15 best-selling thriller books like The Mahdi by A.J. Quinnell

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The Mahdi

By: A.J. Quinnell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He who controls the Mahdi will control the entire Arab world. — The greatest "miracle" in fourteen …

If you liked the thriller plot in The Mahdi by A.J. Quinnell , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham

1. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

By: John Grisham

3.86

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, … read more

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  • thriller
"No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete."

-John Grisham, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town

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2. A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14)

By: John Connolly

4.33

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings and in doing so damned hi… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
"Law and justice are not the same."

-John Connolly, A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14)

"In the end, the truth doesn’t matter."

-John Connolly, A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14)

"I used to think this was all about good and evil,"

-John Connolly, A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14)

"There’s always someplace to go, even if it’s only someplace else."

-John Connolly, A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14)

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3. Justice Denied (Butch Karp, #7)

By: Robert K. Tanenbaum

3.95

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Homicide Bureau Chief Butch Karp and his dedicated A.D.A. wife, Marlene Ciampi have their hands ful… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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4. Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

By: Ian Fleming

3.57

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note #1: this entry is for one of the editions that includes the fourth story, "007 in … read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker, #12) by John Connolly

5. The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker, #12)

By: John Connolly

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The next pulse-pounding thriller in John Connolly's internationally bestselling Charlie Parker seri… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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6. The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8)

By: Louise Penny

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times best-selling series by Louise Penny, one of the most … read more

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  • fiction
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7. A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7)

By: Louise Penny

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." … read more

Similar categories in Louise Penny's A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • fiction
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8. A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #3)

By: Alan Bradley

4.47

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with another beguiling novel starring the insidiously cle… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #3) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • fiction
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9. For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)

By: Ian Fleming

3.66

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the collection of short stories under the title of "For You… read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
"I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone,…"

-Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)

10. The End of Everything

By: Megan Abbott

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie Hood and her next-door neighbor, Evie Verver, are inseparable, best friend… read more

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11. Rogue Lawyer

By: John Grisham

3.40

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works o… read more

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12. The Firm

By: John Grisham , Robin Waterfield

4.06

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Adaptation for younger readers. Mitch McDeere is a young, intelligent and ambitious lawyer. When… read more

Similar categories in John Grisham's The Firm book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • thriller
  • fiction
"Her thoughts could not escape the present."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"love yourself,.,.,.,for the sake of your better future"

-John Grisham, The Firm

"Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected."

-John Grisham, The Firm

"I've loved you all my life. Even before we met. Part of it wasn't even you. It was just a promise of you."

-John Grisham, The Firm

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13. Revival

By: Stephen King

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side o… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Revival book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • thriller
  • fiction
"There’s no tonic like an old friend."

-Stephen King, Revival

"Frightened people live in their own special hell."

-Stephen King, Revival

"When you’re travelling far, it’s best to travel light."

-Stephen King, Revival

"Paths cross all the time in this world of our, sometimes in the strangest places."

-Stephen King, Revival

14. The Sisters Brothers

By: Patrick deWitt , Marcelo Barbão

4.42

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has… read more

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15. Stormy Weather

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.83

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more

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16. Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.24

Format: 650 pages, Paperback

When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help… read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • thriller
  • fiction
"Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength."

-Robert Galbraith, Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)

"I think marriage is nearly always an unfathomable entity, even to the people inside it."

-Robert Galbraith, Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)

"As suddenly as they had reached for each other, they broke apart. Tears were rolling down Robin's face. For one moment of madness, Strike yearned to say, “Come with me"

-Robert Galbraith, Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4)

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17. Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)

By: Robert Galbraith

4.22

Format: 609 pages, Kindle Edition

Cormoran Strike is back, with his assistant Robin Ellacott, in a mystery based around soldiers retu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Galbraith's Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • thriller
  • fiction
"Are we tryina stop this wedding, Bunsen?"

-Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)

"Robin did not know why the announcement that Strike was off to meet Elin should lower her spirits."

-Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)

"Matthew would not like this, she had said. He would have liked it even less had he know how much Strike had liked it."

-Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)

"I do," said Robin in a ringing voice, looking straight into the eyes, not of her stony-faced new husband, but of the battered and bloodied man who had just sent her flowers crashing to the floor."

-Robert Galbraith, Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3)

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18. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

By: Alan Bradley

3.82

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • fiction
"Simple pleasures are best."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"It was as black in the closet as old blood."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

"I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did."

-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)

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19. Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)

By: Robert Crais

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this bri… read more

Similar categories in Robert Crais's Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • thriller
  • fiction
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20. The Fox

By: Frederick Forsyth

3.82

Format: None pages, ebook

Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control. But what if the most dangerous w… read more

Similar categories in Frederick Forsyth's The Fox book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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21. Hashtag

By: Remigiusz Mróz

3.19

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Jedna przesyłka zmieniła jej życie. "Twoja paczka już na ciebie czeka!" – brzmiała wiadomość, kt… read more

Similar categories in Remigiusz Mróz's Hashtag book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • thriller
  • fiction
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22. Zone

By: Jack Lance

3.40

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Vlucht 582 stijgt op van LAX Airport in Los Angeles, met bestemming Sydney. Passagiers en bemanning… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
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23. The Mahdi

By: A.J. Quinnell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

He who controls the Mahdi will control the entire Arab world. — The greatest "miracle" in fourteen … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi book and A.J. Quinnell's The Mahdi

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction

18 must-read fiction books like The Mahdi by A.J. Quinnell

Transform Your Habits

A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker, #14)

John Connolly

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Justice Denied (Butch Karp, #7)

Robert K. Tanenbaum

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

Ian Fleming

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker, #12)

John Connolly

3.93

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29 Top fiction books like The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley

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Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1)

Jacqueline Winspear

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Magpie Murders

Anthony Horowitz

4.25

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Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)

Louise Penny

3.42

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)

Alexander McCall Smith

5.00

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