The 3 best books by the fascinating Ken Follett

beyond one Pillars of the Earth trilogy that made him known worldwide, delve into the literary work of Ken follett It means discovering a multifaceted author, capable of crossing genres with the same solvency. Always with the same ability to catch the reader with great plots masterfully woven through its vivid characters. All this with a vast knowledge of the subject in which he introduces us.

Follett himself had already explained it in an interview. Diagrams, blackboards and indexes before starting to write and during the writing itself. It is not that it seems to me the best method, but the truth is that Follett has it all well planned so as not to fail. You probably don't have any unfinished novels hidden in your drawer. A methodical type for infallibly constructed works. Healthy envy in my part as a frustrated writer as long as he is able to cling to something so systematic at the same time that his characters seem so natural, so real, so plausible in the midst of their development previously analyzed in detail. …

The thing is that in such a Cartesian writer (if that is how we could call him methodical) it is almost better to look for his alternative literature to the great milestones of trilogies and others to perhaps find the purest narrator. For me it is law to look for the best Ken Follett books, among other types of novels beyond bestsellers as great as prefabricated. I present to you, then, an interesting ranking or podium that will surprise you with its variety and its suggestive arguments that are more, let's say, unpredictable...

Top 3 Recommended Books Ken Follett (Countercurrent Version)

The third twin

I like to point out this work first because in it we find the rarity, the brilliant rarity. Follett's foray into Science Fiction. Cloning as support for a plot that invades you with its total thriller nature. Scientist Jeannie Ferrami works on the nature of twins, searching for their uniqueness in genetic nuances and behavioral patterns with which to present a study on personality to the world.

As he continues his study, he discovers a sinister appearance in some study subject twins. What she finds will lead her towards genetic manipulation and cloning as evidence of its practice by important institutions. The ability to write with the aforementioned versatility reaches its broadest extent in this novel.

We are faced with a thriller that at times can evoke even the very Stephen King. The difference between the two in the way they deal with tension and suspense could be that King would focus on stormy coincidences and resounding drifts that would upset everything, leaving us speechless in front of the end of the world. While Ken Follett keeps us on the high of some good prolegomena until the final climax with certain evocations of scientific fiction but everything much more recognizable.

Final flight

An anticipatory work of what would come later in his The Century trilogy. A fast-paced novel halfway between the war genre and the adventure genre. In June 1941, the course of the war is unfavorable to Great Britain. Somehow the Germans are anticipating air raids by British bombers. Hermia Mount, an intelligent British analyst begins to suspect the existence of a secret radar station off the coast of Denmark.

In Copenhagen, Nazi-collaborator police officer Peter Flemming tries to uncover the Danish resistance network. Meanwhile, Harald Olufsen, a young Danish student, gradually becomes involved in Hermia's investigation. When he finally discovers the truth, on the German-occupied Danish island of Fano, he has no way of getting the information to Britain.

Final Flight, by Ken Follett

Double game

Imagine how much one of those typical plots about the confused identity of a character who doesn't know who he is after some "mishap" in the hands of Ken Follett can give. The matter rushes towards intricate ramifications always compensated with this author's surgical balance that makes capitulation a tool to maintain suspense. Jumps from precise scenes, like a narrative mosaic. Loose ends that get tangled between the past, the present and what history may have in store for its protagonists. A total work.

Jason Bourne is an apprentice alongside Luke, the amnesiac character in this fast-paced story that leads us to NASA. Luke sets out to find out his identity, and realizes that his plight has a lot to do with the relationships he formed years ago at Harvard University, where he was part of a group of two men and two women, romantically linked to each other. but unknowingly situated on opposite sides of the political theater of the cold war. The love and hate relationships between the four protagonists during their youthful years will determine their decisions and actions in a duel to life or death, while the countdown in Cape Canaveral has already begun.

Ken Follett Double Play

Of course, this ranking of mine is completely subjective. And you are probably one of those who thinks that the aforementioned trilogy should occupy a place of honor in any selection by the Welsh author. Surely you are right, but for that great compendium you can always find a multitude of opinions on the net or during a coffee conversation in any office. I also left my opinion on that great The Pillars of the Earth trilogy, but this time I wanted to put it aside.

The same happens with the The Century trilogyDid you think I had forgotten? In the previous link I talked about it, another brutal literary set of this prodigious author. But well, from time to time it is appropriate to contemplate other aspects of a great author like this one, to approach his creative evolution and enjoy singular novels, perhaps not as well known as the trilogies but equally valuable...

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