Books Like The Forgotten

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Ron McLarty narrates The Forgotten with the kind of workhorse reliability he's brought to David Baldacci's work for years — a steady mid-tenor that keeps the 13-hour military procedural moving without ever calling attention to itself, letting the conspiracy do the atmospheric work. Orlagh Cassidy provides the female-perspective chapters with complementary restraint. Every single recommendation here is a Baldacci title, six share McLarty himself, and all ten run at nearly identical length.

10 books for fans of The Forgotten

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    The Guilty

    Will Robie • Book 4

    by David Baldacci

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    After a failed overseas mission, Robie must return to the Gulf Coast hometown he fled, where his father faces murder charges in Baldacci's most personal thriller.

    4.22 Goodreads (64.2K ratings)
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    The Innocent

    Will Robie • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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    Will Robie never misses his target until a botched assassination forces him to question everything—Baldacci launches his hitman series with a taut thriller about a killer who discovers he might be on the wrong side.

    4.19 Goodreads (122.3K ratings)
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    Hell's Corner

    The Camel Club • Book 5

    by David Baldacci

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    Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy navigate Baldacci's political thriller where Stone's assassination skills become essential to preventing national disaster.

    4.19 Goodreads (44.8K ratings)
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    The Hit

    Will Robie • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

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    America's top government assassin must hunt down Jessica Reel, a fellow hitman who's turned on their agency—but her targets suggest a deeper conspiracy.

    4.18 Goodreads (79.7K ratings)
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    The Target

    Will Robie • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

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    Baldacci cranks the political stakes to maximum as the President weighs a mission that could either eliminate a global threat or end his presidency through impeachment.

    4.18 Goodreads (66.0K ratings)
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    Memory Man

    Amos Decker • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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    Amos Decker's hyperthymesia curse means he remembers everything, especially finding his wife and daughter's bodies—until someone confesses to their murder.

    4.13 Goodreads (160.2K ratings)
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    The Whole Truth

    A. Shaw • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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    With peace threatening his arms dealing empire, Nicolas Creel hires propaganda experts to create fake international crises that will bloom into real, profitable conflicts.

    4.09 Goodreads (43.4K ratings)
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    True Blue

    by David Baldacci

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    Baldacci follows a disgraced ex-cop fighting to clear her name while investigating a mysterious D.C. homicide that connects to the shadowy forces that originally destroyed her career.

    3.95 Goodreads (35.4K ratings)
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    The Camel Club Audio Box Set: The Camel Club / The Collectors / Stone Cold

    The Camel Club #1-3

    by David Baldacci, James Naughton, Tom Wopat, Maggi-Meg Reed, Ron McLarty

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    Three novels follow Washington D.C.'s most unlikely heroes as they uncover deadly conspiracies. The Camel Club's investigation of presidential assassination attempts reveals corruption reaching the highest government levels.

    4.42 Goodreads (1.1K ratings)
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    The Last Mile

    Amos Decker • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

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    Melvin Mars faces execution for killing his parents until a deathbed confession throws everything into question, attracting FBI detective Amos Decker's attention. Baldacci explores how two men's parallel tragedies might be connected by something larger.

    4.24 Goodreads (105.8K ratings)