15 Best biography books like Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller) by Ann Hagedorn

Cover of Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller) by Ann Hagedorn

Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

By: Ann Hagedorn

3.57

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

This must-listen book tells the chilling story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb proj…

If you liked the biography plot in Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller) by Ann Hagedorn , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Our Game

By: John Le Carré

3.70

Format: 414 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At forty-eight, Tim Cranmer is a secret servant in a premature retirement to deepest rural England.… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Our Game book and Ann Hagedorn's Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • russia
"A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways."

-John Le Carré, Our Game

Cover of Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew

2. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

By: Sherry Sontag , Christopher Drew , Annette Lawrence Drew

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

For decades American submarines have roamed the depths in a dangerous battle for information and ad… read more

Similar categories in Sherry Sontag's Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage book and Ann Hagedorn's Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"Fuck you, God. Nothing gets through HY-80"

-Sherry Sontag, Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Cover of The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E. Hoffman

3. 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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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the West by Luke Harding

4. A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the West

By: Luke Harding

4.31

Format: 110 pages,

1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty two days later… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden

5. Black Hawk Down

By: Mark Bowden

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

On October 3, 1993, about a hundred U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into a teeming market … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran by Andrew Scott Cooper

6. The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran

By: Andrew Scott Cooper

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An immersive, gripping account of the rise and fall of Iran's glamorous Pahlavi dynasty, written wi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

7. Richard Nixon: The Life

By: John A. Farrell

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the pa… read more

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8. Citizen Vince

By: Jess Walter

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Darkly hilarious and unexpectedly profound, Citizen Vinceis an irresistible tale about the price of… read more

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Cover of The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides

9. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

By: Hampton Sides

4.51

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage … read more

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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I by Douglas Brunt

10. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

Cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson

11. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
"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

Cover of Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon by Tucker Malarkey

12. Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

By: Tucker Malarkey

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Mountains Beyond Mountains and The Orchid Thief, Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey’… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre

13. 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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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by Evan Thomas

14. Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II

By: Evan Thomas

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan--a cru… read more

Similar categories in Evan Thomas's Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II book and Ann Hagedorn's Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny

15. Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

By: Melissa L. Sevigny

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off down the Colorado River, acc… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap by David  Roberts

16. Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap

By: David Roberts

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

17. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage

By: Jeff Guinn

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • true crime
Cover of The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jeff Shaara

18. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

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  • historical
  • war
Cover of Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

19. 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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  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
"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 The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic by Daniel de Visé

20. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic

By: Daniel de Visé

4.25

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark    Harmon

21. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

By: Mark Harmon

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account.… read more

Similar categories in Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor book and Ann Hagedorn's Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World by Eric Jay Dolin

22. 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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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind by Kermit Pattison

23. Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind

By: Kermit Pattison

4.13

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

A behind-the-scenes account of the discovery of the oldest skeleton of a human ancestor, named "Ard… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War by Peter Englund

24. November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War

By: Peter Englund

4.25

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, as experienced by the people who l… read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson

25. The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective

By: Steven Johnson

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York—and the detective duo w… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • historical
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America by Adam Serwer

26. The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

By: Adam Serwer

4.25

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

"Trump summoned the most treacherous forces in American history and conducted them with the ease of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The cruelty is the point"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"Multiracial democracy is hard and messy and sometimes rude, but it is preferable to the alternatives"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"American religious pluralism, however imperfectly practiced, is centuries older than the European commitment to purging anti-Semitism, which is younger than Israel itself."

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

"Since the Civil War, American Jews have built a place for themselves here much the way other minorities have-by holding the United States accountable to its own principles"

-Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump's America

Cover of Till the End by C.C. Sabathia

27. Till the End

By: C.C. Sabathia

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most bel… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster

28. The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

By: Simon Shuster

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Time  correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the definitive account of the Russian invasion of Ukrain… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat by Eric Haseltine

29. 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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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller) by Ann Hagedorn

30. Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

By: Ann Hagedorn

3.57

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

This must-listen book tells the chilling story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb proj… read more

Similar categories in Ann Hagedorn's Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller) book and Ann Hagedorn's Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller)

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • true crime
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War by John Boyko

31. The Devil's Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War

By: John Boyko

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In time for the 45th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and in the style of his bestselling book Bl… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history

25 Top history books like Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away (A True Crime Spy Thriller) by Ann Hagedorn

Transform Your Habits

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4.23

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David E. Hoffman

4.16

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A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the West

Luke Harding

4.31

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3.75

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Erik Larson

4.24

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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq

Steve Coll

4.44

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Frank Figliuzzi

3.64

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