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List of the best Robert Ludlum books, ranked by voracious readers in the Ranker community. With commercial success and critical acclaim, there's no doubt that Robert Ludlum is one of the most popular authors of the last 100 years. Ludlam is best known for his Bourne series of novels, as they were adapted into successful movies starting with The Bourne Identity in 2002. If you're a huge fan of his work, then vote on your favorite novels below and make your opinion count. This poll is also a great resource for new fans of Robert Ludlum who want to know which novels they should start reading first. With memorable characters and excellent storytelling, there's no reason why you shouldn't check out his work if you're a big reader.
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The Bourne Identity is a 1980 spy fiction thriller by Robert Ludlum that tells the story of Jason Bourne, a man with remarkable survival abilities who suffers from retrograde amnesia, and who must seek to discover his true identity. In the process, he must also reason out why several shadowy groups, a professional assassin, and the CIA want him dead. The story takes readers on a suspenseful and action-packed journey into a world of deceptions and conspiracies, offering a compelling psychological portrait of Bourne, and giving them the chance to experience from his point of view the life-or-death decisions he makes as he seeks to piece together the dangerous puzzle of his missing past. It is ...more
Author: Robert Ludlum
First Published: 1980-02
Subjects: Espionage, Adventure, United States of America
The Matarese Circle is a novel by Robert Ludlum. It finds a pair of spies, who are former rivals, teaming up to stop an international circle of killers from taking over the world.
The Rhinemann Exchange is a novel of suspense by Robert Ludlum, set in the middle of the Second World War. In 1977, it was made into a television miniseries starring Stephen Collins.
The Holcroft Covenant is a book by Robert Ludlum. A plan to anoint the Fourth Reich was plotted years earlier. Now, in the 1970s, Noel Holcroft has the power to either sign that plan into action or stop it in its tracks.
The Aquitaine Progression is a novel by Robert Ludlum. After a long lost acquaintance shares a secret as his final act before dying violently, lawyer Joel Converse finds himself playing a deadly game of cat and mouse.
