FavAuthor
Ken Follett
Photo: Ken Follett official website. Original uploader was JuergenL at de.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia Commons

If you like Ken Follett, read these authors

British novelist (born 1949)

Also known as: Kenneth Martin Follett, Кен Фоллетт, كين فوليت, 켄 폴릿, ケン・フォレット, 肯·福勒特

Similar authors

This list comes from an AI, not yet from reader data. Once enough readers like Ken Follett, their data replaces the AI suggestions.

  • Edward Rutherfurd1948–
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Sweeping multigenerational historical sagas tracing families across centuries in a single place. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Bernard Cornwell1944–
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Fast-paced historical fiction with vivid medieval and military settings. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Jeffrey Archer1940–2026
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Popular family sagas and thrillers spanning the twentieth century with page-turning plotting. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Frederick Forsyth1938–2025
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Meticulously researched espionage thrillers akin to Eye of the Needle. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Jack Higgins1929–2022
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Second World War spy and action thrillers with tense cat-and-mouse plots. (AI reason)

    Report
Show all 10
  • Sharon Kay Penman1945–2021
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Richly detailed medieval English historical novels of political intrigue. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Philippa Gregory1954–
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Accessible historical fiction of Tudor-era court politics and religious conflict. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Alan Furst1941–
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Atmospheric espionage novels set in Europe on the eve of and during the Second World War. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Wilbur Smith1933–2021
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Epic adventure family sagas blending history, romance and action. (AI reason)

    Report
  • Ildefonso Falcones1959–
    AI suggestion, no reader data yet

    Medieval epic centered on cathedral building and social struggle, echoing The Pillars of the Earth. (AI reason)

    Report

Pick Ken Follett and a few more favorite authors to get suggestions that fit you.

Get your own suggestions

Known works

  • The Pillars of the Earth (2007)
  • Hornet Flight (2002)
  • Jackdaws (2001)
  • Fall of Giants
  • Lie Down With Lions (1986)