Best Daniel Silva Books

The best books by Daniel Silva — 25 titles spanning Thriller, averaging 4.38 BLT stars.

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Daniel Silva built one of thriller fiction's most durable franchises around Gabriel Allon — Israeli intelligence operative, art restorer, reluctant assassin — and never let the formula go stale. The Gabriel Allon series, from The Kill Artist through The Cellist, weaves espionage into the texture of European art, history, and geopolitics with a specificity that feels genuinely researched rather than Google-mapped. Silva's prose is clean and propulsive, with chapters that end mid-breath and action sequences grounded in operational tradecraft. He has a particular gift for making you care about the painting as much as the plot — The Rembrandt Affair and The English Assassin use forgery and provenance as entry points into moral complexity. Readers who want spy fiction with cultural heft, literary atmosphere, and plots that track global power dynamics will find Silva essential.

Daniel Silva's highest-rated book in our collection is House of Spies (4.52 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    House of Spies

    Gabriel Allon • Book 17

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.52 BLT Score (35.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (35.1K)
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    The Black Widow

    Gabriel Allon • Book 16

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.51 BLT Score (38.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (38.2K)
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    An Inside Job

    Gabriel Allon • Book 25

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.48 BLT Score (24.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.41 Goodreads (24.8K)
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    The New Girl

    Gabriel Allon • Book 19

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.47 BLT Score (34.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (34.4K)
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    The Secret Servant

    Gabriel Allon • Book 7

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.43 BLT Score (31.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (31.0K)
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    The Rembrandt Affair

    Gabriel Allon • Book 10

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.43 BLT Score (37.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.33 Goodreads (37.8K)
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    A Death in Vienna

    Gabriel Allon • Book 4

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.42 BLT Score (32.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (32.4K)
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    The Messenger

    Gabriel Allon • Book 6

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.42 BLT Score (32.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (32.8K)
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    Portrait of an Unknown Woman

    Gabriel Allon • Book 22

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.42 BLT Score (33.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (33.6K)
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    The English Girl

    Gabriel Allon • Book 13

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.41 BLT Score (37.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (37.3K)
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    The Confessor

    Gabriel Allon • Book 3

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.41 BLT Score (37.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (37.4K)
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    The English Spy

    Gabriel Allon • Book 15

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.40 BLT Score (31.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.22 Goodreads (31.8K)
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    A Death in Cornwall

    Gabriel Allon • Book 24

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.40 BLT Score (28.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (28.9K)
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    The Collector

    Gabriel Allon • Book 23

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.39 BLT Score (29.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (29.9K)
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    Prince of Fire

    Gabriel Allon • Book 5

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.38 BLT Score (27.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.23 Goodreads (27.9K)
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    Portrait of a Spy

    Gabriel Allon • Book 11

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.36 BLT Score (33.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (33.3K)
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    The Other Woman

    Gabriel Allon • Book 18

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.35 BLT Score (31.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (31.6K)
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    The Unlikely Spy

    Michael Osbourne

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.35 BLT Score (27.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.25 Goodreads (27.1K)
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    Moscow Rules

    Gabriel Allon • Book 8

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.34 BLT Score (29.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.24 Goodreads (29.4K)
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    The Fallen Angel

    Gabriel Allon • Book 12

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.33 BLT Score (30.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.21 Goodreads (30.5K)
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    The Heist

    Gabriel Allon • Book 14

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.33 BLT Score (30.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (30.3K)
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    The English Assassin

    Gabriel Allon • Book 2

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.31 BLT Score (45.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (45.2K)
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    The Order

    Gabriel Allon • Book 20

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.30 BLT Score (32.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.17 Goodreads (32.3K)
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    The Kill Artist

    Gabriel Allon • Book 1

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (101.2K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (101.2K)
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    The Mark Of The Assassin

    Michael Osbourne • Book 1

    by Daniel Silva

    ★ 4.17 BLT Score (15.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.14 Goodreads (15.0K)
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