20 must-read history books like The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence by Douglas London

Cover of The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence by Douglas  London

The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

By: Douglas London

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A revealing CIA memoir from a 34-year veteran of the agency who worked as a case officer and recrui…

If you liked the history plot in The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence by Douglas London , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner

1. Enemies: A History of the FBI

By: Tim Weiner

3.93

Format: 537 pages, Hardcover

Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"From 1966 to 1976 ... The primary cause in [the] decline in FBI counterespionage and counterintelligence cases was the ceaseless demand by Presidents Johnson and Nixon to focus on the political warfa…"

-Tim Weiner, Enemies: A History of the FBI

Cover of Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14) by Ian Fleming

2. Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

By: Ian Fleming

3.57

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note #1: this entry is for one of the editions that includes the fourth story, "007 in … read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14) book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • audiobook
Cover of The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA by Joby Warrick

3. The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

By: Joby Warrick

3.64

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A stunning narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al… read more

Similar categories in Joby Warrick's The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction

4. Coup d'Etat (Dewey Andreas, #2)

By: Ben Coes

4.40

Format: None pages,

Wanting only a peaceful, obscure life, Dewey Andreas has gone to rural Australia, far from turbulen… read more

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  • espionage
  • military fiction
  • audiobook

5. The Widow Spy

By: None

3.65

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The Widow Spy is the first hand account of a true Cold War spy operation in Moscow, told exclusivel… read more

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6. The Last Refuge (Dewey Andreas, #3)

By: Ben Coes

3.89

Format: None pages, ebook

With time running out to stop the nuclear destruction of Tel Aviv, Dewey Andreas must defeat his mo… read more

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7. Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor

By: Clinton Romesha

3.97

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the thirteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating b… read more

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Cover of All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein

8. All the President’s Men

By: Bob Woodward , Carl Bernstein

4.18

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the stor… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the hist…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Bernstein looked like one of those counterculture journalists that Woodward despised. Bernstein thought that Woodward's rapid rise at the Post had less to do with his ability than his Establishment c…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the front office results, pleading, yelling, cajoling, p…"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

"Simons, as restrained as Bradlee could be hard-charging and obstreperous, liked to tell of watching Bradlee grind his cigarrettes out in a demitasse cup during a formal dinner party. Bradlee was one …"

-Bob Woodward, All the President’s Men

9. The Art of Intelligence

By: David Colacci , Henry A. Crumpton

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Audio CD

A legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, acti… read more

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10. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

By: Dave Grossman

3.63

Format: 56 pages,

The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundre… read more

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11. Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission

By: Hampton Sides

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected U.S. troops slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. T… read more

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12. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more

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Cover of Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West by Calder Walton

13. 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

Similar categories in Calder Walton's Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris   Miller

14. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Cover of Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

15. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road

By: Kyle Buchanan

4.33

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more

Similar categories in Kyle Buchanan's Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins by Annie Jacobsen

16. 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

Similar categories in Annie Jacobsen's Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 by Steve Coll

17. Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016

By: Steve Coll

4.21

Format: 779 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • Nominated for the National Book A… read more

Similar categories in Steve Coll's Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016 book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7) by Jack Carr

18. Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)

By: Jack Carr

4.54

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

You think you know James Reece. Think again. A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbe… read more

Similar categories in Jack Carr's Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7) book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • military fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies by Gordon Corera

19. 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

Similar categories in Gordon Corera's Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Andy Greenberg

20. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency

By: Andy Greenberg

4.50

Format: 367 pages, Hardcover

Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrenc… read more

Similar categories in Andy Greenberg's Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior by Ric Prado

21. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior

By: Ric Prado

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Explosive National Bestseller A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil … read more

Similar categories in Ric Prado's Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liza Mundy

22. The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA

By: Liza Mundy

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A thrilling and monumental new history of the CIA that reveals how women have always played crucial… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre

23. Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By: Paul Scharre

3.80

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

One of the Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books An award-winning defense expert tells the story … read more

Similar categories in Paul Scharre's Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • politics
  • military fiction
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence by Amy B. Zegart

24. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence

By: Amy B. Zegart

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy by Michael G. Vickers

25. By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy

By: Michael G. Vickers

4.17

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Vickers's By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America by Jim Sciutto

26. The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America

By: Jim Sciutto

4.10

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Are we losing a war few of us realize we’re fighting? Jim Sciutto, CNN’s Chief National Security … read more

Similar categories in Jim Sciutto's The Shadow War: Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations to Defeat America book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War by Eva Dillon

27. Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War

By: Eva Dillon

4.16

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence of… read more

Similar categories in Eva Dillon's Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence by James M. Olson

28. To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence

By: James M. Olson

3.91

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

How the US is losing the counterintelligence war and what the country should do to better protect o… read more

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  • espionage
  • history
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock

29. Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

By: Craig Whitlock

4.39

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest publi… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"After a decade of U.S. wars and surging defense budgets, an expectation of special treatment had taken root in the Navy. Many officers felt they were owed something extra for enduring long deployment…"

-Craig Whitlock, Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Cover of The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence by Douglas  London

30. The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

By: Douglas London

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A revealing CIA memoir from a 34-year veteran of the agency who worked as a case officer and recrui… read more

Similar categories in Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence book and Douglas London's The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • politics
  • military fiction
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23) by Brad Thor

31. Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23)

By: Brad Thor

4.59

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In a world shrouded in shadows, where doubt is the only weapon, can one spy expose the truth? A… read more

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  • espionage
  • audiobook

21 Top audiobook books like The Recruiter: Spying in the Twilight of American Intelligence by Douglas London

Transform Your Habits

Enemies: A History of the FBI

Tim Weiner

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

Ian Fleming

3.57

Coup d'Etat (Dewey Andreas, #2)

Ben Coes

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Calder Walton

4.30

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17 Top audiobook books like Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories, and the Hunt for Putin's Spies by Gordon Corera

Transform Your Habits

Internet

Mikko Hyppönen

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

Calder Walton

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

Ben Macintyre

4.16

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