Books Like The Bourne Supremacy

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Scott Brick narrates Robert Ludlum's second Bourne novel with a controlled, kinetic authority — the 28-hour runtime is genuinely long for a spy thriller, and Brick's voice sustains the international espionage texture across Hong Kong and European settings without making the extended runtime feel like accumulation for its own sake. His delivery keeps the distinction between characters who all have reasons to deceive each other legible. Eight picks return to Brick's in adjacent thriller and espionage territory, and most of the list shares that same quality of long-form action where the plot machinery is the point.

10 books for fans of The Bourne Supremacy

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    The Blake Brier Thriller Series Boxset - Books 1 to 3: Unmasked, Unleashed, Uncharted (Blake Brier Boxsets) cover

    The Blake Brier Thriller Series Boxset - Books 1 to 3: Unmasked, Unleashed, Uncharted (Blake Brier Boxsets)

    Blake Brier #1-3 • Book 1

    by L.T. Ryan

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    Three explosive FBI thrillers follow Blake Brier as heinous crimes drag him back into the field he tried to leave behind. Packed with conspiracy twists and nonstop action that never lets up across all three books.

    4.37 Goodreads (243 ratings)
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    The Lion's Game

    John Corey • Book 2

    by Nelson DeMille

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    DeMille creates a deadly chess match between ex-cop John Corey and Libyan assassin Asad Khalil, who methodically hunts down American Air Force pilots. International terrorism meets police procedural with sardonic humor.

    4.23 Goodreads (40.4K ratings)
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    Red Rabbit

    Jack Ryan • Book 2

    by Tom Clancy

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    Before he became a household name, Jack Ryan was a history teacher who uncovered a Soviet assassination plot against Pope John Paul II. Clancy returns to his roots with methodical espionage tradecraft.

    3.76 Goodreads (34.9K ratings)
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    Hellbent

    Orphan X • Book 3

    by Gregg Hurwitz

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    Hurwitz's third Orphan X novel puts Evan Smoak's surrogate father Jack in mortal danger from the same government program that created both mentor and lethal protégé.

    4.44 Goodreads (25.3K ratings)
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    Enemy of the State

    Mitch Rapp • Book 16

    by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

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    A Saudi prince's ISIS funding operation threatens to expose America's most dangerous post-9/11 secrets, forcing Mitch Rapp into a deadly game of international politics. Mills tackles the uncomfortable reality of America's Saudi relationships with brutal honesty.

    4.33 Goodreads (21.6K ratings)
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    The Lost Order

    Cotton Malone • Book 12

    by Steve Berry

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    The Knights of the Golden Circle—America's largest clandestine organization—planned to expand the country and create a Southern empire starting in 1854, and their secrets still threaten today. Scott Brick's steady narration anchors Berry's historical conspiracy thriller perfectly.

    4.09 Goodreads (11.1K ratings)
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    The Bishop's Pawn

    Cotton Malone • Book 13

    by Steve Berry

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    Cotton Malone's origin story reveals how J. Edgar Hoover's secret files on Martin Luther King Jr. connect to a modern-day conspiracy threatening to rewrite civil rights history.

    4.03 Goodreads (10.7K ratings)
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    The Rhinemann Exchange

    by Robert Ludlum

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    David Spaulding, Europe's most wanted Allied agent, must navigate a shadowy deal involving Nazi scientific plans and an exiled German Jew in wartime Argentina.

    3.93 Goodreads (13.2K ratings)
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    Trevayne

    by Robert Ludlum, Jonathan Ryder

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    Corruption reaches the highest levels as a wealthy investigator uncovers America's secret power brokers. Ludlum crafts a paranoid thriller where every institution hides dangerous agendas.

    3.63 Goodreads (4.7K ratings)
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    W. E. B. Griffin Direct Action (Presidential Agent Novel, 10)

    Presidential Agent • Book 10

    by Jack Stewart

    5.00 Goodreads (4 ratings)