Books Like A Dangerous Fortune

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If you loved A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett, these books share similar qualities — same genre, comparable themes, and the kind of reader ratings that signal something special. Whether you read on Kindle, in print, or on audio, these recommendations deliver the same kind of experience.

10 books for fans of A Dangerous Fortune

  1. 1
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    A Place Called Freedom

    by Ken Follett

    4.23 BLT Score (47.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.08 Goodreads (47.1K)
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    The Evening and the Morning cover

    The Evening and the Morning

    Kingsbridge

    by Ken Follett

    4.67 BLT Score (136.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (136.4K)
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    Fall of Giants cover

    Fall of Giants

    The Century Trilogy • Book 1

    by Ken Follett

    4.52 BLT Score (350.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (350.4K)
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    The Pillars of the Earth

    Kingsbridge • Book 1

    by Ken Follett

    4.69 BLT Score (838.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.35 Goodreads (838.5K)
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    The Things We Cannot Say

    by Kelly Rimmer

    4.86 BLT Score (284.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (284.0K)
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    Beneath a Scarlet Sky

    by Mark T. Sullivan

    4.81 BLT Score (396.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.43 Goodreads (396.0K)
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    Homegoing cover

    Homegoing

    by Yaa Gyasi

    4.70 BLT Score (410.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.47 Goodreads (410.6K)
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    A Land Remembered cover

    A Land Remembered

    by Patrick D. Smith

    4.69 BLT Score (14.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (14.8K)
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    Gates of Fire cover

    Gates of Fire

    by Steven Pressfield

    4.66 BLT Score (44.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (44.4K)
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    The Killer Angels cover

    The Killer Angels

    The Civil War Trilogy • Book 2

    by Michael Shaara

    4.57 BLT Score (92.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (92.5K)

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