The AI Shelf · UK · Week 42, 2026
The Secret Hours
by Mick Herron
On one list this week. Here is how often ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini recommend it, and the reader questions that bring it up.
- #24Spy thrillers6%
4 of 72 answers · steady (was #43, within the normal wobble)
- Live shelf
- 4%
- Memory shelf
- 8%
It came up when readers asked:
- “I've never really read a spy novel before, where should I start? Don't want anything too complicated to follow.”
- “Can you recommend some good spy thrillers that have come out in the last year or so? Fancy something fresh.”
- “What are the best spy thrillers by British authors? I like that understated, gritty MI6 kind of feel.”
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