The Day of the Jackal
Ranked #5 in Espionage, Ranked #10 in Spy — see more rankings.
The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.
One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final... more
Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Day of the Jackal from the world's leading experts.
Ben Shapiro The best action novel ever written. By a looong shot! (Source)
James Twining It’s very well-written in a way that perhaps my next choices aren’t, and it depicts France in the 1960s in an incredibly convincing way. (Source)
Sam Bourne What makes the book compelling is that you are observing the mechanics of an assassin who is a really blank character. He is unnamed, apart from being called ‘the Jackal.’ He should be very blank, but it works because you buy into the idea of a traceless, faceless, ruthless killer. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Day of the Jackal is ranked in the following categories:
- #36 in Assassin
- #24 in Crime Thriller
- #11 in Fiction Crime
- #23 in Mystery Thrillers
- #74 in Page-Turner
- #26 in Political Thriller
- #63 in Suspense
- #44 in Suspense Thriller
- #31 in Thriller
- #23 in Thriller Suspense
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