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…
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1. The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder
By: Claudia Rowe
3.21
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A true story of a female journalist, her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her … read more
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2. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal
By: David E. Hoffman
4.16
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Handcomes the riveting story of a sp… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. A.D. 33 (A.D., #2)
By: Ted Dekker
3.68
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Ted Dekker delivers the gripping story of Maviah, a slave who beco… read more
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- audiobook
4. The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton
By: Jefferson Morley
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"The best book ever written about the strangest CIA chief who ever lived." - Tim Weiner, National B… read more
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5. Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America
By: Jack Barsky , Cindy Coloma , None
4.24
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption. Millions watched the CBS 60 M… read more
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6. The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
By: Bob Drury
4.34
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's h… read more
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- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. Phantom Orbit
By: David Ignatius
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more
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8. The Peacock and the Sparrow
By: I.S. Berry
3.81
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • AN NPR BEST B… read more
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"Jimmy dealt in one of two limitless departments within the CIA - money and suspicion."-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
"I was free from the tangle of mistakes, promises, and defeats that grips a man's heels, taunts him with flashes of its sinewy strength."-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
"Nobody in espionage could justify sympathy. Right and wrong existed on paper, but in reality all that existed were the amorphous masses of in-between."-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
"At the end of the road, I've learned, espionage turns into a profession of ghosts. The culmination of actions taken or not taken, ends swallowed by means. A place where, even after you disappear, you…"-I.S. Berry, The Peacock and the Sparrow
9. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
By: Erik Larson
4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal fi… read more
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"Lincoln on a sofa was like a ship's mast on a barstool, poised in an uneasy equilibrium between relaxation and structural collapse."-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"They were convinced that Britain, once confronted with the loss of Southern cotton, would ally itself with the Confederacy—the “cotton is king"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
"South Carolina is too small for a Republic, and too big for an insane asylum. [James L. Petigru (1789-1863), following the state's vote to secede from the Union in 1860]"-Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
11. Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
By: Ben Macintyre
4.16
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small … read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
13. The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
By: John Lisle
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch― The Dirty Tricks De… read more
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- espionage
- american history
- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang
By: Tom Clavin
3.67
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
The definitive account of the Dalton Gang and the most brazen bank heist in history, by the multipl… read more
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- history
- true crime
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. 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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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. 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
- historical
- 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
17. 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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- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Patton's Prayer: A True Story of Courage, Faith, and Victory in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
19. Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy
By: Matthew Campbell
4.24
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billio… read more
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- true crime
- audiobook
20. Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
By: Eric Jay Dolin
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The true story of five castaways abandoned on the Falkland Islands during the War of 1812―a tale of… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. 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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- american history
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- true crime
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- audiobook
22. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
By: Garrett M. Graff
4.59
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky and Pulitzer Prize finalist… read more
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- history
- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat
By: Eric Haseltine
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before… read more
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- american history
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- historical
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of A… read more
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25. 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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- american history
- history
- true crime
- historical
- nonfiction
- thriller
- audiobook
26. American Cartel: Inside the Battle to Bring Down the Opioid Industry
By: Scott Higham
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The definitive investigation and exposé of how some of the nation's largest corporations created an… read more
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- history
- true crime
- audiobook
27. 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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- true crime
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28. Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War
By: Robert Cwiklik
3.52
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A deeply researched narrative history recounting the little-known late-Reconstruction Era mission o… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Death at the Sanatorium
By: Ragnar Jónasson
3.94
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fresh off his career-changing standalone co-written with Icelandic PM, Reykjavík, #1 Icelandic best… read more
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30. Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom
By: Andrew Nagorski
4.01
Format: 352 pages, ebook
A dramatic true story about Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German annex… read more
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- history
31. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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