A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré
By: John Le Carré
4.15
Format: 1088 pages, Paperback
An archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thou…
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1. 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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"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)
2. Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)
By: Len Deighton
3.59
Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Now on the shadowy East-West battlefield of Mexico City. British intelligence agent Bernard Samson … read more
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3. SS-GB
By: Len Deighton
3.37
Format: 320 pages,
1941, and England invaded - and defeated - by the Germans... The King is a hostage in the tower, th… read more
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4. The White Guard
By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Michael Glenny
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
The White Guardis less famous than Mikhail Bulgakov's comic hit, The Master and Margarita, but it i… read more
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- literature
5. Orient Express
By: Christopher Hitchens , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
As the Orient Express hurtles across Europe on its three-day journey from Ostend to Constantinople,… read more
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6. The Zone of Interest
By: Martin Amis
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing por… read more
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7. Quartet in Autumn
By: Barbara Pym
3.90
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief… read more
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8. John le Carré: The Biography
By: Adam Sisman
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Hardcover
John le Carre is still at the top, more than half a century after The Spy Who Came in from the Cold… read more
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9. Whittaker Chambers: A Biography
By: None
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Whittaker Chambersis the first biography of this complex and enigmatic figure. Drawing on dozens of… read more
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10. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biogra… read more
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- history
- literature
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"To adore and to devour and to be devoured is its own kind of focus: a gasp of a different kind of oxygen."-Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
11. The Secret Hours
By: Mick Herron
4.29
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more
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- audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours
12. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
13. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
14. The Heart in Winter
By: Kevin Barry
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Kevin Barry’s first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romant… read more
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"... the morning was starkly lit under a migraine - white and vast opening sky."-Kevin Barry, The Heart in Winter
15. Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon
By: Kate Andersen Brower
4.16
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever auth… read more
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- history
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- audiobook
16. The Secret Life of John le Carré
By: Adam Sisman
3.49
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le … read more
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17. The Accomplice
By: Joseph Kanon
3.76
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Named “The Book of the Year” by Lee Child in The Guardian From “master of the genre” ( The Washi… read more
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- audiobook
18. Learning to Talk
By: Hilary Mantel
3.67
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of short stories from the two-time winner of the Booker Prize and #1 New York… read more
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- audiobook
"Straight is the line of Duty, Curved is the line of Beauty, Follow the straight line, thou shall see. The curved line ever follow thee."-Hilary Mantel, Learning to Talk
19. Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
By: Roger Lewis
3.72
Format: 605 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen years in the writing, Erotic Vagrancy doesn't only surpass every other biography of Elizab… read more
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20. A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré
By: John Le Carré
4.15
Format: 1088 pages, Paperback
An archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thou… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
21. Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
By: Mick Herron
4.30
Format: 337 pages, Paperback
If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. In Slough House, the … read more
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"The voice meant well, but should fuck off."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"Deniability was next to godliness in Westminster's corridors, and godliness itself second only to an unassailable majority."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"You built a life the way you’d build a wall, one brick on top of the other, but sooner or later, those first bricks were taken away."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
"it’d be like choosing between Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan in a bare-knuckle death match. There ought to be a way both could lose."-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)
