Where to Start with Brad Thor
- Best entry point → The Lions of Lucerne
- Best standalone → Cold Zero
- Start the Athena series → The Athena Project
- Short listen, big payoff → Takedown
- Underrated but highly rated → Backlash
- What fans keep coming back to → Path of the Assassin
- Best narrator for Brad Thor → State of the Union
- Highest rated by listeners → The First Commandment (Scot Harvath #6)
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Backlash
Scot Harvath • Book 18
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.63 ABR Score (22.6K ratings)★ 4.43 Goodreads (17.2K) ★ 4.69 Audible (5.4K)12h 8m listening time • Released 2019 - 2
Takedown
Scot Harvath • Book 5
by Brad Thor
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.60 ABR Score (28.8K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (25.4K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.4K)9h 17m listening time • Released 2016George Guidall's measured, authoritative voice transforms this Manhattan siege thriller into something far grittier than typical action fiction—he makes you feel the claustrophobia and moral weight of every decision.
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The First Commandment
Scot Harvath • Book 6
by Brad Thor
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.55 ABR Score (30.6K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (26.1K) ★ 4.67 Audible (4.5K)10h 53m listening time • Released 2011George Guidall's gravelly precision transforms Thor's revenge thriller into something darker and more morally corrosive than typical spy fiction—he makes you feel Harvath's rage curdle into something uglier.
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Rising Tiger
Scot Harvath • Book 21
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.51 ABR Score (19.8K ratings)★ 4.33 Goodreads (16.4K) ★ 4.61 Audible (3.4K)10h 32m listening time • Released 2022 - 5
Near Dark
Scot Harvath • Book 19
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.49 ABR Score (21.1K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (16.4K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.7K)11h 20m listening time • Released 2020 - 6
Shadow of Doubt
Scot Harvath • Book 23
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.49 ABR Score (14.8K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (13.5K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.3K)11h 40m listening time • Released 2024 - 7
Black Ice
Scot Harvath • Book 20
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.49 ABR Score (21.2K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (17.6K) ★ 4.6 Audible (3.6K)10h 29m listening time • Released 2021 - 8
Spymaster
Scot Harvath • Book 17
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.48 ABR Score (20.5K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (5.3K)10h 2m listening time • Released 2018 - 9
Blowback
Scot Harvath • Book 4
by Brad Thor
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.48 ABR Score (26.8K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (23.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (3.6K)13h 32m listening time • Released 2016George Guidall's gravelly intensity transforms this into a thriller that crackles with authenticity—his voice makes every betrayal and high-stakes mission feel genuinely consequential.
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Use of Force
Scot Harvath • Book 16
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.47 ABR Score (19.1K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (15.0K) ★ 4.61 Audible (4.0K)11h 26m listening time • Released 2017 - 11
Black List
Scot Harvath • Book 11
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.47 ABR Score (26.6K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (23.0K) ★ 4.58 Audible (3.6K)12h 3m listening time • Released 2012 - 12
Foreign Influence
Scot Harvath • Book 9
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.46 ABR Score (28.1K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (23.6K) ★ 4.54 Audible (4.5K)11h 6m listening time • Released 2010 - 13
Path of the Assassin
Scot Harvath • Book 2
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.45 ABR Score (37.5K ratings)★ 4.19 Goodreads (30.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (7.3K)12h 57m listening time • Released 2013 - 14
Foreign Agent
Scot Harvath • Book 15
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.45 ABR Score (21.9K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (16.8K) ★ 4.54 Audible (5.1K)10h 59m listening time • Released 2016 - 15
The Last Patriot
Scot Harvath • Book 7
by Brad Thor
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.45 ABR Score (27.6K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (23.5K) ★ 4.57 Audible (4.1K)8h 58m listening time • Released 2011 - 16
Full Black
Scot Harvath • Book 10
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.44 ABR Score (28.0K ratings)★ 4.29 Goodreads (23.7K) ★ 4.5 Audible (4.3K)12h 3m listening time • Released 2011 - 17
Code of Conduct
Scot Harvath • Book 14
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.43 ABR Score (20.9K ratings)★ 4.23 Goodreads (17.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (3.9K)12h 37m listening time • Released 2015 - 18
State of the Union
Scot Harvath • Book 3
by Brad Thor
Narrated by George Guidall
★ 4.43 ABR Score (37.3K ratings)★ 4.22 Goodreads (31.1K) ★ 4.49 Audible (6.2K)11h 35m listening time • Released 2011George Guidall transforms this high-stakes thriller into a masterclass of controlled intensity, his measured baritone making every geopolitical twist feel inevitable and terrifying.
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Act of War
Scot Harvath • Book 13
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.42 ABR Score (23.1K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (18.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (4.8K)11h 37m listening time • Released 2014 - 20
Hidden Order
Scot Harvath • Book 12
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.41 ABR Score (23.0K ratings)★ 4.17 Goodreads (18.8K) ★ 4.54 Audible (4.2K)11h 19m listening time • Released 2013 - 21
The Apostle
Scot Harvath • Book 8
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.37 ABR Score (25.5K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (21.5K) ★ 4.49 Audible (4.0K)10h 24m listening time • Released 2009 - 22
The Lions of Lucerne
Scot Harvath • Book 1
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.33 ABR Score (59.5K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (47.6K) ★ 4.36 Audible (12.0K)15h 23m listening time • Released 2012 - 23
Cold Zero
by Brad Thor, Ward Larsen
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.30 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.59 Audible (232)10h 39m listening time • Released 2026Armand Schultz's precise delivery cuts through the Arctic chaos like a knife—he nails the tension between survival horror and geopolitical thriller, making every frozen minute feel genuinely desperate.
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Dead Fall
Scot Harvath • Book 22
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Armand Schultz
★ 4.25 ABR Score (17.2K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (16.3K) ★ 4.25 Audible (826)11h 51m listening time • Released 2023 - 25
The Athena Project
Athena • Book 1
by Brad Thor
Narrated by Elizabeth Marvel
★ 3.96 ABR Score (16.2K ratings)★ 3.88 Goodreads (13.7K) ★ 4.08 Audible (2.5K)8h 43m listening time • Released 2010
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