15 Best thriller books like Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin

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Liberation Square

By: Gareth Rubin

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany, and only rescued by Rus…

If you liked the thriller plot in Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Corpus (Tom Wilde #1) by Rory Clements

1. Corpus (Tom Wilde #1)

By: Rory Clements

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1936: Eine Mordserie erschüttert Cambridge. Internationale Kräfte kämpfen um Einfluss. Der nächste … read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Corpus (Tom Wilde #1) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #2)

By: Mark Lawrence

4.16

Format: 347 pages, Hardcover

In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often even the deepes… read more

Similar categories in Mark Lawrence's Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #2) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. A Murder of Quality

By: John Le Carré

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith

4. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)

By: Patricia Highsmith

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Pyramids (Discworld, #7) by Terry Pratchett

5. Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.92

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to h… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Pyramids (Discworld, #7) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Seven thousand years is just one day at a time"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

6. Silesian Station (John Russell, #2)

By: David Downing

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Praise for David Downing: "[Downing]'s excellent at building suspense . . . and shows a keen eye fo… read more

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7. The Girl of His Dreams (Commissario Brunetti, #17)

By: Donna Leon

2.83

Format: 24 pages,

Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries have won legions of fans for their evocative port… read more

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8. The Trinity Six

By: Charles Cumming

3.37

Format: 204 pages,

The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed - the identity of a SIXTH me… read more

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9. Escape (Billy Harney, #3)

By: James Patterson

4.35

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Chicago’s #1 detective, Billy Harney, takes on a billionaire crime boss in this follow-on to James … read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Escape (Billy Harney, #3) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) by Christopher Fowler

10. London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18)

By: Christopher Fowler

4.33

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Oh, joy, a new Peculiar Crimes Unit case by Christopher Fowler . . . the best fun is running all ov… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Fowler's London Bridge is Falling Down (Bryant & May, #18) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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12. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

By: Catherine Belton

4.18

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Belton's Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • audiobook
Cover of Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera

14. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

By: Sathnam Sanghera

4.10

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consi… read more

Similar categories in Sathnam Sanghera's Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • audiobook
"It is puerile to reduce imperial history to a matter of 'good' and 'bad'; trying to weigh up the positive and negative in this way is like defending the morality of kicking a random old man in the sh…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

"After the First World War, the man in charge of recruitment at the Colonial Office was Major Ralph Dolignon Furse, a decorated war hero, a keen rugby and cricket player and, crucially, holder of a po…"

-Sathnam Sanghera, Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain

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15. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • dystopia
  • audiobook
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

Cover of London Rules (Slough House, #5) by Mick Herron

16. London Rules (Slough House, #5)

By: Mick Herron

4.34

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's London Rules (Slough House, #5) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

Cover of Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21) by Kathy Reichs

17. Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Reichs has written her masterpiece—smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing.” —Michael Connelly “… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Reichs's Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

18. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

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  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Second Sleep by Robert   Harris

19. The Second Sleep

By: Robert Harris

3.49

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is. 1468. A young priest, C… read more

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  • historical
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford

20. Cahokia Jazz

By: Francis Spufford

4.03

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently—from th… read more

Similar categories in Francis Spufford's Cahokia Jazz book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon, #22) by Daniel Silva

21. Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon, #22)

By: Daniel Silva

4.24

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel All… read more

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  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan

22. The Fair Botanists

By: Sara Sheridan

3.91

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. I… read more

Similar categories in Sara Sheridan's The Fair Botanists book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

23. Ink Blood Sister Scribe

By: Emma Törzs

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this spellbinding debut novel, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family's li… read more

Similar categories in Emma Törzs's Ink Blood Sister Scribe book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Cold was easier to bear when you'd never been warm."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Secrets were currency and Isabel intended to stay rich."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"Nothing could be worse than being stared at by his own eye."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

"...the closet of her sexual subconscious was full of petticoats."

-Emma Törzs, Ink Blood Sister Scribe

Cover of Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

24. Luckenbooth

By: Jenni Fagan

3.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The devil's daughter rows to Edinburgh in a coffin, to work as maid for the Minister of Culture, a … read more

Similar categories in Jenni Fagan's Luckenbooth book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Life is so much more than we can manage it to be, it is so much more sudden than we are able to understand."

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

"My ma said: only love a man who reads books and understands them properly. If they don't read books don't go their bed. Ever!"

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

"Such is the way. It’s like a disease. Love: 80 per cent proof. Risk of death if you drink it. Can send you mad, bad, blind and delirious."

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

"There is cheering out on the street. There is dancing. People meet and fall in love. Scuffles break out. They drink far too much. All of life is happening."

-Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth

Cover of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

25. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

Cover of Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) by Mick Herron

26. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

By: Mick Herron

4.28

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Listening Length 10 hours and 50 minutes Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for f… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control"

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

"Like most forms of corruption, it began with men in suits."

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

"belief was not actually about believing; belief was simply somewhere to shelve hope"

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

"You either cleaned up other people's messes or you didn't--and that was the class system for you, right there."

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

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27. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

Cover of In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29) by Lee Child

28. In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29)

By: Lee Child

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and… read more

Similar categories in Lee Child's In Too Deep (Jack Reacher, #29) book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Liberation Square by Gareth Rubin

29. Liberation Square

By: Gareth Rubin

3.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany, and only rescued by Rus… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • historical
  • dystopia
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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30. Killing Time

By: Alan Bennett

3.63

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Killing Time is a wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett - a brand … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bennett's Killing Time book and Gareth Rubin's Liberation Square

  • fiction
  • audiobook

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Corpus (Tom Wilde #1)

Rory Clements

3.95

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Mark Lawrence

4.16

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A Murder of Quality

John Le Carré

3.64

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The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)

Patricia Highsmith

4.20

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Paul Vidich

3.96

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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I.S. Berry

3.81

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