16 Top history books like An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent by Owen Matthews

Cover of An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent by Owen Matthews

An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent

By: Owen Matthews

4.15

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge - the man John le Carré called 'the spy to end spies', an…

If you liked the history plot in An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent by Owen Matthews , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Twelve Caesars by Robert Graves, Michael    Grant, Suetonius

1. The Twelve Caesars

By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
Cover of Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by None, Bela Shayevich

2. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

By: None , Bela Shayevich

4.29

Format: 192 pages,

From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English… read more

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  • politics
  • russia
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

3. Peter the Great: His Life and World

By: Robert K. Massie

4.14

Format: 909 pages, Paperback

Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Hunting Gun by Yasushi Inoue, Sadamichi Yokoö

4. The Hunting Gun

By: Yasushi Inoue , Sadamichi Yokoö

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition . The Hunting Gun, set in the period immediately following WWII, follows… read more

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5. The Axeman's Jazz

By: Ray Celestin

4.26

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer - The Axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set ou… read more

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6. And Quiet Flows the Don

By: Mikhail Sholokhov

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

And Quiet Flows the Don or Quietly Flows the Don (Tikhii Don, lit. "The Quiet Don") is 4-volume epi… read more

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7. Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.22

Format: None pages,

The incredible untold story of WWII s greatest secret fighting force, as told by our great modern m… read more

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8. Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)

By: Bernard Scudder , Arnaldur Indriðason

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, the only clues are a cryptic note le… read more

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9. The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of Scientology

By: John Sweeney

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Tom Cruise and John Travolta say the Church of Scientology is a force for good. Others disagree. Aw… read more

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10. 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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11. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45

By: Max Hastings

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

With an introduction read by Max Hastings. A companion volume to his best-selling Armageddon, Max H… read more

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Cover of The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History by Serhii Plokhy

12. The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

By: Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New Yor… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"Despite its imperial roots, the current war is being waged in a new international environment defined by the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the disintegration of the post–Cold War international or…"

-Serhii Plokhy, The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

Cover of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

13. Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

By: Catherine Belton

4.18

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine… read more

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

14. 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
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7) by Adrian McKinty

15. The Detective Up Late (Sean Duffy, #7)

By: Adrian McKinty

4.39

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the … read more

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Cover of Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) by Charles Cumming

16. Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2)

By: Charles Cumming

4.23

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert int… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
Cover of Lean Fall Stand by Jon McGregor

17. Lean Fall Stand

By: Jon McGregor

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the internationally bestselling author of Reservoir 13, this thrilling new novel of an Antarct… read more

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18. The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

By: Peter Frankopan

3.58

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

'All roads used to lead to Rome. Today, they lead to Beijing.' When The Silk Roads was published… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Schoolkinderen worden snel groot (sneller dan wij volgens de krantenberichten), en ze moeten onze wereld gaan begrijpen. Lezen is een manier om de volgende generatie te helpen om te leren en te denke…"

-Peter Frankopan, The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World

Cover of People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz

19. People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz

3.88

Format: 366 pages, Hardcover

A Nobel prize winner challenges us to throw off the free market fundamentalists and reclaim our eco… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Max Hastings

20. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

By: Max Hastings

4.30

Format: 896 pages, Hardcover

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"

-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

Cover of Complot (Sarah Geringën #2) by Nicolas Beuglet

21. Complot (Sarah Geringën #2)

By: Nicolas Beuglet

4.16

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Un archipel isolé au nord de la Norvège, battu par les vents. Et, au bord de la falaise, le corps n… read more

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Cover of Shackleton: A Biography by Ranulph Fiennes

22. Shackleton: A Biography

By: Ranulph Fiennes

4.32

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Discover the story Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition through the words of the worl… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir
Cover of Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family by Daniel Finkelstein

23. Two Roads Home: Hitler, Stalin, and the Miraculous Survival of My Family

By: Daniel Finkelstein

4.63

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine by S.C. Gwynne

24. His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

By: S.C. Gwynne

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From historian and bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon come… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two) by Charles Whiting

25. The Battle of the Bulge: Britain's Untold Story (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

By: Charles Whiting

4.22

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

An eye-opening account of the forgotten involvement of British soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror by John  Sweeney

26. Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror

By: John Sweeney

4.24

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, e… read more

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  • russia
  • history
  • politics
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of A Stranger City: Winner of the Wingate Literary Prize 2020 by Linda Grant

27. A Stranger City: Winner of the Wingate Literary Prize 2020

By: Linda Grant

3.39

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

WINNER OF THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 2020When a dead body is found in the Thames, caught in the cha… read more

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28. A Long Night in Paris

By: Dov Alfon

3.68

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

From a former Israeli intelligence officer, comes the most realistic, thrilling and authentic thril… read more

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  • espionage
Cover of An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent by Owen Matthews

29. An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent

By: Owen Matthews

4.15

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge - the man John le Carré called 'the spy to end spies', an… read more

Similar categories in Owen Matthews's An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent book and Owen Matthews's An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin’s Master Agent

  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • politics
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Mystery of Olga Chekhova by Antony Beevor

30. The Mystery of Olga Chekhova

By: Antony Beevor

3.38

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In his latest work, Antony Beevor—bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem and one… read more

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  • espionage
  • russia
  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction

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