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Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
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Ben Macintyre
4.19 avg rating — 29,235 ratings
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
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Sherry Sontag
4.24 avg rating — 11,143 ratings
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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Ben Macintyre
4.52 avg rating — 87,230 ratings
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The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America—The Stalin Era
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Allen Weinstein
3.63 avg rating — 163 ratings
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Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South
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Christopher Dickey
3.97 avg rating — 1,194 ratings
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The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA
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Evan Thomas
3.82 avg rating — 347 ratings
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Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth
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Greg Bishop
3.93 avg rating — 139 ratings
"The incredible true story of a Cold War counter-intelligence operation helped give birth to modern UFO lore."
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The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton
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Jefferson Morley
3.94 avg rating — 1,170 ratings
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For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence & the American Presidency from Washington to Bush
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Christopher Andrew
3.93 avg rating — 405 ratings
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
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George Crile
4.01 avg rating — 9,718 ratings
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The Master Spy: The Story of Kim Philby
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Phillip Knightley
3.82 avg rating — 209 ratings
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The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
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Jennet Conant
3.37 avg rating — 2,481 ratings
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