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Books like Scoundrel

If you loved Scoundrel by Bernard Cornwell, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in War & Military, Mystery & Detective, Literary, and Action & Adventure.

Top related books to Scoundrel

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

Bitter Sun

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

Back to the Dirt A Novel

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Action & Adventure

Sentenced to Die Until Proven Guilty, Injustice for All, Trial by Fury — J. A. Jance

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

The Lonely Sea

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#10

Plan of Attack A Novel

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#11

Kill Promise

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Action & Adventure

#12

Chronicles of the Black Company

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#13

The Palestine Conspiracy

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#14

Heart of Darkness

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#15

Lost Girls

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Action & Adventure

#16

The Sharpshooter: Gold Fever

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#17

At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt

G. A. Henty

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#18

The Trojan Sea A Novel

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Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Literary

#19

Dream Town

David Baldacci

Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Action & Adventure

#20

Under the Eagle

Simon Scarrow

Themes: War & Military • Mystery & Detective • Action & Adventure

#21

Mr Standfast , by John Buchan. a NOVEL (Thriller) John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, ( 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) Was a Scottish Novelist, Historian and Unionist Politician Who Served As Governor General of Canada, the 15th Since Canadian Confederation

John Buchan

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#22

The Last Cavalier Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon

Alexandre Dumas

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#23

The Death of the Fronsac: a Novel

Neal Ascherson

Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

#24

Escape

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Themes: War & Military • Literary • Action & Adventure

If Scoundrel by Bernard Cornwell is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by War & Military, Mystery & Detective, Literary and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Bernard Cornwell, Beth Lewis, Taylor Moore, Brad Taylor, and others.