11 Top spy thriller books like Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

Cover of Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.…

If you liked the spy thriller plot in Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. 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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2. 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 David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"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 Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) by David McCloskey

3. Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

By: David McCloskey

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

CIA case officer Sam Joseph is dispatched to Paris to recruit Syrian Palace official Mariam Haddad.… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • audiobook
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4. 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

Similar categories in I.S. Berry's The Peacock and the Sparrow book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • audiobook
"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

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5. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • audiobook
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Cover of City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) by Don Winslow

6. City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)

By: Don Winslow

4.42

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond … read more

Similar categories in Don Winslow's City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • audiobook
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7. BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

By: Charles Cumming

4.07

Format: 482 pages, Paperback

An organisation that doesn’t exist. A spy that can’t be caught. 1989: The fall of the Berlin … read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. The Year of the Locust

By: Terry Hayes

3.57

Format: 652 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer'Ticks all the boxe… read more

Similar categories in Terry Hayes's The Year of the Locust book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. 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 David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • audiobook

10. 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

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
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11. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

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12. 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

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

13. 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 David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

14. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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15. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy by Paul Vidich

16. Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy

By: Paul Vidich

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA … read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's Beirut Station: Two Lives of a Spy book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
Cover of My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) by Matthew Richardson

17. My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1)

By: Matthew Richardson

3.95

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

A breathless, gripping must-read for fans of Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim and James Swallow's Nomad'I … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns (The Frenchman, #2) by Jack  Beaumont

18. Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns (The Frenchman, #2)

By: Jack Beaumont

4.13

Format: 429 pages, Paperback

The Frenchman returns in Dark Arena, a super-charged espionage thriller from Jack Beaumont. When an… read more

Similar categories in Jack Beaumont's Dark Arena: The Frenchman Returns (The Frenchman, #2) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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19. Arctic Sun

By: Jack Grimwood

3.95

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

Kola Peninsula, 1987. High in the Soviet Arctic, a tiny village houses an apocalyptic secret . . . … read more

Similar categories in Jack Grimwood's Arctic Sun book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • espionage
Cover of The Best Revenge (Jonas Merrick series) by Gerald Seymour

20. The Best Revenge (Jonas Merrick series)

By: Gerald Seymour

4.40

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

On the Mongolian steppes a general in the People's Liberation Army stakes his career, and his life,… read more

Similar categories in Gerald Seymour's The Best Revenge (Jonas Merrick series) book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • fiction
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21. Moscow X

By: David McCloskey

4.28

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

CIA operatives Sia and Max enter Russia to recruit Vladimir Putin’s moneyman. Sia works for a Londo… read more

Similar categories in David McCloskey's Moscow X book and David McCloskey's Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • audiobook

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3.81

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David Ignatius

4.10

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