Post-WW2 Espionage and Crime Fiction

1.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,081 ratings
2.
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)
Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 69,064 ratings
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A Legacy of Spies
A Legacy of Spies 3.88 avg rating — 24,881 ratings
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Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)
Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 37,944 ratings
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I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1)
I Am Pilgrim (Pilgrim, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 193,030 ratings
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Prussian Blue (Bernie Gunther, #12)
Prussian Blue (Bernie Gunther, #12) 4.30 avg rating — 6,860 ratings
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Rogue Flag
Rogue Flag 4.11 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)
Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 69,283 ratings
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Midnight in Europe (Night Soldiers, #13)
Midnight in Europe (Night Soldiers, #13) 3.65 avg rating — 5,777 ratings
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The Middleman
The Middleman 3.55 avg rating — 2,393 ratings
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The Other Side of Silence (Bernie Gunther, #11)
The Other Side of Silence (Bernie Gunther, #11) 4.10 avg rating — 6,117 ratings
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An American Spy (Milo Weaver, #3)
An American Spy (Milo Weaver, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 5,111 ratings
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Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala, #1)
Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 4,752 ratings
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Red Station (Harry Tate, #1)
Red Station (Harry Tate, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 813 ratings
15.
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5)
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko, #5) 3.92 avg rating — 8,438 ratings
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The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt
The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt 3.72 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Firefly (Paul Samson #1)
Firefly (Paul Samson #1) 4.02 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
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Nightfall Berlin
Nightfall Berlin 3.96 avg rating — 1,583 ratings
19.
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives 3.68 avg rating — 6,522 ratings
20.
The Wolf Children (Inspector Stave, #2)
The Wolf Children (Inspector Stave, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 761 ratings
21.
An Honorable Man
An Honorable Man 3.78 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
21.
The Murderer in Ruins (Inspector Frank Stave, #1)
The Murderer in Ruins (Inspector Frank Stave, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
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Spy Games (Philip Mangan #2)
Spy Games (Philip Mangan #2) 3.94 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
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The Holy Thief: A Captain Korolev Novel 1 (The Korolev Series)
The Holy Thief: A Captain Korolev Novel 1 (The Korolev Series) 3.73 avg rating — 2,904 ratings
24.
Rocco and the Nightingale: An Inspector Rocco Mystery
Rocco and the Nightingale: An Inspector Rocco Mystery 4.31 avg rating — 181 ratings
26.
Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1)
Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 18,391 ratings
27.
Moscow Rules
Moscow Rules 3.69 avg rating — 160 ratings
28.
The Sunday Spy
The Sunday Spy 3.63 avg rating — 38 ratings
29.
Washington Shadow (Peter Cotton, #2)
Washington Shadow (Peter Cotton, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings
30.
Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana 3.94 avg rating — 39,694 ratings
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Murder and the Muse (The Matyushkin Case Files Book 3)
Murder and the Muse (The Matyushkin Case Files Book 3) 4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Deep Purple
Deep Purple 3.78 avg rating — 86 ratings
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The Balfour Conspiracy
The Balfour Conspiracy 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings
34.
The Lebensborn Spy
The Lebensborn Spy 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Swimmer
The Swimmer 3.59 avg rating — 6,653 ratings
36.
Snowball (Tad Anders, #1)
Snowball (Tad Anders, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 98 ratings
37.
The Russia House
The Russia House 3.91 avg rating — 25,659 ratings
38.
The Lantern Network
The Lantern Network 4.21 avg rating — 140 ratings
39.
The Cairo Affair
The Cairo Affair 3.63 avg rating — 5,916 ratings
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Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 41,199 ratings
41.
A Game for Assassins (The Redaction Chronicles #1)
A Game for Assassins (The Redaction Chronicles #1) 4.15 avg rating — 862 ratings
42.
Death on the Pont Noir
Death on the Pont Noir 4.25 avg rating — 233 ratings
43.
Brandenburg Gate (Robert Harland #3)
Brandenburg Gate (Robert Harland #3) 3.93 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
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The Cypriot Agent
The Cypriot Agent 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
45.
The Whitehall Mandarin
The Whitehall Mandarin 3.91 avg rating — 694 ratings
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Death on the Rive Nord (Inspector Lucas Rocco Book 2)
Death on the Rive Nord (Inspector Lucas Rocco Book 2) 4.15 avg rating — 260 ratings
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An Agent in Place
An Agent in Place 3.68 avg rating — 219 ratings
48.
The Company
The Company 4.27 avg rating — 6,144 ratings
49.
Death on the Marais (Lucas Rocco, #1)
Death on the Marais (Lucas Rocco, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 595 ratings
50.
A Spy's Life (Robert Harland #1)
A Spy's Life (Robert Harland #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
51.
Deception (A Harry Tate Thriller Book 3)
Deception (A Harry Tate Thriller Book 3) 4.01 avg rating — 296 ratings
52.
The Old Spook
The Old Spook 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings
52.
