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Technothrillers: Best of All Time
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Techno-thrillers explore the ramifications of emerging technology, science, or natural phenomena in a story where your pulse races to thriller intensity at least briefly. The genre tends toward the relatively near-reaching possibilities of sci-fi, and usually includes enough technical detail/explanation to satisfy your inner geek. This is not your classic crime mystery novel. Not a galaxy far, far away. Not a fantasy. Nothing magical. Plausible physics on/near Earth in roughly the near present/future. It can be also be non-fiction, or yes, sometimes it can indeed be rather far-fetched.

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 Pre-1960s
  • 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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message 1: by Steve (last edited Jan 22, 2026 07:45PM) (new)

Steve Shelby The book Untethered has 44 ratings, not 500+.
Please, in keeping with the stated guidelines, delete it from this list.


message 2: by Steve (last edited Jan 09, 2026 01:44PM) (new)

Steve Shelby Please, per the guidance, do not for just one book. I don’t care if you read 1 book. What we care about is the rank order of the books on the list. So, we want you to pick at least a few books and rank them best to worst. If you’ve only read one book from this list … then … maybe you’re not well-read enough in the genre to really tell us what’s better or worse. If you’re even reading this, you probably have read a few books on the list. I will eventually cull those votes or voters who didn’t follow the written guidance.


message 3: by Steve (new)

Steve Shelby Blood on Their Hands has 52 ratings … which is well short of the 500 rating minimum specified for this list. Please delete this book.


message 4: by Steve (new)

Steve Shelby Decryptions Gambit has 15 ratings, far short of the 500+ minimum. Please delete this from the list, and review the guidelines.


message 5: by Steve (new)

Steve Shelby Decryption Gambit on this list is on this list due to several spam accounts. They are posting to all decades. They have all been reported. Spamming is awful


message 6: by Steve (new)

Steve Shelby Note that I can report the spammers many times over and nothing might happen at all for a month.


message 7: by Steve (last edited Mar 13, 2026 10:46PM) (new)

Steve Shelby I’m sure everyone thinks wow, that book must be the best of all time. Voted on by so many accounts with only 1 book and no friends. They vote on 50 lists for the one book. I’m sure no one thinks it is pure spam. I’m sure they all want to read your book. What a marketing genius you are.


message 8: by Steve (new)

Steve Shelby Hey! Decryption Gambit and Blood on their Hands finally went away. I only reported them a dozen times each. Progress.


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Steve Shelby Forbidden Summit has 2 ratings. The guidance says there must be at least 500 ratings. Please remove that book.


message 10: by Steve (last edited Apr 16, 2026 09:10PM) (new)

Steve Shelby Connecting the Dots has 23 ratings. The guidance says there must be at least 500 ratings. This is not a technothriller. Please remove that book. You have been reported as a spammer.


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