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Genre
- Spy stories
- Adventure
- Espionage
- Thriller
What it is about
- Spy stories
- Cloning
- Schools
- Orphans
Ages
- Young Adult
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Why: Both are spy books about orphans.
What both books share
- spy
Point Blank: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spies -- Juvenile fiction" (OL subject)
The Recruit: "Spies" (OL subject); "Spies, fiction" (OL subject); "Spy stories" (OL subject); "spy fiction" (WD genre) - orphans
Point Blank: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans, fiction" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
The Recruit: "Orphans" (OL subject); "Orphans -- Fiction." (LoC 650)
- spy
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling · 1997 · Children's
about 300 pages
Cover from Google BooksWhy: Both are adventure books about schools, set in England.
What both books share
- adventure
Point Blank: "Adventure stories" (OL subject); "Adventure fiction" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "Action & Adventure" (OL subject); "Adventure" (OL subject); "adventure fiction" (WD genre) - schools
Point Blank: "Schools" (OL subject); "Schools, fiction" (OL subject); "School stories" (OL subject); "Schools -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 650)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "school stories" (OL subject); "Schools" (OL subject); "Schools in fiction" (OL subject); "Schools, fiction" (OL subject) - England
Point Blank: "England, fiction" (OL subject); "England" (OL place); "England -- Juvenile fiction." (LoC 651)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: "England in fiction" (OL subject); "England, fiction" (OL subject); "England" (OL place); "England" (WD narrative location)
- adventure
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Why: Both are thriller books, set in London.
What both books share
- thriller
Point Blank: "Thriller" (OL subject); "thriller" (WD genre)
The Silent Patient: "Fiction, thrillers" (OL subject); "Fiction, thrillers, general" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological" (OL subject); "FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense" (OL subject) - London
Point Blank: "London" (WD narrative location)
The Silent Patient: "London (england), fiction" (OL subject); "London (England)" (OL place); "London" (WD narrative location); "London (England) -- Fiction" (LoC 651)
- thriller
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What they share, at a glance
Point Blank next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Adventure | Orphans | Schools | England | London |
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| The Recruit | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | shared | not shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| The Silent Patient | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| The Hunger Games | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| A Great and Terrible Beauty | not shared | not shared | shared | shared | not shared |
| Voyage on the Great Titanic | not shared | shared | not shared | not shared | shared |
| The Fairy-Tale Detectives | not shared | shared | shared | not shared | not shared |
| The Lightning Thief | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Holes | shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
| Dark Matter | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared | not shared |
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Point Blank: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published on September 4, 2001. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 274-page paperback from Puffin Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780593403938 ... paperback ... 274, 17, 6 pages ... Puffin Books
- Series
- It is book 2 of the Alex Rider series. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Alex Rider ... Stormbreaker ... Point Blank
Where does Point Blank sit in its series? See the reading order.
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