5 Best biography books like The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man by Benjamin Cunningham

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The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

By: Benjamin Cunningham

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties an…

If you liked the biography plot in The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man by Benjamin Cunningham , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. At the Devil's Table: The Untold Story of the Insider Who Brought Down the Cali Cartel

By: William C. Rempel

3.99

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In this riveting and relentless nonfiction thriller, award-winning investigative reporter William C… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

2. A Death in Vienna (Gabriel Allon, #4)

By: Daniel Silva

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to discover the truth behind a bombing which k… read more

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3. The Good German

By: Joseph Kanon

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

With World War II finally ending, Jake Geismar, former Berlin correspondent for CBS, has wangled on… read more

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4. Who Rules the World?

By: Noam Chomsky

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the… read more

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5. The Quest

By: Nelson DeMille

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

AUTHOR'S NOTE:An earlier, shorter version of The Quest was published in paperback in 1975. In 2013,… read more

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6. 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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  • espionage
"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

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7. 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
  • russia
  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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8. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

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  • espionage
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

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9. Winter Work

By: Dan Fesperman

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

"Winter Work is an exhilarating spy thriller set in East Germany after the fall of Berlin Wall, abo… read more

Similar categories in Dan Fesperman's Winter Work book and Benjamin Cunningham's The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

  • espionage
  • historical
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10. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) book and Benjamin Cunningham's The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

  • espionage
  • russia
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11. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

By: Daniel Stashower

3.50

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower returns with American Dem… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Stashower's American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper book and Benjamin Cunningham's The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. The Atlas Maneuver (Cotton Malone, #18)

By: Steve Berry

4.28

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

From celebrated  New York Times  bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adve… read more

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  • espionage
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13. Crime na Quinta das Lágrimas (Bruno Saraiva, #3)

By: Lourenço Seruya

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Quando Alice e Diogo escolheram a Quinta das Lágrimas para celebrar o casamento, estavam longe de i… read more

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14. The Collector (Gabriel Allon, #23)

By: Daniel Silva

4.38

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thi… read more

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  • espionage
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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
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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16. 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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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • nonfiction
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17. As Causas do Atraso Português: Repensar o passado para reinventar o presente

By: Nuno Palma

4.46

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

«Porque é Portugal hoje um país rico a nível mundial, mas pobre no contexto europeu? Quais são as c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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

18. 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
  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. O Segredo de Espinosa

By: José Rodrigues dos Santos

4.18

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

Amesterdão, 1640. Um judeu é excomungado na Sinagoga Portuguesa por questionar as Sagradas Escri… read more

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20. Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA

By: Patrick Winn

4.40

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of an indigenous people running the world’s mightiest narco-state — and America’s … read more

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  • espionage
  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

By: Benjamin Cunningham

3.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War meets Mad Men in the form of Karel Koecher, a double agent whose shifting loyalties an… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Cunningham's The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man book and Benjamin Cunningham's The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War's Last Honest Man

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction

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William C. Rempel

3.99

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Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

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4.30

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American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper

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3.50

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Jim Popkin

3.77

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Paul Vidich

3.96

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Mick Herron

4.29

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David Ignatius

4.10

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3.81

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