Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Hi all,

Going to taking a long haul flight in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions for a book(s) that will be suitable for hours of reading due to suspense/excitement/adventure etc.

Some authors that I like include:

Clive Cussler
James Rollins (the judas strain is a high contender already)
Lee Child (Make Me is also a high contender)
David Baldacci
Michael Connelly


Im not keen on reading any more Matthew Reilly so please dont suggest that

Looking forward to your suggestions,

Cheers!

Vaelin wrote: "Hi all,

Going to taking a long haul flight in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions for a book(s) that will be suitable for hours of reading due to suspense/excitement/adventure etc.

So..."
Ben Coes' Dewey Andreas series is awesome. Currently, 5 books and they pick up after each one. Full of action and good storytelling.

Mark Greaney - the gray man and also the books of Dalton Fury.

Ben Coes is really good by the way. Top suggestion!

I really enjoyed Phoenix Island by John Dixon and Didymus Contingency by Jeremy Robinson

Also one of my favorites. if you haven't read Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter it is a great read.

The Eight

The Tokaido Road

Watership Down

Anything by Robert Crais. You'll burn through it because he writes clean, tight prose, so take two.

Scott wrote: "Anything by Robert Crais. You'll burn through it because he writes clean, tight prose, so take two."

I agree. Crais is a great read.

Vaelin wrote: "Hi all,

Going to taking a long haul flight in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions for a book(s) that will be suitable for hours of reading due to suspense/excitement/adventure etc.

So..."

If you like police procedurals like Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch, you should enjoy John Sandford's Lucas Davenport. Currently, 26 books. Nice long series to sink your teeth into.

Thanks Elaine, I should have mentioned im already a Sandford fan

great series!

would clive cussler be a good author for a long haul flight?

Cussler's earlier books would be & are pretty good. His later books went down hill from what I've heard & my limited experience. Huge plot holes.

Vaelin wrote: "Hi all,

Going to taking a long haul flight in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions for a book(s) that will be suitable for hours of reading due to suspense/excitement/adventure etc.
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Brad Taylor's Pike Logan is another series (9 books currently) that I enjoy though I listen to them, not read. Great audios for a long trip as you can just close your eyes and relax!

Scott wrote: "Anything by Robert Crais. You'll burn through it because he writes clean, tight prose, so take two."

Thank you Scotty

I recently tore through "the Last Detective" and loved it

I will read some more Crais while on holidays....what are his best works please?

ElaineY wrote: "Vaelin wrote: "Hi all,

Going to taking a long haul flight in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions for a book(s) that will be suitable for hours of reading due to suspense/excitement/adv..."

Do I need to read these in order?

Vaelin wrote: "ElaineY wrote: "Vaelin wrote: "Hi all,

Going to taking a long haul flight in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions for a book(s) that will be suitable for hours of reading due to suspens..."

Yes, the Pike Logan books are best read in order because Jennifer, Pike's love interest and Taskforce member is introduced early in the series. It will show how she becomes a respected member of the Taskforce. The first installment covers Pike's background and the formation of the Taskforce.

Each action thread is closed by the end of the book so no cliffhangers that I can recall, but I could be wrong.

Just read Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz. It was a great action packed book.

Ill look into it, I read another Hurwitz book I didn't really enjoy

Im also going to try Victor the Assassin series by Tom Wood

anyone read those ones?

Victor the Assassin is great, one of my favorites. I love Crais, Sanford, Silva, PIke Logan, and V the A fits right in there.

Vaelin wrote: "Ill look into it, I read another Hurwitz book I didn't really enjoy

Im also going to try Victor the Assassin series by Tom Wood

anyone read those ones?"

I like Victor. I listen to the audiobooks, though, and love Rob Shapiro's narration of the series!

If you like Victor you might also like David Stone's Micah Dalton series and Bratt Battles' Jonathan Quinn. Both of those series have audiobook version and Jonathan Quinn is really great in Scott Brick's narration.

You can tell this is an old topic.... Do people fly anymore?