14 Top history books like The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future by Chris Whipple

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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

By: Chris Whipple

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers, a remarkable, behind-the-scenes look…

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1. Act Like It (London Celebrities, #1)

By: Lucy Parker

3.86

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

This just in: romance takes center stage as West End theatre's Richard Troy steps out with none oth… read more

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  • audiobook
"God, I love you."

-Lucy Parker, Act Like It (London Celebrities, #1)

"Men in particular,"

-Lucy Parker, Act Like It (London Celebrities, #1)

"There’s actually a contest for the largest pumpkin?"

-Lucy Parker, Act Like It (London Celebrities, #1)

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2. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

By: Tim Weiner

3.94

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its t… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"To the CIA, everyone's an outsider."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

"Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

"The ability to represent failure as success would become an Agency tradition."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

"It takes 5 to 7 years to turn a novice into a case officer capable of working in the capitals of the world."

-Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

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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
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction

4. The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

By: Paul Vidich

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in August 1958--the last months before the fall o… read more

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  • espionage

5. 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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6. Battle Cry of Freedom

By: James M. McPherson

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, B… read more

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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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  • espionage
  • audiobook
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8. War: How Conflict Shaped Us

By: Margaret MacMillan

3.57

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

Is peace an aberration? The bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
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9. 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
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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10. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.30

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll

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

By: Steve Coll

4.44

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. 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
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy by Paul Vidich

14. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

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  • espionage
Cover of Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America's Most Dangerous Female Spy―and the Sister She Betrayed by Jim Popkin

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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  • espionage
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

By: Casey Means

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A bold new vision for optimizing our health now and in the future. What if depression, anxiety, … read more

Similar categories in Casey Means's Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health book and Chris Whipple's The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

  • nonfiction
  • 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

17. 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
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy by David Corn

18. American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

By: David Corn

4.33

Format: 18 pages, Audiobook

#1 New York Times bestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harro… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We can have an American president who does not govern with negativism and fear of the future."

-David Corn, American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy

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19. The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts

By: Scott Anderson

4.14

Format: 562 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Col… read more

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  • espionage
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

By: A.J. Jacobs

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the origi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future by Chris Whipple

21. The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

By: Chris Whipple

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers, a remarkable, behind-the-scenes look… read more

Similar categories in Chris Whipple's The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future book and Chris Whipple's The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

  • audiobook
  • espionage
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • the united states of america
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
  • leadership

15 Top audiobook books like The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future by Chris Whipple

Transform Your Habits

Act Like It (London Celebrities, #1)

Lucy Parker

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Tim Weiner

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Calder Walton

4.30

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21 Best audiobook books like The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid

Transform Your Habits

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

4.37

Transform Your Habits

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

Hampton Sides

4.51

Transform Your Habits

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849

Christopher Clark

4.18

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