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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,420 books — 2,526 voters
Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatherine the Great by Robert K. MassiePeter the Great by Frederick DavidsonA People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Best Russian History Books
586 books — 419 voters

Ghost Wars by Steve CollThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightDiplomacy by Henry KissingerLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerThe Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis
American Foreign Policy
471 books — 288 voters
1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
466 books — 171 voters

All the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinMaster of the Senate by Robert A. CaroThe Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCullough
American Politics
495 books — 140 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
373 books — 116 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen KingPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
ATY 2020 - Books Based on "We Didn't Start the Fire"
333 books — 115 voters
Casino Royale by Ian FlemingFrom Russia with Love by Ian FlemingMoonraker by Ian FlemingLive and Let Die by Ian FlemingOn Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 93 voters

Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenA Higher Call by Adam MakosMasters of the Air by Donald L. MillerStuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich RudelChickenhawk by Robert Mason
Nonfiction Military Aviation
220 books — 83 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Raiders and the Cross by Patrick LarsimontNadya's War by C.S. TaylorFlight of the Intruder by Stephen CoontsFlight of the Old Dog by Dale Brown
Military Aviation Novels
95 books — 71 voters

Anastasia by Carolyn MeyerBetween Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysTsarina by J. Nelle PatrickThe Lost Crown by Sarah MillerThe Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges
Russia in YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction
118 books — 71 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Cold War Spy Books
50 books — 62 voters

The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThe Korean War by Max HastingsOn Desperate Ground by Hampton SidesFrozen Chosin by Edwin H. SimmonsThis Kind of War by T.R. Fehrenbach
Korean War
135 books — 53 voters
Red Storm Rising by Tom ClancyTeam Yankee by Harold CoyleRed Army by Ralph PetersRed Phoenix by Larry BondThe Third World War, August 1985 by John Winthrop Hackett
Cold War turns hot
31 books — 50 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Crucible by Arthur MillerOn the Road by Jack KerouacPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
1949-89: A History Lesson By Billy Joel
181 books — 48 voters
Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizPrejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'Agostino MD
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
182 books — 48 voters

A Season of Gifts by Richard PeckThe Lions of Little Rock by Kristin LevineThe Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen CushmanWith the Might of Angels by Andrea Davis PinkneyPenny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
Middle Grade Fiction set in the 1950s
172 books — 35 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankThe 40 Minute War by Janet E. MorrisSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Fictional Books About Nuclear War
25 books — 32 voters

DECEIT v. DECEIT by Vernon BaumrindSpy... for Nobody! by Basel Saneebجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
CIA: Suggested Reading List
119 books — 27 voters
Nixonland by Rick PerlsteinNixon and Kissinger by Robert DallekAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinThe Final Days by Bob WoodwardBag Man by Rachel Maddow
Richard Nixon (fiction and nonfiction)
140 books — 23 voters

Spy... for Nobody! Sixteen Years in the Syrian Intelligence by Basel SaneebKillers of the Flower Moon by David Grannجاسوس من أجل لا أحد by Basel SaneebSpy... for Nobody! by Basel SaneebSpy for nobody by Basel Saneeb
Best FBI Nonfiction
58 books — 22 voters
Being Plumville by Savannah J. FriersonThe Summer of Tsunami by S. Campbell WilliamsThe Clouds Beneath the Sun by Mackenzie FordMessage From Nam by Danielle SteelAcross 7th Street by Marino Amoruso
Romance Novels Set in the 1960's
30 books — 16 voters

From Russia with Love by Ian FlemingSource*Forged Armor by Paul J. BartusiakThe Russia House by John le CarréFirewall by Andy McNab
Best Russian Espionage Books (fiction)
36 books — 13 voters
What Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempAmerican Spy by Lauren WilkinsonSparkles And Karim by Dave MooresRemembering Vietnam by Warren RobinsonAnywhen by Beth Duke
Military, War, and Espionage Fiction Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2010s
14 books — 13 voters

A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson MorleyA Spy Named Orphan by Roland PhilippsStalin's Englishman by Andrew LownieTreason in the Blood by Anthony Cave Brown
Cambridge Spy Ring (nonfiction)
30 books — 11 voters
What Happened In Vienna, Jack? by Daniel KempBlack Cloud Rising by David Wright FaladéSparkles And Karim by Dave MooresStill Kickin' by Billie Hanson-DupreeAnywhen by Beth Duke
Military, War, and Espionage Fiction Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
9 books — 11 voters

New Space Capitalism by Rainer ZitelmannThe Martian by Andy WeirProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSkunk Works by Ben R. Rich
Books for the Discerning Space Fan
36 books — 10 voters
Uber, Volume 1 by Kieron GillenZenith by Grant MorrisonUber, Volume 2 by Kieron GillenWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
Superheroes in war
54 books — 9 voters

International Discography of the New Wave, Volume II by B. GeorgeThe Official Valley Girl Coloring Book by Moon ZappaMax Headroom's Guide to Life by David HansenThe Naked Computer by Jack B. RochesterSingle Season Sitcoms of the 1980s by Bob Leszczak
Down & Out In Benny Hills ....(1980s)
102 books — 4 voters
New Atlantis Revisited by Paul R. JosephsonEngineering Communism by Steven T. UsdinHow Not to Network a Nation by Benjamin PetersComputing in Russia by Georg TrogemannFrom Newspeak to Cyberspeak by Slava Gerovitch
Soviet Computing
44 books — 3 voters

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