Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)

101.
You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger
You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger 4.20 avg rating — 496 ratings
101.
MI5 and Ireland, 1939-1945: The Official History
MI5 and Ireland, 1939-1945: The Official History 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Flight of the Falcon: The True Story of the Escape & Manhunt for America's Most Wanted Spy
The Flight of the Falcon: The True Story of the Escape & Manhunt for America's Most Wanted Spy 3.88 avg rating — 131 ratings
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A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia’s Most Seductive Spy
A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia’s Most Seductive Spy 3.62 avg rating — 145 ratings
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The Torture Report: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program: Executive Summary, Findings and Conclusions
The Torture Report: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program: Executive Summary, Findings and Conclusions 4.11 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary True Story Behind D-Day
Bodyguard of Lies: The Extraordinary True Story Behind D-Day 4.37 avg rating — 464 ratings
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Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth
Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth 3.93 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War
Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War 3.54 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Spy's Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia
The Spy's Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia 4.06 avg rating — 1,361 ratings
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Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service 3.70 avg rating — 497 ratings
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Grenville Mellen Dodge in the Civil War: Union Spymaster, Railroad Builder and Organizer of the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Grenville Mellen Dodge in the Civil War: Union Spymaster, Railroad Builder and Organizer of the Fourth Iowa Volunteer Infantry 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Russian Roulette: A Deadly Game - How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot
Russian Roulette: A Deadly Game - How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot 3.98 avg rating — 625 ratings
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The French Secret Services: A History of French Intelligence from the Dreyfus Affair to the Gulf War
The French Secret Services: A History of French Intelligence from the Dreyfus Affair to the Gulf War 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army
Manchu Princess, Japanese Spy: The Story of Kawashima Yoshiko, the Cross-Dressing Spy Who Commanded Her Own Army 3.25 avg rating — 137 ratings
113.
Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage
Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage 3.90 avg rating — 526 ratings
113.
For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence & the American Presidency from Washington to Bush
For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence & the American Presidency from Washington to Bush 3.93 avg rating — 398 ratings
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The Secret War for the Falklands: SAS, MI6 & the War Whitehall Nearly Lost
The Secret War for the Falklands: SAS, MI6 & the War Whitehall Nearly Lost 3.64 avg rating — 61 ratings
117.
Inside the Company: CIA Diary
Inside the Company: CIA Diary 3.63 avg rating — 275 ratings
117.
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History 4.01 avg rating — 9,615 ratings
120.
Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Chambers-Hiss Tragedy
Seeds of Treason: The True Story of the Chambers-Hiss Tragedy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
120.
Wellington's Spies
Wellington's Spies 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
120.
The Master Spy: The Story of Kim Philby
The Master Spy: The Story of Kim Philby 3.82 avg rating — 205 ratings
123.
The Wilson plot: the intelligence services and the discrediting of a prime minister
The Wilson plot: the intelligence services and the discrediting of a prime minister 3.47 avg rating — 30 ratings
123.
Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring
Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
123.
Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone 4.08 avg rating — 596 ratings
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The Web of Subversion
The Web of Subversion 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
126.
Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution
Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution 4.11 avg rating — 349 ratings
126.
Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign: How the Critical Role of Intelligence Impacted the Outcome of Lee's Invasion of the North, June-July 1863
Spies, Scouts, and Secrets in the Gettysburg Campaign: How the Critical Role of Intelligence Impacted the Outcome of Lee's Invasion of the North, June-July 1863 4.38 avg rating — 42 ratings
129.
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Reilly: Ace of Spies 3.55 avg rating — 263 ratings
130.
Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly
Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly 3.37 avg rating — 163 ratings
130.
Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force--The NYPD
Securing the City: Inside America's Best Counterterror Force--The NYPD 3.47 avg rating — 129 ratings
132.
The Greatest Traitor: The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake
The Greatest Traitor: The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake 4.16 avg rating — 275 ratings
132.
The Iran-Contra Scandal
The Iran-Contra Scandal 3.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
132.
The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was 3.96 avg rating — 1,606 ratings
135.
Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up
Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings
135.
From Major Jordan's Diaries
From Major Jordan's Diaries really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
137.
The Terminal Spy
The Terminal Spy 3.44 avg rating — 289 ratings
137.
The Web of Subversion: Underground Networks in the U.S. Government
The Web of Subversion: Underground Networks in the U.S. Government 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
139.
The Whole of Their Lives
The Whole of Their Lives really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
140.
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961 3.67 avg rating — 1,798 ratings
141.
Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
Spymistress: The Life of Vera Atkins, the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II 3.74 avg rating — 2,036 ratings
142.
King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America's Spymaster in Korea
King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America's Spymaster in Korea 3.70 avg rating — 418 ratings
143.
Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War
Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War
by: Gus Russo
4.08 avg rating — 332 ratings
144.
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War 3.76 avg rating — 16,837 ratings
145.
China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia
China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia 3.83 avg rating — 192 ratings
146.
The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945
The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945 3.86 avg rating — 2,556 ratings
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D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II 3.77 avg rating — 6,236 ratings
148.
Intelligence and National Security: The Secret World of Spies: An Anthology
Intelligence and National Security: The Secret World of Spies: An Anthology 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
149.
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies 3.90 avg rating — 409 ratings
150.
Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II
Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II 4.04 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage
Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage 3.97 avg rating — 669 ratings
152.
Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue
Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue 4.06 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage
Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage 3.56 avg rating — 666 ratings
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