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Books Like The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth · about this book

Loved The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth? If its thriller, espionage and assassins hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Bourne Identity, True Believer and Without Sanction. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Day of the Jackal: Thriller · Espionage · Assassins · Cat and Mouse Chase · Historical Fiction

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   The Bourne Identity

   Robert Ludlum

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Espionage · Assassins · Paris · Thriller

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   True Believer

   Jack Carr

   Terrorism · Espionage · Cat and Mouse Chase · Race Against Time · Thriller

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   Without Sanction

   Don Bentley

   Espionage · Race Against Time · Thriller · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful

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   State of Terror

   Hillary Rodham Clinton

   Espionage · Ticking Clock · Thriller · Race Against Time · Conspiracy

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   The Spy and the Traitor

   Ben Macintyre

   Espionage · Race Against Time · Thriller · Conspiracy · Plot-Driven

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   Boy Nobody

   Allen Zadoff

   Espionage · Assassins · Thriller · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful

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   The Da Vinci Code

   Dan Brown

   Cat and Mouse Chase · Paris · Race Against Time · Thriller · Crime

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8. 

   Killers of a Certain Age

   Deanna Raybourn

   Assassins · Cat and Mouse Chase · Thriller · Paris · Crime

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9. 

   The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

   Stieg Larsson

   Thriller · Espionage · Dense Prose · Tense and Suspenseful · Conspiracy

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10. 

    NO EXIT

    Taylor Adams

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Ticking Clock · Race Against Time · Thriller · Violent

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11. 

    The Enemy

    Lee Child

    Paris · Thriller · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful · Crime

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12. 

    The Rumor Game

    Thomas Mullen

    Espionage · Thriller · Historical Fiction · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful

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13. 

    South of Nowhere

    Jeffery Deaver

    Ticking Clock · Thriller · Conspiracy · Race Against Time · Crime

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14. 

    Zero Days

    Ruth Ware

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Race Against Time · Thriller · Conspiracy · Crime

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15. 

    Holy Spy

    Rory Clements

    Espionage · Historical Fiction · Thriller · Conspiracy · Tense and Suspenseful

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    Sacrilege

    S.J. Parris

    Espionage · Historical Fiction · Conspiracy · Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful

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17. 

    The Nothing Man

    Catherine Ryan Howard

    Cat and Mouse Chase · Villain Protagonist · Thriller · Plot-Driven · Tense and Suspenseful

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18. 

    Vicious

    V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab

    Villain Protagonist · Cat and Mouse Chase · Thriller · Tense and Suspenseful · Crime

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19. 

    The Mask Falling

    Samantha Shannon

    Espionage · Paris · Dense Prose · Tense and Suspenseful · Thriller

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20. 

    The Kind Worth Killing

    Peter Swanson

    Villain Protagonist · Cat and Mouse Chase · Thriller · Crime · Plot-Driven

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