Books Like The Target

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Ron McLarty narrates The Target alongside Orlagh Cassidy across 13 hours with the functional authority the Camel Club series requires — McLarty's spy-thriller delivery is efficient and unadorned, treating the assassin plot as straight action without reaching for texture it doesn't need. The dual- format gives the parallel storylines clean separation. Five of the recommendations also feature McLarty, every single title comes from Baldacci's catalog, and all ten match the runtime — this list is essentially a complete guide to the Baldacci world in McLarty's voice.

10 books for fans of The Target

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    The Escape

    John Puller • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

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    John Puller's brother Robert breaks out of an inescapable military prison, making the army investigator choose between duty and blood in a case involving national security's darkest secrets.

    4.22 Goodreads (62.9K 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 Forgotten

    John Puller • Book 2

    by David Baldacci

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    Baldacci sends his military investigator to sunny Florida where his aunt's death exposes corruption beneath Paradise's perfect facade.

    4.16 Goodreads (70.2K 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)
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    The Simple Truth

    by David Baldacci

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    After twenty-five years in prison, Rufus Harms recovers suppressed memories proving his innocence, but his covert appeal to the Supreme Court triggers a deadly conspiracy to silence him forever.

    4.11 Goodreads (42.4K ratings)
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    Split Second

    Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

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    Sean King's split-second distraction cost a presidential candidate his life, ending King's Secret Service career. When history repeats with another agent, King must uncover the connection to clear both their names.

    4.05 Goodreads (83.5K ratings)