The Greatest Books of All Time on Kidnapping
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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 966 | The Ipcress File | Len Deighton | 1962 | British | English | |
| 1264 | The Franchise Affair | Josephine Tey | 1948 | British | English | |
| 1277 | A High Wind in Jamaica | Richard Hughes | 1929 | British | English | |
| 1397 | The BFG | Roald Dahl | 1982 | British | English | |
| 1636 | The Collector | John Fowles | 1963 | British | English | |
| 1639 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish | James Hadley Chase | 1939 | British | English | |
| 2663 | Early Autumn | Robert B. Parker | 1980 | American | English | |
| 2795 | The Eagle Has Landed | Jack Higgins | 1975 | British | English | |
| 3035 | The Crab With The Golden Claws | Hergé | 1941 | Belgian | French | |
| 3061 | Ratking | Michael Dibdin | 1988 | British | English | |
| 3157 | The Honorary Consul | Graham Greene | 1973 | British | English | |
| 3321 | Where Are The Children? | Mary Higgins Clark | 1975 | American | English | |
| 3496 | Devil's Cub | Georgette Heyer | 1932 | British | English | |
| 3610 | The Blue Lotus | Hergé | 1936 | Belgian | French | |
| 4172 | The Bone Collector | Jeffery Deaver | 1997 | American | English | |
| 5492 | Along Came A Spider | James Patterson | 1993 | American | English | |
| 5499 | The Underground Man | Ross Macdonald | 1971 | American | English | |
| 5580 | The Journeying Boy | Michael Innes | 1949 | British | English | |
| 5849 | The Rope | Plautus | -204 | Roman | Latin | |
| 6210 | The Midnight Examiner | William Kotzwinkle | 1989 | American | English | |
| 6255 | Six Four | Hideo Yokoyama | 2012 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 6274 | Frost At Christmas | R. D. Wingfield | 1984 | British | English | |
| 6481 | I'm Not Scared | Niccolò Ammaniti | 2001 | Italian | Italian | |
| 6609 | Nos4 A2 | Joe Hill | 2013 | American | English | |
| 7107 | Kiss The Girls | James Patterson | 1995 | American | English | |
| 7881 | 13 Hours | Deon Meyer | 2008 | South African | Afrikaans | |
| 8538 | Lady Joker | Kaoru Takamura | 1997 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 8592 | The Monkey's Raincoat | Robert Crais | 1987 | American | English | |
| 9150 | Mercy | Jussi Adler-Olsen | 2007 | Danish | Danish | |
| 9220 | The Danger | Dick Francis | 1983 | British | English | |
| 9283 | News Of The World | Paulette Jiles | 2016 | American | English | |
| 9678 | Gone Baby Gone | Dennis Lehane | 1998 | American | English | |
| 9731 | The Hard Way | Lee Child | 2006 | British | English | |
| 9822 | Alex | Pierre Lemaitre | 2011 | French | French | |
| 10086 | Angelfall | Susan Ee | 2011 | American | English | |
| 10821 | An Untamed State | Roxane Gay | 2014 | American | English | |
| 13362 | The People Of The Black Circle | Robert E. Howard | 1934 | American | English | |
| 14232 | Knots and Crosses | Ian Rankin | 1987 | British | English | |
| 14499 | News Of A Kidnapping | Gabriel García Márquez | 1996 | Colombian | Spanish | |
| 14554 | The Deep End Of The Ocean | Jacquelyn Mitchard | 1996 | American | English | |
| 15914 | The Haunted Bookshop | Christopher Morley | 1919 | American | English | |
| 15914 | Ill Met By Moonlight | W. Stanley Moss | 1950 | British | English | |
| 17158 | Outside Over There | Maurice Sendak | 1981 | American | English | |
| 17158 | Savages | Don Winslow | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17158 | Sleeping Beauty | Ross Macdonald | 1973 | American | English | |
| 17158 | The Hollow Kingdom | Clare B. Dunkle | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17158 | The Last Widow | Karin Slaughter | 2019 | American | English | |
| 16978 | One Hundred And One Dalmatians | Dodie Smith | 1956 | British | English | |
| 17158 | Fearless Fourteen | Janet Evanovich | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17158 | First Family | David Baldacci | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17158 | Worst Case | James Patterson | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17158 | Swimsuit | James Patterson | 2009 | American | English | |
| 17158 | The Whipping Boy | Sid Fleischman | 1986 | American | English | |
| 17158 | Bone Gap | Laura Ruby | 2015 | British | English | |
| 17158 | Mine | Robert R. McCammon | 1990 | American | English | |
| 17158 | The Curse Of The Bronze Lamp | Carter Dickson | 1945 | British | English |