The Best Action Adventure Books with Matthew Reilly

<p>Matthew Reilly is a New York Times bestselling author of 18 novels - with his latest, The Two Lost Mountains launching today. His books have sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide, thanks to his intriguing characters and plot pacing that’s faster than a Dalorian DMC-12. While most peg him as an action adventure writer, he also touches other genres like scifi and fantasy frequently in his work. Matthew himself describes his novels as 'escapist' fiction.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this chat, we talked Hollywood adaptations, killing off characters (and getting hate mail for it), plus how Michael Crichton influenced his writing…</p> <p>For the best action adventure novels (other than his own) Matthew recommends…</p> <p>The Andromeda Strain or The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton.</p> <p>He also thinks non-fiction like Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari &amp; The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova help inspire great works of fiction.</p> <p>Finally, for pure imagination, Matthew Reilly recommends scifi classics: Rendevous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke, The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov, and The Hyperion Series by Dan Simmons.</p> <p><strong>For a full rundown of the Genre Wars episodes head to: </strong><a href="http://timhawken.com/genrewars"><strong>timhawken.com/genrewars</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br></p>