Books like The Eagle has Landed
12 books with a reading profile close to The Eagle has Landed by Henry Patterson. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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1
Eaters of the Dead
Also escapist · history, thriller
Ahmad ibn Fadlan, a tenth-century Arab diplomat, is forced to accompany a group of Vikings on a journey to the northern lands.
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2
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Also practical and outward-looking · history, entertainment
In 1767, Mack McAsh is a young coal miner in a Scottish mining community where workers are legally bound to their employer for life.
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3
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.
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A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In Clanton, Mississippi, ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is brutally assaulted and left for dead by two white men.
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5
Rising Sun
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
During a gala opening for the Nakamoto Corporation’s new Los Angeles headquarters, a beautiful woman is found dead on a boardroom table.
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6
A Matter of Honour
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.
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The Revenant
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.
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The Day of the Jackal
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.
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300
by Frank Miller
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
In 480 B.C., King Leonidas leads three hundred Spartan warriors to the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae to block the invading Persian army commanded by the self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes.
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10
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.
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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.
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12
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.
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