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Books like The Cobra Event

12 books with a reading profile close to The Cobra Event by Richard Preston. Outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.

1

The Water Knife

by Paolo Bacigalupi

Also outward-looking · thriller, narrative

Set in a near-future American Southwest, the story follows Angel Velasquez, a hired mercenary for the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
2

Lucifer's Hammer

by Larry Niven

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

When amateur astronomer Tim Hamner discovers a new comet, the world watches with scientific curiosity until the celestial body, dubbed Lucifer’s Hammer, strikes Earth.
3

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

Also escapist · thriller, narrative

In the ruins of North America, the nation of Panem consists of the wealthy Capitol and twelve impoverished surrounding districts.
4

Rising Sun

by Michael Crichton

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

During a gala opening for the Nakamoto Corporation’s new Los Angeles headquarters, a beautiful woman is found dead on a boardroom table.
5

Micro

by Michael Crichton

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, science fiction

In this technothriller, seven graduate students travel to Hawaii for jobs at Vin Drake’s cutting-edge biotech firm, Nanigen.
6

Gray Mountain

by John Grisham

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

Following the 2008 financial collapse, Samantha Kofer loses her high-stakes career at a major Manhattan law firm.
7

Reamde

by Neal Stephenson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, science fiction

Richard Forthrast, an entrepreneur and former draft dodger, builds a fortune through a massive multiplayer online role-playing game called T’Rain.
8

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth

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

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.
9

The Guardians

by John Grisham

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

In the small town of Seabrook, Florida, Quincy Miller was convicted of murdering his lawyer, Keith Russo.
10

Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye

by Frank Miller

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

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.
11

House of M

by Brian Michael Bendis

Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction

Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, suffers a psychological breakdown that threatens the fabric of reality.
12

Tom Clancy's Net Force

by Tom Clancy, Steve R. Pieczenik

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · thriller, science fiction

Set in the year 2010, the narrative follows Commander Alex Michaels as he takes control of Net Force, a specialized division of the FBI tasked with policing the internet.

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