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Here are 20 incredible page-turning spy novels you can read right now, books that would even entertain James Bond. ... we've picked out 20 of the best spy novels of all time. Casino Royale (1953)
Basil St. Florian, the main protagonist of Stephen Hunter's 2021 novel Basil's War; Blackford Oakes is a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley; Carl Hamilton, Swedish secret agent from the Books of Jan Guillou
Spy fiction as a genre started to emerge during the 19th Century. Early examples of the espionage novel are The Spy (1821) and The Bravo (1831), by American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. The Bravo attacks European anti-republicanism, by depicting Venice as a city-state where a ruthless oligarchy wears the mask of the "serene republic".
The book was listed by Jake Kerridge in The Telegraph as one of "The 20 best spy novels of all time." [12] The book was shortlisted for the 2010 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller of the year. [13] On the social cataloging website Goodreads, Slow Horses holds an average rating of 4.01/5 stars from 54,500 reviews. [14]
Three writers of recent espionage fiction, Terry Hayes, Lea Carpenter and David Downing, turn their keen powers of observation on 1950s Los Angeles, current-day Europe and beyond to shed light on ...
Pages in category "American spy novels" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acrobat (novel)
Spy novels are a genre of fiction closely related to thrillers that specifically include the characters and world of spies, secret agents, and covert operatives. Normally written with the spy hero as the main character, the setting is often within the world of espionage and intrigue, and there is often a lot of tradecraft in the story: dead drops and honey traps
It is the first novel in the first of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Berlin Game is part of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, being succeeded by Mexico Set and London Match , and followed by the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy and the final Faith ...