Top 16 Best David Baldacci Books Updated 04 /2024

David Baldacci is the author of a lot of thriller books. There are many series and single suspense novels, so it can be hard to figure out where to start. As a good thriller suspense book, you can't go wrong with any of Baldacci's books. According to Goodreads users, these are 10 of Baldacci's most popular books. They're a mix of standalone and series-starting books, all of which are a good place to start if you want to read more of Baldacci's work.

Memory Man

by David Baldacci

Memory Man is the first book in Bladacci's Amos Decker series, which is about a former NFL player who can remember everything he sees perfectly. Currently, Decker works for the FBI as a field agent. This book introduces readers to Decker and tells them about how he came to work for the FBI. It also tells them about the shocking murders that led him to do that.

Absolute Power

by David Baldacci

It's about Luther Whitney, a burglar who breaks into a mansion in Virginia looking for a windfall. Instead, he sees the President of the United States and his mistress do something very bad. As soon as he doesn't know it, Whitney is caught up in a huge conspiracy that has connections to all the top jobs in the country.

The Innocent

by David Baldacci

Will Robie is an elite hitman who is hired by the highest government officials to kill people who could harm the country. But when his new job doesn't feel right to him, he doesn't do it and has to flee to avoid danger. Robie realizes his case and the murders of her parents are linked when he meets a teenager who has run away from home because her parents were killed. It is the first book in the series called "Will Robie."

The Camel Club

by David Baldacci

The Camel Club is a group of conspiracy-obsessed men who meet to talk about conspiracy theories, cover-ups, and recent events. The group is made up of four men. But when they see a murder, the conspiracies they talk about become real. Now, they have to work with a Secret Service agent to find out about a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top of the government. The Camel Club is the start of a series.

As a side note, read the Camel Club series in order.

Zero Day

by David Baldacci

It's called Zero Day, and it's the first book in the John Puller series. It's about a veteran and a military investigator who has to look into crimes that involve military people. In the first book, John is called to a small West Virginia town where a family has been killed in their home. He must work with the local detective assigned to the case to uncover a far-reaching conspiracy that goes far beyond the town where the crime took place.

Split Second

by David Baldacci

In a split second, Michelle Maxwell and Sean King's lives were changed for the rest of their lives. When they took their eyes off their charges for just a split second eight years apart, both Secret Service agents were killed. Now, they're working together to find a connection between both of their cases that they didn't expect. Together, they're a powerful team of investigators. There is a series called Split Second. This is the first book in the series.

Last Man Standing

by David Baldacci

He is a member of the FBI Hostage Rescue Team. One day he and his team are sent to an alley, where they are brutally attacked by a group of people. A ten-year-old boy and Web are the only people left alive. During this time, he'll work with the boy to figure out who killed the rest of his team.

The Winner

by David Baldacci

LuAnn Tyler is only twenty years old, but she is a mother to an infant and is as beautiful and poor as she is beautiful. When she gets a $100 million lottery ticket, she's told that all she has to do is move and change her name. For such a lot of money, it seems like a small price to pay. However, LuAnn is caught up in a complicated plot that could very well cost her her life.

Total Control

by David Baldacci

This movie is about Jason Archer, who works for a tech company and seems to have it all. When his plane crashes in Virginia, he leaves behind more questions than answers. She's devastated, but Sidney is surprised to find discrepancies in what she thinks about her husband and questions from law enforcement agencies on all sides after he was found dead. Jason was a real person, and he was also a part of a lot of different things.

Long Road to Mercy

by David Baldacci

Long Road to Mercy is the first book in one of Baldacci's new series, the Atlee Pine books. Atlee Pine is an FBI agent who works for Shattered Rock and is in charge of the Grand Canyon. To find out what happened to the mules, Atlee starts by looking into her own tragic childhood. Her twin sister Mercy was taken away and Atlee had to live on her own.

No Time Left 

Frank Becker is an assassin that people want to hire. It's not clear what his new assignment is, but it makes him think about his past in a new way. The assignment could change his life for the better if he does well on it.

Saving Faith 

Faith Lockhart is a lobbyist who comes across a corruption scandal at the top of the government. The world's most powerful people will do everything they can to keep her from testifying against them.

A Minute to Midnight 

It's the sequel to "Long Road to Mercy." Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, go back to Atlee's hometown to look into the night her sister, Mercy, was taken. Then she meets a serial killer who has a weird way of killing people for rituals.

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