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12 books with a reading profile close to Rising Sun by Michael Crichton. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

Gray Mountain

by John Grisham

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Following the 2008 financial collapse, Samantha Kofer loses her high-stakes career at a major Manhattan law firm.
2

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Set in 1963, the plot follows a secret French paramilitary group, the OAS, as they hire a professional British assassin known only by the codename Jackal.
3

The Guardians

by John Grisham

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In the small town of Seabrook, Florida, Quincy Miller was convicted of murdering his lawyer, Keith Russo.
4

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

by Ed Brubaker

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Set immediately after the events of Year One, this story chronicles the first encounter between Batman and the Joker.
5

A Matter of Honour

by Jeffrey Archer

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Adam Scott, a former captain in the British Army, receives a mysterious letter following his father's death.
6

Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event (Comic)

by Mark Millar

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

Following a catastrophic explosion in Stamford caused by a battle between the New Warriors and Nitro, the United States government passes the Superhuman Registration Act.
7

Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye

by Frank Miller

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Marv is a massive, scarred brawler who wakes up in a cheap hotel to find Goldie, the beautiful woman he just spent the night with, murdered beside him.
8

Pirate Latitudes

by Michael Crichton, John Bedford Lloyd

Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment

In 1667, Captain Charles Hunter receives a secret commission from the Governor of Jamaica to lead an expedition against a Spanish fortress on the island of Matanceros.
9

The Revenant

by Michael Punke

Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

Set in 1823, Michael Punke’s novel follows Hugh Glass, a scout for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
10

Batman, Volume 2: The City of Owls

by Scott Snyder

Also clear-cut and escapist · thriller, entertainment

In the second volume of Scott Snyder’s Batman run, Bruce Wayne faces the Court of Owls, a secret cabal that has manipulated Gotham City's infrastructure and politics from the shadows for centuries.
11

Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls

by Scott Snyder

Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

Bruce Wayne believes he knows every secret within Gotham City's foundations, yet the discovery of a century-old murder reveals a hidden organization known as the Court of Owls.
12

Red Storm Rising (Audio Cassette)

by Tom Clancy

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment

The plot begins when Soviet agents sabotage a major Siberian oil refinery, creating a fuel crisis that threatens the USSR’s economic survival.

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