BookMentionsBookMentions

Spy

Topic List42 books curated40 recommendations total

A curated collection of books related to Spy, ranked by recommendation signals.

Curated list content
1
The Spy and the Traitor
The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

13 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, History, EspionageThriller, Suspense lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
2
No coverThe Quiet American
4 recommendations
Description

Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam"I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Wa...

3
No coverThe Billion Dollar Spy
The Billion Dollar Spy

A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

4 recommendations
Description

From the author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning history The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the CIA_x0092_s Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold WarWhile driving out of the American embassy in Moscow on the evening o...

4
The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer

A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

4 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Revolutions, Vietnam, War lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
5
No coverThe Day of the Jackal
3 recommendations
Description

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 ...

6
No coverThe Secrets We Kept
3 recommendations
Description

"If you’re a fan of historical fiction, then you’re going to love [this book]." - Reese Witherspoon

7
No coverSlow Horses
Slow Horses

Slough House, Book 1

2 recommendations
Description

The first book in CWA Gold Dagger Awardwinning British espionage series starring a team of MI5 agents united by one common bond: They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. London, England: Slough House is where the washedup MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. The "slow horses," as they_x0092_re cal...

8
No coverAmerican Spy
2 recommendations
Description

What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love One woman struggles to choose between her honor and her heart in this enthralling espionage drama that deftly hops between New York and West Africa.It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a yo...

9
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity

Jason Bourne Book #1

2 recommendations
Description

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereWho is Jason Bourne Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a thief Why has he got four million dollars in a Swiss bank account Why has someone tried to murder him...Jason Bourne does not know the answer to any of these questions. Suffering from amnesia, he does not even know that he is Jason Bourne. What ...

10
No coverOur Man in Havana
1 recommendation
Description

Mr. Wormold, vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, is, as always, short of money. His daughter, sixteen, followed everywhere by wolf whistles, is spending his money with a skill that amazes him, so when a mysterious Englishman offers him an extra income he's tempted. All he has to do is run agents, file reports: spy. But his fake reports ...

11
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October

Jack Ryan, Book 1

1 recommendation
Description

Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to have been debriefed by the White House. Its theme: the greatest espionage coup in history. Its story: the chase for a top secret Russian missile sub. Lauded by th...

12
No coverRed Sparrow
Red Sparrow

A Novel (1) (The Red Sparrow Trilogy)

1 recommendation
Description

In the grand spytale tradition of John le Carré comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer. In presentday Russia, ruled by blueeyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the postSoviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her ...

13
No coverA Coffin for Dimitrios
A Coffin for Dimitrios

Charles Latimer, Book 1

Description

A chance encounter with a Turkish colonel with a penchant for British crime novels leads mystery writer Charles Latimer into a world of sinister political and criminal maneuvers throughout the Balkans in the years between the world wars. Hoping that the career of the notorious Dimitrios, whose body has been identified in an Istanbul morgue, will in...

14
No coverAshenden
Ashenden

The British Agent

Description

Fact is a poor storyteller as Maugham reminds us. Fact starts a story at random, rambles on inconsequently and tails off, leaving loose ends, without a conclusion. It works up to an interesting situation, has no sense of climax and whittles away its dramatic effects in irrelevance. While some novelists believe this is a proper model for fiction, M...

15
No coverAt Risk by Rimington, Stella
Description

A terrorist is targeting Britain. And to make matters worse it_x0092_s an _x0093_invisible_x0094_someone traveling under a British passport. Virtually impossible to find before it_x0092_s too late.The job falls to Liz Carlyle, the most resourceful counter terror agent in British intelligence. Tracking down this invisible is a challenge like none she has faced before. It...

16
From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love

James Bond, Book 5

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Thriller, SuspenseMystery, CrimeEspionageAction, Adventure, Fiction lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
17
Secret Service
Secret Service

Kate Henderson, Book 1

Description

A Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, Secret Service is a freshfromtheheadlines thriller for fans of Homeland, Crisis and The Bodyguard. The world is on the brink of crisis. The Cold War is playing out once more on the global stage.The Worlds' governments will do whatever it takes to stay at the top_x0085_ To those who don_x0092_t really know her, Kate Henderso...

18
No coverSpy School
Spy School

Spy School, Book 1

Description

Can an undercover nerd become a superstar agent Ben Ripley sure hopes so_x0097_and his life may depend on it!Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he_x0092_s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. Unfortunately for him, his personality doesn_x0092_t exactly scream _x0093_secret agent._x0094_ In fact, Ben is so awkward, he can barely get to school and back without...

19
No coverHue and Cry
Hue and Cry

A Golden Age Mystery

Description

"I hate him worse than I hate snails, and worms, and slugs, and spiders with hairs down their legs..."Bridetobe Mally was an unlikely fugitive from the police. It only happened because she became governess to millionaire Sir George Peterson's little girl, Barbara. Barbara hated Pinko, her father's sluglike secretary; and Mally had to agree. But ...

