9 Best historical books like Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon

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Leaving Berlin

By: Joseph Kanon

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Books 2015 * Wall Street JournalBest Books of 2015 The accla…

If you liked the historical plot in Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of One Man's Flag (Jack McColl, #2) by David Downing

1. One Man's Flag (Jack McColl, #2)

By: David Downing

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Spring 1915: World War One rages across Europe, and the British Empire is assailed on all fronts—do… read more

Similar categories in David Downing's One Man's Flag (Jack McColl, #2) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12) by Alan Furst

2. Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12)

By: Alan Furst

3.66

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It is the late summer of 1938, Europe is about to explode, the Hollywood film star Fredric Stahl is… read more

Similar categories in Alan Furst's Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Home at that moment was a starless night, a steady wind, not a human to be seen."

-Alan Furst, Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12)

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3. The Increment

By: David Ignatius

3.91

Format: 390 pages, Paperback

Harry Pappas, chief of the CIA’s Persia House, receives an encrypted message from a scientist in Te… read more

Similar categories in David Ignatius's The Increment book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of London Match (Bernard Samson, #3) by Len Deighton

4. London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

With treason epidemic in London Central, a cloud of suspicion passes over each senior agent, and ea… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's London Match (Bernard Samson, #3) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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5. Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Now on the shadowy East-West battlefield of Mexico City. British intelligence agent Bernard Samson … read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (Bernard Samson, #0) by Len Deighton

6. Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (Bernard Samson, #0)

By: Len Deighton

4.16

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Epic prelude to the classic spy trilogy, GAME, SET and MATCH, that follows the fortunes of a German… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (Bernard Samson, #0) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Leaving Berlin

By: Joseph Kanon

3.43

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Books 2015 * Wall Street JournalBest Books of 2015 The accla… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

8. An Officer and a Spy

By: Robert Harris

3.73

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Robert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This … read more

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9. The Spies of Warsaw (Night Soldiers, #10)

By: Alan Furst

4.37

Format: None pages,

An Autumn Evening In 1937. A German engineer arrives at the Warsaw railway station. Tonight, he wil… read more

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10. Then We Take Berlin (Joe Wilderness, #1)

By: John Lawton

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Joe Wilderness is a World War II orphan, a condition that he thinks excuses him from common moralit… read more

Similar categories in John Lawton's Then We Take Berlin (Joe Wilderness, #1) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

11. An Honorable Man (George Mueller #1)

By: Paul Vidich

4.12

Format: 440 pages,

A debut espionage novel in the style of Alan Furst and John le Carre, An Honorable Man is a chillin… read more

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12. The Unfortunate Englishman (Joe Wilderness, #2)

By: John Lawton

3.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Having shot someone in what he believed was self-defense in the chaos of 1963 Berlin, Wilderness fi… read more

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Cover of Zoo Station (John Russell, #1) by David Downing

13. Zoo Station (John Russell, #1)

By: David Downing

3.88

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

By 1939, Anglo-American journalist John Russell has spent fifteen years in Berlin, where his German… read more

Similar categories in David Downing's Zoo Station (John Russell, #1) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

14. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

By: Len Deighton

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once… read more

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15. The Trinity Six

By: Charles Cumming

3.37

Format: 204 pages,

The most closely-guarded secret of the Cold War is about to be exposed - the identity of a SIXTH me… read more

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16. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) by John Lawton

17. Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4)

By: John Lawton

4.07

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Moscow Blues begins in Washington, D.C., in the fragile postwar period where the Red Scare is growi… read more

Similar categories in John Lawton's Moscow Exile (Joe Wilderness #4) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more

Similar categories in Simon Scarrow's Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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19. Union Station

By: David Downing

3.82

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating historical thriller, a British journalist (and former spy) is adrift in McCarth… read more

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  • espionage
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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20. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Winter Work by Dan Fesperman

21. 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 Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

22. 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 Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Under Occupation (Night Soldiers, #15) by Alan Furst

23. Under Occupation (Night Soldiers, #15)

By: Alan Furst

3.41

Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition

From the master of espionage and intrigue, this novel about heroic resistance fighters in 1942 occu… read more

Similar categories in Alan Furst's Under Occupation (Night Soldiers, #15) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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24. Safe Houses

By: Dan Fesperman

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping new work of suspense from the author of The Double Game, a young woman discovers a… read more

Similar categories in Dan Fesperman's Safe Houses book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Escape from Estonia: A Cold War espionage thriller (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 11) by Richard Wake

25. Escape from Estonia: A Cold War espionage thriller (Alex Kovacs thriller series Book 11)

By: Richard Wake

4.20

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

THE WAR IS OVER, BUT THE FIGHT CONTINUES.In the latest book in the Alex Kovacs thriller series, the… read more

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Cover of Hammer to Fall (Joe Wilderness #3) by John Lawton

26. Hammer to Fall (Joe Wilderness #3)

By: John Lawton

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It's London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as goo… read more

Similar categories in John Lawton's Hammer to Fall (Joe Wilderness #3) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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27. The Coldest Warrior

By: Paul Vidich

3.93

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In 1953, at the end of the Korean War, Dr. Charles Wilson, an Army bio-weapons scientist, died when… read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's The Coldest Warrior book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Agony of France (Alex Kovacs, #6) by Richard Wake

28. The Agony of France (Alex Kovacs, #6)

By: Richard Wake

4.35

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Alex Kovacs has fought for the French Resistance in Lyon, and Limoges, and Paris. He has assumed fa… read more

Similar categories in Richard Wake's The Agony of France (Alex Kovacs, #6) book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical fiction
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29. Bucharest Unbound (Alex Kovacs 12)

By: Richard Wake

4.28

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

ALEX KOVACS IS BACK, DESPERATELY TRYING NOT TO BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS HIM. Or, rather, the hand … read more

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30. The Dying Peace (The Man from MI5 Book 2)

By: Jana Petken

4.23

Format: 576 pages, Kindle Edition

Book three coming June 30, 2023“Petken’s masterful fast-paced story, and the constant sense of impe… read more

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31. Diary of a Dead Man on Leave

By: David Downing

4.20

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author David Downing, master of historical espionage, comes a heart-wrenching depi… read more

Similar categories in David Downing's Diary of a Dead Man on Leave book and Joseph Kanon's Leaving Berlin

  • espionage
  • historical
  • germany
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"It is a shameful spectacle to see how the whole democratic world is oozing sympathy for the poor tormented Jewish people, but remains hard-hearted and obdurate when it comes to helping them.' More th…"

-David Downing, Diary of a Dead Man on Leave

21 must-read fiction books like Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon

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One Man's Flag (Jack McColl, #2)

David Downing

3.84

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Mission to Paris (Night Soldiers, #12)

Alan Furst

3.66

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The Increment

David Ignatius

3.91

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London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

Len Deighton

3.59

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Paul Vidich

3.96

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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I.S. Berry

3.81

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