The Count of Monte Cristo Read-alikes

Try these books if you are looking for:

• Read-alikes for The Count of Monte Cristo
  
• Historical fiction
• Action/Adventure
• Fast-paced
• Clean read
• Spy stories

A Conspiracy of Paper
By David Liss
F LISS
An outsider in eighteenth-century London, Jewish pugilist and hired thug Benjamin Weaver prowls the city's mean streets in the service of England's gentry tracking down debtors and thieves.

The Scarlet Pimpernel
By Baroness Emmuska Orczy
F ORCZY
Sir Percy Blakeney leads titled Englishmen in assisting the escape of emigrés threatened during the terrors of the French Revolution.

Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?
By Eleanor Updale
YA F UPDALE
In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself.

Master and Commander
By Patrick O'Brian
F O'BRIAN
Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin fight in the Napoleonic Wars.

The Black Tulip
By Alexandre Dumas
F DUMAS
During the 17th century, William of Orange supports the tulip agitation against Johan de Witt and his brother in Haarlem.

Robert Ludlum Read-alike Suggestions

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• Read-alikes for Robert Ludlum
• Fast-paced action thrillers with little or no strong language, graphic or violent scenes
• Spy Thrillers

Transfer of Power
By Vince Flynn
F FLYNN
This series features CIA counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp. Ludlum fans should like how the author mixes terrorists, political suspense, and conspiracy to create a satisfyingly action-packed, fast-paced series with international implications. Transfer of Power is the first of the series. This book may contain some swearing.

The Walls of Jericho
By Jon Land
F LAND
Graphic action sequences, exotic locales, international terrorists, and complicated plots with conspiracies and betrayals characterize Jon Land’s Ben Kamal and Danielle Barnea series beginning with The Walls of Jericho.

Honor Among Thieves
By Jeffrey Archer
F ARCHER
Saddam Hussein, in his ongoing desire to humiliate the U.S., arranges for the theft of the Declaration of Independence from the National Archives. His aim is to destroy the document in front of CNN cameras on July 4th for all the world to see, and so destroy the credibility of his arch-enemy.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

By John Le Carre
F LE CARRE
Alec Leamas wants to stop being a spy but he agrees to take a final assignment in order to prove to the enemy that their leader is a double agent.

Odd Thomas
By Dean Koontz
F KOONTZ
Psychological Thriller
Thomas, a twenty-year-old short order cook, possesses the paranormal ability to see dead people and predict violence. Thomas’s premonitory vision of mass murder activates when he meets "Fungus Man," who is surrounded by bodachs, malevolent spirits that foretell bloodshed. Thomas uses his insights to deter catastrophe.