Fiction novels have evolved into many categories, and contemporary fiction now boasts niches that particular readers admire. One popular genre nowadays is action novels books on FBI Agents.

Authors often use FBI or CIA agents as their lead characters to make the plot interesting. FBI Agents are perceived to carry a strong personality, like in the movies. Just like that, the reader expects the lead character to be witty, clever and courageous.

If you like to read novels about agents, here is a list of the top books on FBI Agents:

Nighthawk: Chief Hazel is a sequel to C. Edgar North’s previous novel Nighthawk: African Ice.

Hazel Branson swaps position as Chief of the Midlake First Nations Indian band with her husband, Joseph. She wins respect as a leader and as a visionary contributing to the welfare of the tribe. On the other side, Joseph is wanted by the FBI for smuggling and murder. He has partnered with a Russian arms dealer trading arms for drugs, cash, and raw diamonds with Maoists in India and Jihadists in Africa. Joseph travels through India, Sri Lanka, Central Africa and Colombia on his missions. CIA monitors his movements because they consider him a potential asset.

When North Koreans kidnap Hazel’s daughter to coerce her to smuggle saboteurs into America, Joseph returns. Now, the FBI and CIA must intervene to neutralize the North Korean plot.

Public Enemies is the tale of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the long battle between J. Edgar Hoover and his FBI, and a gang of criminals who became national crime symbols: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers.

John Miller was the first American journalist to interview Osama Bin Laden. He has an in-depth understanding of the structure and operations of extremist organizations. ‘The Cell’ contains information extracted from sources within the FBI, CIA, and the local law enforcement communities that managed the investigation of the September 11 attacks.

Another book on the life of J. Edgar Hoover tops the list because of its great reading experience. It covers all perspectives of Hoover’s controversial career from the Red Scare after World War I to the 1960s and his conflict with Martin Luther King, the civil rights movement and antiwar proponents.

The romantic drama novel by Julia Garwood begins with the introduction of Dr Ellie Sullivan, who has recently completed her residency at an urban hospital. While jogging in a park, she witnesses the killing of an FBI agent to pursue a couple who are wanted criminals. She is the only person to see the shooter's face, so naturally, she becomes the centre of the criminal investigation.

When she meets the lead investigator Max Daniels, she falls head over heels for him. There begins a parallel story of romance as the professional and private lives of the two get mixed inseparably. While Max Daniels believes Ellie needs physical security, she is looking for another type of security beyond the scope of the case. As the case yields more clues, the two come closer, but the climax has many surprises for the reader.