to Talk About Kevin in this harrowing multigenerational saga about a … read more

Similar categories in Adam Rapp's Wolf at the Table book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. The Old Enemy (Paul Samson #3)

By: Henry Porter

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Paul Samson is living in London and picking up some extra work for a private security company when … read more

Similar categories in Henry Porter's The Old Enemy (Paul Samson #3) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • thriller
  • fiction
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18. A History of Burning

By: Janika Oza

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, sweeping historical debut novel spanning continents and a century, and how one act of surv… read more

Similar categories in Janika Oza's A History of Burning book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What was love but one long act of forgiveness, of choosing to return, over and over again."

-Janika Oza, A History of Burning

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19. The Fraud Squad

By: Kyla Zhao

3.26

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A working-class woman who infiltrates Singapore’s high society to fulfill her dreams risks losing e… read more

Similar categories in Kyla Zhao's The Fraud Squad book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

By: Ross Perlin

4.31

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary Ne… read more

Similar categories in Ross Perlin's Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • politics
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21. River Spirit

By: Leila Aboulela

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding new novel from New York Times Notable Author and Caine Prize winner Leila Aboulela… read more

Similar categories in Leila Aboulela's River Spirit book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Keep your faith within your heart even if your tongue is forced to say otherwise."

-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit

"I wish I could say she looked like her old self. Suffice to say she looked well. None of us look like our old selves. War is not kind to a woman’s beauty."

-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit

"She was part of his youth and their love stretched from her village to his town. She must not feel lost or untethered. And there now was his son in her arms."

-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit

"Free, heart tight, expectant, in love, she was not sure what her position would be in the household, not sure about much except that she did not want to be anywhere else."

-Leila Aboulela, River Spirit

Cover of Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2) by Paul Howarth

22. Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2)

By: Paul Howarth

4.31

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The author of the acclaimed Only Killers and Thieves returns to turn-of-the-century Australia in th… read more

Similar categories in Paul Howarth's Dust Off the Bones (Billy McBride, #2) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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23. Think of Me

By: Frances Liardet

3.69

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

1942, Alexandria, Egypt. Covered in dust, Yvette and James hold hands for the first time as bombs e… read more

Similar categories in Frances Liardet's Think of Me book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. Sweetness in the Skin

By: Ishi Robinson

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmai… read more

Similar categories in Ishi Robinson's Sweetness in the Skin book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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25. The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15)

By: Ian Hamilton

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Ava Lee squares off against the Chinese government over a controversial film depicting the infamous… read more

Similar categories in Ian Hamilton's The General of Tiananmen Square (Ava Lee #15) book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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26. Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more

Similar categories in O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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27. The Lion Women of Tehran

By: Marjan Kamali

4.50

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

From the nationally bestselling author of the “powerful, heartbreaking” (Shelf Awareness) The Stati… read more

Similar categories in Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When I am surrounded by books, I feel most at peace."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

"I wanted what Homa had. I wanted her family. Her living father, her kind mother. I wanted her fat, edible baby sister. I wanted the warmth and safety of her home."

-Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Tehran

Cover of The Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq

28. The Opium Prince

By: Jasmine Aimaq

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Jasmine Aimaq’s stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • politics
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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29. The Rib King

By: Ladee Hubbard

3.50

Format: 370 pages, Hardcover

Upstairs, Downstairs meets Parasite: The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs pain… read more

Similar categories in Ladee Hubbard's The Rib King book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Songs for the Brokenhearted

By: Ayelet Tsabari

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better li… read more

Similar categories in Ayelet Tsabari's Songs for the Brokenhearted book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. The Road to the Salt Sea

By: Samuel Kolawole

4.06

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

As wrenching and luminous as Omar El Akkad’s What Strange Paradise and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, a … read more

Similar categories in Samuel Kolawole's The Road to the Salt Sea book and Jasmine Aimaq's The Opium Prince

  • fiction

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William Gay

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