20
No coverJada Sly, Artist & Spy
Description

Jada Sly, a hilarious and spunky artist and spy, explores New York City on a mission to find her mom in this "fast paced, fun" illustrated novel from an acclaimed author (School Library Connection).Tenyearold Jada Sly is an artist and a spyintraining. When she isn't studying the art from her idols like Jackie Ormes, the firstknown African Amer...

21
Casino Royale
Casino Royale

James Bond, Book 1

Description

Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply "le Chiffre" -- by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to "retir...

22
The Innocent
Description

Leonard Marnham is assigned to a BritishAmerican surveillance team in Cold War Berlin. His intelligence work_x0097_tunneling under a Russian communications center to tap the phone lines to Moscow_x0097_offers him a welcome opportunity to begin shedding his own unwanted innocence, even if he is only a bit player in a grim international comedy of errors. Leonar...

23
Killing Eve
Killing Eve

Codename Villanelle (Killing Eve (1))

Description

The breakneck thriller that inspired TV sensation Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh.Villanelle (a codename, of course) is one of the world's most skilled assassins. A catlike psychopath whose love for the creature comforts of her luxurious lifestyle is second only to her love of the game, she specializes in murdering the world's richest and most powe...

24
No coverThe Secret Agent
Description

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be "a simple tale" proves to involve politicians, policemen,...

25
The Travelers
Description

A pulseracing international thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident.It s 3:00 am. Do you know where your husband is Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent, his idealism rapidly giving way to disillusionment and the worry that he's living the wrong life. Then one night, on assig...

26
City Spies
Description

Five kids seemingly forgotten by the world join forces to hone their skills and become reallife spies in this first novel of a brandnew series that #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein said "may keep you up all nightreading!" And it's perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls.Five kids from around th...

27
No coverThe Alice Network
Description

In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women?a female spy recruited to the reallife Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947?are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. 1947. In the chaotic afterma...

28
An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy

A Spy Thriller

Description

Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This is the story of the infamous Dreyfus affair told as a chillingly dark, hardedged novel of conspiracy and espionage. Paris in 1895. Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer, has just been convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil_x0092_s I...

29
Diary of a Dead Man on Leave
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Mystery, Crime, CrimeThriller lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
30
Mac Undercover
Description

A thrilling, hilarious fullyillustrated spy adventure series, from the esteemed New York Times bestselling and multiawardwinning author Mac Barnett!A New York Times bestsellerAn Amazon Best Book of 2018Before Mac Barnett was an author, he was a kid. And while he was a kid, he was a spy. Not just any spy. But a spy...for the Queen of England. Jam...

31
Level 4
Level 4

The Bourne Identity Book and MP3 Pack (Pearson English Graded Readers)

Description

[Penguin Readers Level 4]Paperback. Language: English Publisher:... Pearson The man has been shot many times Who wants to kill him. and why The man cant remember As he begins to learn about his past. he becomes even more confused Does he have a future Or will he be killed before he knows who or what he really is...

32
No coverThe Gray Man
The Gray Man

Gray Man, Book 1

Description

Courtland Gentry is a good man. But he’s a great assassin. To those who lurk in the shadows, he’s known as the Gray Man. He is a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible and then fading away. And he always hits his target. Always. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. Forces like...

33
No coverUltimatum
Description

_x0091_It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader_x0092_ DAILY MAIL_x0091_Outstanding_x0092_ SUNDAY TIMES_x0091_Breathless action_x0092_ THE TIMESHidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran_x0092_s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective...

34
No coverAt Risk
35
No coverBerlin Game
Berlin Game

Bernard Samson, Book 1

Description

When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once active in the field but now anchored to a London desk, to undertake the crucial rescue. But soon, Samson is confronted with evidence that there is a traitor among his colleagues. And to find out who it is, he must sift through layers of lies and foll...

36
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls
Description

A girl discovers her boarding school is actually an elite spytraining program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this actionpacked middle grade debut that_x0092_s perfect for fans of Stu Gibbs.After a botched escape plan from her boarding school, Abigail is stunned to discover the school is actually a cover for a...

40
No coverThe Eye of the Needle
41
The Kill Artist
The Kill Artist

Gabriel Allon, Book 1

Description

Gabriel Allon had a simple but brutal job: he tracked down and eliminated Israel's terrorist enemies. But when his wife and son fell victim to the danger that accompanied him everywhere, Gabriel quit and devoted himself to the work of art restoration, an occupation that had previously been a cover for his secret assignments. Now Ari Shamron, the he...

42
No coverThe ThirtyNine Steps

Built from recommendation data, category signals, and source-backed book records. Use this list as a starting point; open any book to see proof, context, and Amazon options where available.

Recommendation dataCategory signalsSource-backed book recordsOpen book pages for proof/context

Explore more lists

About this list

This list aggregates books that appear in public recommendation sources, reader-interest signals, and category data. Books are ranked by their position from the source list; recommendation counts and ratings are shown where available. Open any book to see source-backed recommendation proof, editorial context, and Amazon options — the per-book detail page is where the trust signals live.