Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best military thriller books of all time, a genre blending intense combat with high-stakes suspense that has long topped bestseller charts. The selection spans decades and includes both meticulously researched historical fiction and speculative conflicts, with entries ranked from ten down to one.

– 10: 'Red Storm Rising' (1986) by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond, imagining a full-scale Cold War conflict between NATO and the Soviet Union
– 9: 'The Hunt for Red October' (1984), Clancy's debut novel about a Soviet submarine commander's suspected defection
– 8: 'The Eagle Has Landed' (1975) by Jack Higgins, a fictional Nazi plot to kidnap Winston Churchill during the Second World War
– Further entries in the countdown (7 through 1) continue the ranking but are not detailed in the available excerpt