19 must-read nonfiction books like A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today by Lis Wiehl

Cover of A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today by Lis Wiehl

A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today

By: Lis Wiehl

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and former federal prosecutor Lis Wiehl delivers a behind-the-sce…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today by Lis Wiehl , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks

1. The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805

By: Richard Zacks

3.85

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A real-life thriller -- the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates t… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn Greenwald

2. No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

By: Glenn Greenwald

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

No Place to Hide is a groundbreaking look at the NSA surveillance scandal, from the reporter who br… read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • history

3. Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

By: Antonio J. Méndez , Matt Baglio

4.30

Format: 543 pages,

The true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran On November 4, 1979, Iranian… read more

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4. White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

By: Anthea Butler

4.27

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelic… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton

5. Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

By: Calder Walton

4.30

Format: 688 pages, Hardcover

The riveting, untold story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with le… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. 2054

By: Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive wo… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

7. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

By: Stuart A. Reid

4.40

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the US-sanctioned plot… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets by Matthew Connelly

8. The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets

By: Matthew Connelly

3.83

Format: 540 pages, Hardcover

A captivating study of US state secrecy that examines how officials use it to hoard power and preve… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America by Harry N. MacLean

9. Starkweather: The Untold Story of the Killing Spree that Changed America

By: Harry N. MacLean

3.71

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive story of Charles Starkweather, often considered to be the first mass killer in the m… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy―and the Sister She Betrayed by Jim Popkin

10. Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy―and the Sister She Betrayed

By: Jim Popkin

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

10 hours, 24 minutes The incredible true story of Ana Montes, the most damaging female spy in U… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

11. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

By: Adam Higginbotham

4.60

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"

-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Cover of Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies by Gordon Corera

12. Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies

By: Gordon Corera

4.27

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The full, explosive story for the first time: Putin’s espionage campaign against the West, how i… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today by Lis Wiehl

13. A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today

By: Lis Wiehl

3.83

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and former federal prosecutor Lis Wiehl delivers a behind-the-sce… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World by Yepoka Yeebo

14. Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World

By: Yepoka Yeebo

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of t… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

15. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Queen of Cuba: An FBI Agent's Insider Account of the Spy Who Evaded Detection for 17 Years by Peter J. Lapp

16. Queen of Cuba: An FBI Agent's Insider Account of the Spy Who Evaded Detection for 17 Years

By: Peter J. Lapp

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As a spy prepared to give away America’s biggest secrets after the 9/11 attacks, an FBI agent raced… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Thatcher’s Spy: My Life as an MI5 Agent Inside Sinn Féin by Willie Carlin

17. Thatcher’s Spy: My Life as an MI5 Agent Inside Sinn Féin

By: Willie Carlin

4.02

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Early one morning in March 1985, as he climbed the six steps of Margaret Thatcher’s prime-ministeri… read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong

18. Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future

By: Chun Han Wong

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and po… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy by Michael G. Vickers

19. By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy

By: Michael G. Vickers

4.17

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal by Howard Blum

20. The Spy Who Knew Too Much: An Ex-CIA Officer's Quest Through a Legacy of Betrayal

By: Howard Blum

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A retired spy gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case—and reconcile with his daughter, a… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin's Russia by Robert B. Baer

21. The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin's Russia

By: Robert B. Baer

3.69

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

The never-before-told story of the thrilling hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA and the… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

17 Best audiobook books like A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today by Lis Wiehl

Transform Your Habits

White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Calder Walton

4.30

Transform Your Habits

2054

Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Transform Your Habits

The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

Stuart A. Reid

4.40

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13 Top audiobook books like Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong

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The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

Michael Pillsbury

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

Transform Your Habits

2054

Elliot Ackerman

3.46

Transform Your Habits

Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

Desmond Shum

3.91

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