12 must-read thriller books like Spy Master by John le Carré

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Spy Master

By: John Le Carré

4.03

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

CALL FOR THE DEAD. A MURDER OF QUALITY. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. MYSTERY GUILD LOST CLASS…

If you liked the thriller plot in Spy Master by John Le Carré , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Thin Man

By: Dashiell Hammett

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1) by Caroline Graham

2. The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

By: Caroline Graham

3.97

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff

3. The Fountainhead

By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

3.88

Format: 704 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking ph… read more

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  • fiction
"This is pity,"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack"

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

-Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

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4. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism

By: John U. Bacon

4.29

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, a gripping narrative-nonfiction account of th… read more

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  • war

5. The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civiliza… read more

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  • fiction
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6. The Sound and the Fury

By: William Faulkner

3.86

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

The tragedy of the Compson family features some of the most memorable characters in literature: bea… read more

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  • fiction
"I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"with that sort of gigantic delicacy of an elephant picking up a peanut."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"Caddy put her arms around me, and her shining veil, and I couldn't smell trees anymore and I began to cry."

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

"A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune"

-William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

7. The Man Who Knew Too Much

By: G.K. Chesterton

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A prolific and popular writer, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is best known as the creator of detecti… read more

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8. Atlas Shrugged

By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a des… read more

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9. The Pearl

By: John Steinbeck

3.54

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf be… read more

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  • fiction
"What have I to fear but starvation?" Kino asked."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

"We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins."

-John Steinbeck, The Pearl

10. The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)

By: N.K. Jemisin

4.01

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The Moon will soon return. Whether this herald… read more

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11. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13) by Jo Nesbø

12. Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

By: Jo Nesbø

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Brilliant rogue police investigator Harry Hole is back, this time as an outsider assembling his own… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
"Your mother should have treated him better, he was her patron, after all. Just like the parasite that is humanity should treat this planet better."

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"She was upfront like that, a one man woman, and always had been. Even if Markus was far from being a one woman man. Because it wasn’t about what he thought of her, but about what she thought of herse…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

"Have you ever thought about how as children we expect unconditional love from our parents, without giving anything in return? But then we grow up and things change completely. When do you think we st…"

-Jo Nesbø, Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)

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13. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

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"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

Cover of Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3) by John Sandford

14. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)

By: John Sandford

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
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15. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

By: Jordan B. Peterson

3.92

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's ans… read more

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"Treat yourself like you would someone you're responsible for helping."

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living - and the Ideal shames us all."

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"So, listen, to yourself and to those with whom you are speaking. Your wisdom then consists not of the knowledge you already have, but the continual search for knowledge, which is the highest form of …"

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

"Sometimes, when people have a low opinion of their own worth—or, perhaps, when they refuse responsibility for their lives—they choose a new acquaintance, of precisely the type who proved troublesome …"

-Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

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16. Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.19

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Colum… read more

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  • fiction
"What use is a power to read the heavens if it cannot be turned to your own benefit?"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn't understand. Best get used to it."

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

"We have become a place of long weeping A house of scattered feathers There is no home for us between earth and sky. —From Collected Lamentations from the Night of Knives"

-Rebecca Roanhorse, Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)

Cover of Serpentine (Alex Delaware, #36) by Jonathan Kellerman

17. Serpentine (Alex Delaware, #36)

By: Jonathan Kellerman

4.18

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis search for answers to a brutal, decades-old c… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9) by Jussi Adler-Olsen

18. The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9)

By: Jussi Adler-Olsen

4.04

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In the penultimate thriller of the 'New York Times' and number one internationally best-selling Dep… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Dream Town (Archer, #3) by David Baldacci

19. Dream Town (Archer, #3)

By: David Baldacci

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

1953 LA. Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer intends to ring in the New Y… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4) by David Baldacci

20. Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4)

By: David Baldacci

4.35

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in t… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

21. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • war
Cover of Abandoned in Death (In Death, #54) by J.D. Robb

22. Abandoned in Death (In Death, #54)

By: J.D. Robb

4.41

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Homicide detective Eve Dallas must untangle a twisted family history while a hostage’s life hangs i… read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"He rose, pointed a finger at the cat when Galahad took a very casual step toward the table. Then pulled Eve in and kissed her. “Take care of my cop."

-J.D. Robb, Abandoned in Death (In Death, #54)

"He stood there a moment in the open doorway with the light streaming in and a gentle breeze,a warm one,playing with all that black silk hair. Stood there, she thought,all tall and lean in his perfect…"

-J.D. Robb, Abandoned in Death (In Death, #54)

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23. Shadows in Death (In Death, #51)

By: J.D. Robb

4.43

Format: 345 pages, Kindle Edition

In the new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series, Lt. Eve Dallas is about to walk into … read more

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  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
"One doesn’t leave one’s mates behind at such a time."

-J.D. Robb, Shadows in Death (In Death, #51)

"Separately, you're strong, clever people. Together you're a force."

-J.D. Robb, Shadows in Death (In Death, #51)

"No, it’s personal. I said to him I’d never seen joy for me or pride in me shine in my mother’s eyes. But that’s not altogether true, because I’ve seen it in yours"

-J.D. Robb, Shadows in Death (In Death, #51)

"Eve felt the shuttle dive, simply closed her eyes. Nothing made sense about being thousands of feet over an ocean. It was insanity. The human race was just bat-shit crazy."

-J.D. Robb, Shadows in Death (In Death, #51)

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24. Last Night in Montreal

By: Emily St. John Mandel

3.73

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

Lilia Albert has been leaving people behind for her entire life. She spends her childhood and adol… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"She was unsettling. But sometimes there was something perfect about it."

-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal

"It was never very easy to reach her, like loving someone who was rarely in the same room"

-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal

"His only part in the story: to observe and remember the chain of events. Not all of us will be cast in the greatest dramas; someone has to remember them"

-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal

"What she aspired to was a kind of delirious perfection. What Lilia wanted was to travel, but not only that; she wanted to be a citizen of everywhere, free-wheeling and capable of instant flight."

-Emily St. John Mandel, Last Night in Montreal

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25. Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By: Alexandra Lange

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they… read more

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"These early successes were a boon to developers, who could now confidently double their shopping area and add the final technological breakthrough that made a mall a mall: air-conditioning."

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

"People often tell me that they get lost in malls. Malls are a habitat. Some of us are natives. If you grew up hiking, you know to look for blazes. If you grew up with malls, you know to look for the …"

-Alexandra Lange, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

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26. Nothing to Lose (J.P. Beaumont, #25)

By: J.A. Jance

4.38

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

The newest thrilling Beaumont suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance, in… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Spy Master by John Le Carré

27. Spy Master

By: John Le Carré

4.03

Format: 455 pages, Hardcover

CALL FOR THE DEAD. A MURDER OF QUALITY. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD. MYSTERY GUILD LOST CLASS… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Spy Master book and John Le Carré's Spy Master

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • war
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

19 Best fiction books like Spy Master by John le Carré

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The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett

3.82

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The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)

Caroline Graham

3.97

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The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

3.88

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N.K. Jemisin

3.73

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C.J. Box

4.36

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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Judgment Prey (Lucas Davenport, #33; Virgil Flowers, #15)

John Sandford

4.36

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Patricia Cornwell

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