Great Books on Espionage (nonfiction)
101. 
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
by:
James Bamford
3.90 avg rating — 409 ratings 101. 
The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America - The Stalin Era
by:
Allen Weinstein
3.62 avg rating — 159 ratings 
104. 
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler
by:
Lynne Olson
4.22 avg rating — 8,387 ratings 
104. 
The Flame of Resistance: American Beauty. French Hero. British Spy.
by:
Damien Lewis
3.76 avg rating — 2,427 ratings 
109. 
CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys: How and Why Us Agents Conspired to Assassinate JFK and RFK
by:
Patrick Nolan
3.73 avg rating — 493 ratings 109. 
Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers
by:
James B. Donovan
4.06 avg rating — 1,626 ratings 111. 
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World
by:
Giles Milton
4.43 avg rating — 1,503 ratings 112. 
113. 
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
by:
Sonia Purnell
4.15 avg rating — 58,213 ratings 114. 
Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat
by:
Paula Gunn Allen
3.35 avg rating — 156 ratings 115. 
Half-Life: The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy
by:
Frank Close
4.14 avg rating — 153 ratings 115. 
Tell Me What You See: Remote Viewing Cases from the World's Premier Psychic Spy
by:
Ed Dames
3.80 avg rating — 84 ratings 117. 
117. 
Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures
by:
Nick Pyenson
3.79 avg rating — 3,806 ratings 119. 
Sidney Reilly: The True Story of the World's Greatest Spy
by:
Michael Kettle
3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings 120. 
The Anatomy of a Spy: A History of Espionage and Betrayal
by:
Michael Smith
3.86 avg rating — 90 ratings 120. 
Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
by:
Jack Barsky
4.07 avg rating — 2,662 ratings 
123. 
The Flight of the Falcon: The True Story of the Escape & Manhunt for America's Most Wanted Spy
by:
Robert Lindsey
3.88 avg rating — 131 ratings 124. 
The Sunken Gold: A Story of World War I Espionage and the Greatest Treasure Salvage in History 3.95 avg rating — 105 ratings
124. 
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
by:
Brian Kilmeade
3.85 avg rating — 20,617 ratings 126. 
126. 
Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight
by:
Henry Hemming
3.89 avg rating — 802 ratings 128. 
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
by:
Larry Loftis
3.99 avg rating — 11,604 ratings 129. 
Bureau of Spies: The Secret Connections Between Espionage and Journalism in Washington
by:
Steven T. Usdin
3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings 130. 
The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB 3.94 avg rating — 2,090 ratings
132. 
134. 
The 5 Unanswered Questions About 9/11: What the 9/11 Commission Report Failed to Tell Us
by:
James Ridgeway
3.44 avg rating — 27 ratings 135. 
Open Secret: The Autobiography of the Former Director-General of MI5
by:
Stella Rimington
3.69 avg rating — 1,094 ratings 
137. 
The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945
by:
Max Hastings
3.86 avg rating — 2,556 ratings 138. 
Intelligence and National Security: The Secret World of Spies: An Anthology
by:
Loch K. Johnson
3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings 139. 
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
by:
Thomas Rid
4.14 avg rating — 1,451 ratings 140. 
Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror
by:
Carlo Bonini
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings 141. 
The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion
by:
Brendan O'Malley
4.08 avg rating — 109 ratings 141. 
Spies, Inc.: Business Innovation From Israel's Masters Of Espionage
by:
Stacy Perman
3.53 avg rating — 49 ratings 141. 
Russian Roulette: A Deadly Game - How British Spies Thwarted Lenin's Global Plot
by:
Giles Milton
3.98 avg rating — 625 ratings 144. 
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw
by:
Mark Bowden
3.98 avg rating — 19,107 ratings 145. 
Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft And Special Ops On The Frontlines Of Afghanistan- And The Path To Victory
by:
Anthony Shaffer
3.62 avg rating — 650 ratings 146. 
Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor
by:
Russell S. Bonds
3.98 avg rating — 687 ratings 147. 
Stealing Secrets: How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles, and Altered the Course of the Civil War 3.71 avg rating — 343 ratings
148. 
The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
by:
Mark Mazzetti
3.85 avg rating — 3,932 ratings 149. 
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
by:
Glenn Greenwald
4.07 avg rating — 14,931 ratings 150. 
The Watchdogs Didn't Bark: How the NSA Failed to Protect America from the 9/11 Attacks
by:
John Duffy
4.32 avg rating — 57 ratings 151. 
The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
by:
James Bamford
3.86 avg rating — 1,666 ratings 152. 
The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency
by:
Matthew M. Aid
3.63 avg rating — 381 ratings 
154. 
The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents from Kennedy to Obama
by:
David Priess
3.78 avg rating — 616 ratings 154. 
The Secret Twenties: British Intelligence, the Russians and the Jazz Age
by:
Timothy Phillips
3.88 avg rating — 64 ratings 156. 
157. 
Shattered Illusions: KGB Cold War Espionage in Canada (Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series)
by:
Donald G. Mahar
3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings 
160. 
Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping 3.56 avg rating — 782 ratings
161. 
Secret Wars: One Hundred Years of British Intelligence Inside MI5 and MI6
by:
Gordon Thomas
3.73 avg rating — 298 ratings 161. 
The Spy Who Changed the World: Klaus Fuchs, Physicist and Soviet Double Agent
by:
Mike Rossiter
3.96 avg rating — 166 ratings 163. 
164. 
Three Minutes to Doomsday: An Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History
by:
Joe Navarro
4.01 avg rating — 959 ratings 165. 
Dawn of the Code War: America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat
by:
John P. Carlin
3.82 avg rating — 672 ratings 
167. 
The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau: How Australia’s Signals-Intelligence Network Helped Win the Pacific War
by:
David Dufty
4.22 avg rating — 69 ratings 
170. 
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets 3.79 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
171. 
The New Spymasters: Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror
by:
Stephen Grey
3.73 avg rating — 383 ratings 172. 
The Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political Conflicts
by:
Martin Dillon
4.06 avg rating — 328 ratings 173. 
Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders & Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage Against America & Great Britain
by:
Chapman Pincher
3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings 
175. 
Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe
by:
Gordon Corera
3.73 avg rating — 533 ratings