Books like Total Control

Total Control by David Baldacci reads as fast, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Broker

John Grisham

Both explore power & secrets

80% genome match

The Icarus Hunt

Timothy Zahn

Both explore crime & secrets

94% genome match

The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly · 2005

Both explore crime

72% genome match

Cat Among the Pigeons

Agatha Christie

Both explore secrets & crime

87% genome match

The Good Guy

Dean Koontz

Both explore crime & secrets

84% genome match

Twisted Prey

John Sandford

Both explore crime & power

86% genome match

Finders Keepers

Stephen King

Both explore crime

80% genome match

Bloodline.

Sidney Sheldon · 1977

Both explore power

71% genome match

Le parfum de la dame en noir

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Both explore crime & secrets

85% genome match

Shift

Hugh Howey

Both explore secrets & power

78% genome match

Angels & Demons

Dan Brown · 2000

Both explore secrets

74% genome match

God Save the Mark

Donald E. Westlake

Both explore crime & identity

83% genome match