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Jan 3, 2019 · The following is a roundup of some of the highest-rated and most-popular spy novels on Goodreads. To be included, each book not only had to have at least a four-star average review from your fellow readers, each also had to have at least 30,000 ratings on Goodreads. Don't forget to add the ones that intrigue you to your Want to Read shelf!
- Alex Berenson’s John Wells Series
- Charles Cumming’s Suspenseful Spy Thrillers
- Espionage Thrillers from Joseph Finder
- Ken Follett’s Classic Novels of Espionage
- The Historical Night Soldiers Series by Alan Furst
- Alex Gerlis’S Outstanding Wartime Spy Novels
- Mick Herron’s Clever Slough House Novels
- Classic Espionage Novels by Jack Higgins
- Compelling Spy Stories by David Ignatius
- Joseph Kanon’s Superb Spy Stories
The Faithful Spy (John Wells #1) – Al Qaeda from the inside out: a thriller filled with suspenseThe Ghost War (John Wells #2) – North Korea, Afghanistan, China, Iran, all in one superb spy novelThe Silent Man (John Wells #3) – An able spy story about terrorism, nuclear weapons, and RussiaThe Midnight House (John Wells #4) – The Pentagon and the CIA take a lot of punishment for renditionA Spy by Nature – A worthy spy story that foretells more good reading to comeThe Trinity Six – A stellar new spy story by Charles CummingTyphoon – A right-wing Washington cabal seeks to destabilize ChinaThe Hidden Man – A worthy novel of espionage from a latter-day master of the craftHigh Crimes – A taut thriller about Special Forces running amok in El Salvador in 1983Extraordinary Powers – A standout among espionage thrillersParanoia – A devilishly clever taleThe Eye of the Needle – The 40th anniversary edition of Ken Follett’s classic WWII spy novelThe Key to Rebecca—One of the best World War II spy storiesHornet Flight—The Danish Resistance and a secret Nazi baseRed Gold (Night Soldiers #5) – A brilliant novel of the French ResistanceKingdom of Shadows (Night Soldiers #6) – One of the best spy novels of recent yearsBlood of Victory (Night Soldiers #7) – Spies at work in WWII Istanbul and RumaniaDark Voyage (Night Soldiers #8) — A gripping spy story set on a ocean freighter in World War IIThe Best of Our Spies (Spies #1) – An extraordinary World War II spy story grounded in historical factThe Swiss Spy (Spies #2) – World War II spies in SwitzerlandVienna Spies (Spies #3) – A stirring tale of spies in wartime ViennaThe Berlin Spies (Spies #4) – The best spy novelist you’ve never readSlow Horses (Slough House #1) – British satire about misfit spies in MI5Dead Lions (Slough House #2) – Russian sleeper agents and the misfits of MI5The List (Slough House #3) – Bumbling spies again in Mick Herron’s Slough House seriesReal Tigers (Slough House #4) – Slough House spooks are on the loose againThe Eagle Has Landed – A classic espionage thriller that’s well worth rereadingEye of the Storm (Sean Dillon #1) – Reimagining Saddam Hussein’s role in historyThunder Point (Sean Dillon #2) – One of Jack Higgins’ best thrillersTouch the Devil (Liam Devlin #2) – The IRA, the KGB, MI5, and the Corsican mob all conflictThe Increment – A gripping novel about Iran and the CIAThe Bank of Fear – Saddam Hussein, secret offshore banks, and a dissolute Saudi princeSiro – The most intelligent spy novel I’ve read in many yearsA Firing Offense – A suspenseful espionage story about journalists and spiesLeaving Berlin—One of the best of today’s spy novelsThe Prodigal Spy—An espionage novelist to rival John Le CarreDefectors—A superb new novel about defectors in MoscowStardust—Intrigue among German emigrés in postwar Hollywood- Reedsy
- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré. Buy on Amazon. Le Carré’s name has come to be synonymous with the spy genre, and it was this very book that propelled him to international acclaim.
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. Buy on Amazon. Another well-known title from le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy continues in the same fictional realm set up in le Carré’s previous spy books.
- The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. Buy on Amazon. Jason Bourne is rescued by fishermen, the sole survivor of an attack at sea. When he comes to, he’s suffering from amnesia, unable to remember anything about himself or his past life outside of the intermittent flashback.
- Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett. Buy on Amazon. This award-winning classic (and Ken Follett’s first bestseller) follows a German spy, nicknamed ‘The Needle’ due to his signature use of a needle-pointed blade when killing his victims.
May 30, 2024 · May 30, 2024 Ryan Steck, The Real Book Spy. GUEST POST: Nine Spy Thrillers Every Spy Fan Should Read. Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post is written by author Joe Goldberg. Joe has been a CIA covert action officer, corporate intelligence director, international political consultant, and currently is a college instructor and writer.
May 9, 2024 · Masquerade (Liz Sansborough #1) by Gayle Lynds. With Masquerade, Gayle Lynds was one of the first female authors to become a major player in the spy novel game. The first in the Liz Sansborough series, the novel opens with CIA Agent Sansborough having no memory of who she is or how she came to work for the CIA.
Aug 6, 2014 · August 6, 2014. Photograph by Sang Tan/AP. “The best spy novel of all time.”. That’s what Publishers Weekly called “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” in 2006, forty-three years after ...
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Jul 5, 2023 · The basis for the 1982 Clint Eastwood movie of the same name, this New York Times-bestselling Cold War thriller “will have you sweating bullets” (New York Times Book Review), as troubled Vietnam veteran Mitchell Gant tries to infiltrate the Soviet Union in order to steal a top-secret plane that can be controlled by thought alone.
