Techno-Thrillers discussion

The Tom Clancy Challenge: Read any book by Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy is the author of The Hunt for Red October, the book that established the techno-thriller genre. His many books, most of them large tomes featuring intelligence analyst Jack Ryan and/or covert operative John Clark, were the source of many hours of great reading, and the inspiration for many follow-on military themed books, movies, television mini-series, and video games.


Photo: Tom Clancy on the USS Yorktown, by Joe McNally, copyright 1988, Getty Images.

Simply post a list of what you've read here, and come back and edit your post later as you read more. Disregard the group Challenge page, which was impractically tedious. Just post your reads on this thread.

We always appreciate it when you rate, review, and rank your reads using our lists.

Techno-thriller lists:
  • Technothrillers: Best of All Time
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 20th Century
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 21st Century
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1960s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1970s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1980s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 1990s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 2000s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 2010s
  • Technothrillers: Best of the 2020s
  • Technothrillers: Favorite Authors

Additional Lists:
  • Best Technothrillers Ever
  • Best Tom Clancy Books
  • Best Spy Novels

My Clancy list:


>20y The Hunt for Red October (1984)
✓ Red Storm Rising (1986)
✓ Patriot Games (1987)
✓ Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988)
>20y Clear and Present Danger (1989)
✓ Sum of all Fears (1991)
✓ Without Remorse (1993)
TBR Debt of Honor (1994)
TBR Executive Orders (1996)
✓ Rainbow Six (1998)

I need to reread a couple for credit on the challenge. Read both of those twice already. Need to fill in some gaps. I’ve also read some post Clancy books too but wasn't at all the same so not counting them.