The Umbrella Murder: The Hunt for the Cold War's Most Notorious Killer
By: Ulrik Skotte
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 1978 the Bulgarian author and dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella on…
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1. Perrault's Fairy Tales
By: Charles Perrault , Gustave Doré
3.49
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here are the original eight stories from the 1697 volume Contes de temps passeby the great Charles … read more
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2. Gun Street Girl (Detective Sean Duffy #4)
By: Adrian McKinty
3.24
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Belfast, 1985, amidst the "Troubles": Detective Sean Duffy, a Catholic cop in the Protestant RUC (R… read more
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3. 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
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"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
4. The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2)
By: Matthew Richardson
4.20
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's mos… read more
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- espionage
5. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
6. There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History
By: Rory Carroll
4.38
Format: 397 pages, Hardcover
Killing Thatcher is the gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margar… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
7. The Trading Game: A Confession
By: Gary Stevenson
4.26
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the tradin… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
8. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.60
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on new archival r… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When asked what he was thinking about when preparing for launch abroad his Mercury-Redstone rocket, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, had infamously replied, "The fact that every part of thi…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
"At the foot of the ladder, he [Gene Cernan Apollo 17] delivered the short speech he had memorized for the occasion. "Is like to just say what I believe history will record: That America's challenge o…"-Adam Higginbotham, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
9. The Safekeep
By: Yael van der Wouden
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more
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- audiobook
10. A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder
By: Mark O'Connell
3.74
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
From the award-winning author comes a gripping account of one of the most scandalous chapters in mo… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
11. One Clear Ice-cold January Morning at the Beginning of the 21st Century
By: Roland Schimmelpfennig
3.51
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A contemporary Berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths ? the first novel of Germany's bes… read more
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12. The Racket: A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis
By: Conor Niland
4.38
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' Ed Caesar… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. The Silence In Between
By: Josie Ferguson
4.48
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more
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"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between
"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between
"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between
14. Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland
By: Henry Hemming
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Four Shots in the Night is the story of the killing of Frank Hegarty, an IRA member turned British … read more
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- espionage
- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
15. Autocracy, Inc.
By: Anne Applebaum
4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.
16. Witness 8 (Eddy Flynn, #8)
By: Steve Cavanagh
4.40
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessab… read more
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- crime
- audiobook
17. Precipice
By: Robert Harris
4.23
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more
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- audiobook
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"-Robert Harris, Precipice
"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"-Robert Harris, Precipice
18. The Marigold Mind Laundry
By: Jungeun Yun
3.40
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart. In this enc… read more
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19. Gabriel's Moon
By: William Boyd
4.33
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain’s greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant … read more
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20. The Umbrella Murder: The Hunt for the Cold War's Most Notorious Killer
By: Ulrik Skotte
4.36
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 1978 the Bulgarian author and dissident Georgi Markov was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella on… read more
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- true crime
- nonfiction
- crime
- audiobook
21. Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
By: Sonia Purnell
4.34
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, a re-exam… read more
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- nonfiction
22. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue att… read more
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- nonfiction
- true crime
- audiobook
23. Midnight in Vienna
By: Jane Thynne
4.13
Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition
Historical espionage at its very best. Set in 1938 in London and Vienna, a tense and atmospheric th… read more
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24. Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone
By: Serhii Plokhy
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A harrowing account of Russia’s occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhia nuclear power plants, an… read more
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- audiobook
25. The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
By: Kate Summerscale
4.11
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
'Once more, Kate Summerscale shatters our preconceptions of a classic crime' Val McDermidFrom Brita… read more
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- crime
- nonfiction
- true crime
26. The Seventh Floor (Damascus Station, #3)
By: David McCloskey
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Six CIA officers. Dear friends and cherished enemies. For a quarter century they have stolen other … read more
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- espionage
- audiobook
27. To Catch a Spy: How the Spycatcher Affair brought MI5 in from the Cold
By: Tim Tate
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intellig… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Karla's Choice
By: Nick Harkaway
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, writ… read more
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- espionage
- audiobook
29. The Enigma Girl
By: Henry Porter
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A masterclass in espionage thriller fiction from the heir to John le Carre for fans of Mick Herron,… read more
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30. The Proof of My Innocence
By: Jonathan Coe
4.05
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
When Phyl, a young literature graduate, moves back home with her parents, she soon finds herself fr… read more
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31. A Reluctant Spy
By: David Goodman
4.26
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN. 'In the very top tier of espionage fiction' M.W. CRAVEN 'A… read more
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