A Foreign Country (Thomas Kell, #1)
A Foreign Country (Thomas Kell, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 8,895 ratings
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The Chinese Spymaster (The Chinese Spymaster #1)
The Chinese Spymaster (The Chinese Spymaster #1) 4.02 avg rating — 44 ratings
54.
Black Bear
Black Bear 3.64 avg rating — 81 ratings
56.
The Spanish Game (Alec Milius #2)
The Spanish Game (Alec Milius #2) 3.77 avg rating — 2,643 ratings
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A Single Spy
A Single Spy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
57.
Acts of Allegiance
Acts of Allegiance 3.67 avg rating — 135 ratings
59.
Vienna Spies (Spy Masters, #3)
Vienna Spies (Spy Masters, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
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The Dying Light
The Dying Light 3.90 avg rating — 921 ratings
61.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,875 ratings
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The Defection of A.J. Lewinter
The Defection of A.J. Lewinter 3.74 avg rating — 691 ratings
63.
A Delicate Truth
A Delicate Truth 3.83 avg rating — 13,247 ratings
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The Swiss Spy (Spy Masters, #2)
The Swiss Spy (Spy Masters, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 2,717 ratings
65.
Moskva: 'The new Le Carre' BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show (Tom Fox Trilogy Book 1)
Moskva: 'The new Le Carre' BBC Radio 2 The Sara Cox Show (Tom Fox Trilogy Book 1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,043 ratings
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The Knife-Edge Path
The Knife-Edge Path 3.75 avg rating — 281 ratings
66.
The Limbo Line
The Limbo Line 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Bridge of Sighs (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #1)
The Bridge of Sighs (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #1) 3.71 avg rating — 4,345 ratings
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The Confession (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #2)
The Confession (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #2) 3.88 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
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Black Knight in Red Square
Black Knight in Red Square 4.10 avg rating — 727 ratings
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36 Yalta Boulevard (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #3)
36 Yalta Boulevard (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #3) 3.86 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
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Liberation Movements (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #4)
Liberation Movements (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #4) 3.84 avg rating — 852 ratings
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The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)
The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2) 3.75 avg rating — 1,161 ratings
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Victory Square (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #5)
Victory Square (The Yalta Boulevard Sequence #5) 4.09 avg rating — 754 ratings
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Agents of Suzharia
Agents of Suzharia 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Warlight
Warlight 3.60 avg rating — 46,239 ratings
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Codename Lazarus: The Spy Who Came Back From The Dead
Codename Lazarus: The Spy Who Came Back From The Dead 3.95 avg rating — 428 ratings
78.
Tracers
Tracers 4.10 avg rating — 297 ratings
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A Divided Spy (Thomas Kell, #3)
A Divided Spy (Thomas Kell, #3) 4.01 avg rating — 3,970 ratings
80.
The Mulberry Bush
The Mulberry Bush 3.64 avg rating — 920 ratings
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Stealing the Future: An East German Spy Story (East Berlin Series Book 1)
Stealing the Future: An East German Spy Story (East Berlin Series Book 1) 3.64 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Anti-Soviet Activities
Anti-Soviet Activities 3.41 avg rating — 59 ratings
83.
Farewell to Russia
Farewell to Russia 3.75 avg rating — 128 ratings
84.
A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy 3.99 avg rating — 22,495 ratings
85.
Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor 3.46 avg rating — 13,446 ratings
85.
A Small Town in Germany
A Small Town in Germany 3.77 avg rating — 9,011 ratings
85.
The Looking Glass War (George Smiley, #4)
The Looking Glass War (George Smiley, #4) 3.73 avg rating — 17,797 ratings
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A Most Wanted Man
A Most Wanted Man 3.54 avg rating — 14,047 ratings
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The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2)
The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 25,324 ratings
90.
The Secret Pilgrim
The Secret Pilgrim 4.01 avg rating — 8,743 ratings
91.
Bentinck's Agent
Bentinck's Agent 3.65 avg rating — 240 ratings
92.
The Once and Future Spy
The Once and Future Spy 3.60 avg rating — 758 ratings
93.
Where Eagles Dare
Where Eagles Dare 4.14 avg rating — 46,671 ratings
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The Midnight Swimmer
The Midnight Swimmer 4.22 avg rating — 681 ratings
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Kolymsky Heights
Kolymsky Heights 3.75 avg rating — 4,801 ratings
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On the Lisbon Disaster
On the Lisbon Disaster 3.80 avg rating — 552 ratings
97.
The Darkling Spy (Catesby #3)
The Darkling Spy (Catesby #3) 4.01 avg rating — 700 ratings
98.
A Spy by Nature (Alec Milius #1)
A Spy by Nature (Alec Milius #1) 3.51 avg rating — 3,367 ratings
99.
A Colder War (Thomas Kell, #2)
A Colder War (Thomas Kell, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 5,358 ratings
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The Berlin Conspiracy (Jack Teller, #1)
The Berlin Conspiracy (Jack Teller, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 614 ratings
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