Read-a-Likes: Brad Meltzer

If you like Brad Meltzer’s fast-paced, suspenseful thrillers with likable heroes and insider detail, try these authors:

David Baldacci
Joseph Finder
Stephen Frey
John Gilstrap
James Grippando
John Grisham
Robert Harris
Phillip Margolin
Christopher Reich
Philip Shelby

Read-a-Likes: John Grisham

If you like John Grisham’s fast-paced, issue-oriented legal thrillers, try these authors:

David Baldacci
William Bernhardt
Michael Connelly
Nancy Grace
James Grippando
William Lashner
John Lescroart
John Martel
Steve Martini
Brad Meltzer
Richard North Patterson
Lisa Scottoline
Scott Turow

Read-a-Likes: Tom Clancy

If you like the well-researched, fast paced tales of military adventure from the father of the techno-thriller, give these authors a try:

Larry Bond
Dale Brown
Stephen Coonts
Vince Flynn
Frederick Forsyth
W.E.B. Griffin
David Hagberg
Brad Meltzer
R.J. Pineiro
David Poyer
Patrick Robinson
Brad Thor

Read-a-Likes: David Baldacci

If you like David Baldacci’s fast-paced, plot-driven thrillers, try these authors:

William Bernhardt
Dale Brown
Stephen J. Cannell
Nelson DeMille
Joseph Finder
Vince Flynn
John Grisham
James Grippando
Dennis Lehane
Steve Martini
Brad Meltzer
Kyle Mills
Lisa Scottoline
Robert K. Tanenbaum
Scott Turow