13 must-read historical fiction books like Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

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Los Alamos

By: Joseph Kanon

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A successful thriller tells an exciting, satisfying story and lets us look at the lives of some int…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) by Len Deighton

1. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers, #1) by Alan Furst

2. Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers, #1)

By: Alan Furst

0.00

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is re… read more

Similar categories in Alan Furst's Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers, #1) book and Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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3. The Swiss Spy

By: Alex Gerlis

4.53

Format: 122 pages,

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Similar categories in Alex Gerlis's The Swiss Spy book and Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos

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

4. The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

By: Paul Vidich

3.96

Format: 425 pages, Hardcover

Former CIA Agent George Mueller arrives in Havana in August 1958--the last months before the fall o… read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2) book and Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos

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

5. Funeral in Berlin

By: Len Deighton

3.47

Format: 1 pages, Mass Market Paperback

FUNERAL IN BERLIN is a spellbinding tale of espionage and its counter in which double and triple cr… read more

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Cover of Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

6. Los Alamos

By: Joseph Kanon

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A successful thriller tells an exciting, satisfying story and lets us look at the lives of some int… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos book and Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • 20th century
  • crime

7. The Last Voice You Hear (The Oxford Investigations, #2)

By: Mick Herron

3.90

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Zoe Boehm doesn't do death. It's a rule. Yet here she is--in this new ambitious detective novel fro… read more

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8. 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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9. Tatiana (Arkady Renko, #8)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The fearless investigative reporter Tatiana Petrovna falls to her death from a sixth-floor window i… read more

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10. Dark Star (Night Soldiers, #2)

By: Alan Furst

4.34

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Paris, Moscow, Berlin, and Prague, 1937. In the back alleys of nighttime Europe, war is already und… read more

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

11. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

12. Vienna Spies

By: Alex Gerlis

3.87

Format: 272 pages,

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13. 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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14. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

15. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Scarlet Papers book and Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10) by Martin Cruz Smith

17. Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion… read more

Similar categories in Martin Cruz Smith's Independence Square (Arkady Renko, #10) book and Joseph Kanon's Los Alamos

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. 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 Los Alamos

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

19. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Coldest Warrior by Paul Vidich

20. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Diary of a Dead Man on Leave by David Downing

21. 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 Los Alamos

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • 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

14 Best fiction books like Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon

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Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

Len Deighton

3.59

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Night Soldiers (Night Soldiers, #1)

Alan Furst

0.00

Transform Your Habits

The Swiss Spy

Alex Gerlis

4.53

The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

Paul Vidich

3.96

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18 best-selling fiction books like Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

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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The Peacock and the Sparrow

I.S. Berry

3.81

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