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Technothrillers: Favorite Authors
Best/Favorite Technothriller Authors
• technothrillers are not simple crime thrillers
• this list has only 1 book per author
• do not add more books by an author
• to vote for an author, vote for that 1 book
• vote only if you’ve read ≥ 2 books by the author
• 1 sparrow does not a summer make
• 1 book makes a good book, not a good author
• rank the authors, not books
• adding an author? choose their most rated technothriller
• only vote for a book with ≥ 1000 ratings
• authors must have 2 books with ≥ 1000 ratings

Technothrillers have moments of thriller intensity, and plots that turn on the technical details, well-established with a deep dive like Clancy's Red October or a science blitz like Crichton's Jurassic Park. These thrillers explore emerging/near-reaching possibilities. Not your classic crime suspense thriller. Not a galaxy far, far away. Not a fantasy. Nothing magical. Plausible physics in some plausible Earth-based setting.

Sometimes, a writer's most-rated book is not a technothriller, such as author Dan Brown. Click on Dan Brown's author page and you'll see a list of his books. Angels & Demons has the most ratings (about 3 million), but it is (arguably) just a classic crime suspense thriller, not a techno-thriller. There is no technology per se, and arguably no technical detail. There is detailed symbolic/scripture interpretation, but no ... science. His book Deception Point is his most rated book that truly is a technothriller (with about 700,000 ratings).

If you object that a nominated book/author is not relevant to the technothriller genre, say so in the comments. Perhaps some day I'll earn the power to do something about it.

Book Group: Technothrillers
Lists:
  • Technothrillers: Favorite Authors
  • Technothrillers: Best of All Time
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 20th Century
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 21st Century
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1960s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1970s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1980s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1990s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 2000s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 2010s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 2020s
Additional Lists:
  • Best Technothrillers Ever
  • Best Science Thrillers

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1	Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton 4.14 avg rating — 1,106,259 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Martian by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,392,667 ratings score: 493, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3) by Tom Clancy 4.12 avg rating — 393,912 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Daemon (Daemon, #1) by Daniel Suarez (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 50,000 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Relic (Pendergast, #1) by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 118,653 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 826,277 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston 4.16 avg rating — 126,046 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Deception Point by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 712,236 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 4.09 avg rating — 538,647 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Breach (Travis Chase, #1) by Patrick Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 10,594 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 3.92 avg rating — 331,571 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Dreamers by Randall Coleman (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	King of the World by Randall Coleman (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Storm Project by Randall Coleman (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Adventures of the Pasporto Man by Randall Coleman (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 297,393 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Bering Strait (Future War #1) by F.X. Holden (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 2,131 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 304,571 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

18 books · 11 voters · list created August 22nd, 2024 by Steve Shelby (votes) .

Tags: authors, techno-thriller, technothriller, writers

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Steve 1080 books
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~☆~Autumn 8169 books
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Fiona 1734 books
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Celia 5662 books
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Angela 3842 books
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Christopher 204 books
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Darrin 1009 books
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Vishnu 31 books
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message 1: by Steve (last edited Jun 05, 2026 07:05AM) (new)

Dec 19, 2025 02:59AM

The book Untethered has 44 ratings, not 1000+. Please not that the list description specifies, in bold, Do not vote for a book with less than 1000 ratings. Please, in keeping with the stated guidelines, delete it from this list.

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message 2: by Steve (new)

Mar 14, 2026 02:12AM

Decryption Gambit has 26 ratings, not 1000+. Every one of those accounts voted for that one book on a multitude of lists. This is clearly a spam situation.

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message 3: by Steve (last edited Aug 10, 2026 11:05PM) (new)

May 30, 2026 08:09AM

I’m thinking Patricia Cornwell is just straight crime/murder mystery, not a technothriller. Those are not the same genre. Are you sure there is some emerging science/technology in her books? Having a forensic scientist or pathologist participate in solving a crime mystery is normal. This is not an exploration of how the world might change if someone innovated some new forensic technology, is it?

Update: Had it removed.

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message 4: by Steve (new)

Jul 25, 2026 04:27PM

Hallelujah! The book Untethered, spammed on here with just 2 ratings at the time, well short of the 1000 minimum required, has finally been purged. It takes time, but we fight the good fight to keep the quality of the list up.

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message 5: by Steve (last edited Sep 16, 2026 05:25PM) (new)

Sep 09, 2026 10:21PM

The book KING OF THE WORLD: The Global Coup by Randall Coleman was voted as one of the best authors in the genre, despite have only 1 rating. At least 1000 ratings are required for this list. This account, Brossard, also voted for this one book on 7 lists and this account joined 5 groups today and posted the same promotional paragraph on all of them. He says: “It's like a Tom Clancy novel on steroids.”

Reported and purged.

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message 6: by Steve (last edited Sep 22, 2026 08:38PM) (new)

Sep 16, 2026 05:26PM

Fiona, please resubmit Neal Stephenson under Snow Crash, a more known technothriller.

Update: I added Neal Stephenson under Snow Crash, which has 303K ratings, vs 58K for Reamde. Will have Reamde removed.

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message 7: by Steve (last edited Sep 20, 2026 12:37PM) (new)

Sep 20, 2026 12:37PM

Note that Daemon is the book one of us selected for Daniel Suarez. He wrote that book under his pen name, Leinad Zeraus, his two names spelled backwards. It is his most known book, and he is now listed as the author on the cover and listed as an alternate author of it, but there is no version where Leinad Zeraus doesn’t show up as the first author. Many of his fans know this now. We arguably should put Freedom as the book for him, so he’d actually have his name listed. But, it does show his name on the book cover.

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