9 must-read historical books like Too Secret Too Long by Chapman Pincher

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Too Secret Too Long

By: Chapman Pincher

4.01

Format: 623 pages, Kindle Edition

Chapman Pincher, the Cold War and the spy scandals which shocked the nation. Chapman Pincher, the …

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1. The Histories

By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Format: 716 pages, Paperback

David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Hippocleides doesn't care."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"So much, then, for the fish."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."

-Herodotus, The Histories

"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."

-Herodotus, The Histories

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2. Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

By: Mick Herron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missin… read more

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  • espionage
"He had never really lost his youth; he just kept it in a small room off the landing."

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"So she was waiting for the lecture; prolonged silence always led to the lecture. It was the last thing Sarah needed, and a list of the first things would have filled a book: a hug, a bath, an ear, so…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

"On discovering a fire, the instructions ran, shout Fire and try to put it out. It was useful, heart-of the matter advice, and could be extended almost indefinitely in any direction. On discovering yo…"

-Mick Herron, Down Cemetery Road (The Oxford Investigations, #1)

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3. The Egyptian Book of the Dead

By: Anonymous , E.A. Wallis Budge

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

s/t: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum; the Egyptian Text with Interlinear Transliteration &… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

By: Orlando Figes

4.81

Format: 539 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of A People's Tragedyand Natasha's Dance, a landmark account of what … read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Memoirs Of A British Agent: Being An Account Of The Author's Early Life In Many Lands And Of His Official Mission To Moscow In 1918 by R.H. Bruce Lockhart

5. Memoirs Of A British Agent: Being An Account Of The Author's Early Life In Many Lands And Of His Official Mission To Moscow In 1918

By: R.H. Bruce Lockhart

3.95

Format: 254 pages,

When it was first published in 1932, "Memoirs of a British Agent" achieved bestseller status both i… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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6. On Horseback Through Asia Minor

By: Peter Hopkirk , Frederick Burnaby

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In the savage winter of 1876 Captain Frederick Burnaby rode 1,000 miles eastwards from Constantinop… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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7. Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

By: Peter Hopkirk

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

s/t: The Search for the Lost Cities & Treasures of Chinese Central Asia The Silk Road, which linked… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

8. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

By: Serhii Plokhy

3.87

Format: 268 pages, Hardcover

Ukraine is currently embroiled in a tense battle with Russia to preserve its economic and political… read more

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9. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia

By: Peter Hopkirk

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Hopkirk's spellbinding account of the great imperial struggle for supremacy in Central Asia has bee… read more

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10. The Second World War

By: John Keegan , Winston S. Churchill

3.12

Format: 56 pages,

The definitive, Nobel Prize-winning history of World War II, universally acknowledged as a magnific… read more

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11. White Eagles Over Serbia

By: Lawrence Durrell

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Hardcover

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12. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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13. Legion of the Damned

By: Sven Hassel

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front. 'An extraordinary book, which has captured … read more

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14. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.77

Format: None pages,

From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more

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15. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

By: The Secret Barrister

3.90

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to the world of the Secret Barrister. These are the stories of life inside the courtroom. T… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

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  • espionage
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17. Switchboard Soldiers

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

4.07

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, a bold, revelatory novel about one of … read more

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  • historical
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18. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

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  • historical
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19. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

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  • historical
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

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20. The Roads Chosen

By: Ben Carlyle

4.12

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the author’s own unnerving experiences during decades spent in the former Soviet Union.… read more

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  • espionage
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21. A Chosen Path

By: Ben Carlyle

4.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Rebecca’s father, Edward, scoots Sam Mitchell from Bangkok to London. Boris Voikevich, only days… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters

22. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • historical
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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23. Stalin's War: A New History of World War II

By: Sean McMeekin

4.28

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of the Second World War by a prize-winning historian We remember World War I… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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24. Band of Sisters

By: Lauren Willig

4.07

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I i… read more

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  • historical
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25. The Story Of "St 25" - Adventure And Romance In The Secret Intelligence Service In Red Russia

By: Paul Dukes

4.82

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • history
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26. Too Secret Too Long

By: Chapman Pincher

4.01

Format: 623 pages, Kindle Edition

Chapman Pincher, the Cold War and the spy scandals which shocked the nation. Chapman Pincher, the … read more

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  • espionage
  • history
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  • nonfiction
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27. Spycraft Rebooted: How Technology is Changing Espionage

By: Edward Lucas

3.69

Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition

Technology is turning spycraft upside down. Once, intelligence operations could employ James Bond-s… read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
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28. The Black Sea (Joe Johnson #6)

By: Andrew Turpin

4.44

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

A Russian conspiracy in Washington, DC . . . A passenger jet is shot down, killing hundreds. A mole… read more

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Cover of The Silk Road: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Network of Trade Routes Established during the Han Dynasty of China and How It Connected the East and West (Ancient Asia) by Captivating History

29. The Silk Road: A Captivating Guide to the Ancient Network of Trade Routes Established during the Han Dynasty of China and How It Connected the East and West (Ancient Asia)

By: Captivating History

3.71

Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Silk Road, then keep reading... Free History… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Their Chosen Way (The Roads Chosen Book 3)

By: Ben Carlyle

4.26

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

The final episode of the trilogy depicting ‘Sam Mitchell’s war with Russian organised crime’ is aga… read more

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11 best-selling history books like Too Secret Too Long by Chapman Pincher

Transform Your Habits

The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Anonymous , E.A. Wallis Budge

3.86

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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

Orlando Figes

4.81

Transform Your Habits

Memoirs Of A British Agent: Being An Account Of The Author's Early Life In Many Lands And Of His Official Mission To Moscow In 1918

R.H. Bruce Lockhart

3.95

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5 must-read classics books like The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Anonymous, E.A. Wallis Budge

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Padmasambhava , Robert A.F. Thurman , Karma-glin-pa

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

William Walker Atkinson , Three Initiates , Tre Iniziati

4.25

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Anonymous , E.A. Wallis Budge

3.86

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience

Unknown , J.J. Anderson , A.C. Cawley

3.89

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