10 Top crime books like BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

Cover of BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

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 …

If you liked the crime plot in BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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1. The Red Cobra (James Ryker #1)

By: Rob Sinclair

3.69

Format: 216 pages,

Carl Logan dedicated nearly twenty years of his life to the Joint Intelligence Agency. Now living i… read more

Similar categories in Rob Sinclair's The Red Cobra (James Ryker #1) book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • crime

2. 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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3. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • 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

4. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

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

Cover of BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

6. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin

By: Paul Vidich

3.72

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice In the vein of Graham Greene and John le Carré, The M… read more

Similar categories in Paul Vidich's The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

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

9. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
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10. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #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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11. Slough House (Slough House, #7)

By: Mick Herron

4.41

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Slough House (Slough House, #7) book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

12. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

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

13. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) by Mick Herron

14. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

By: Mick Herron

4.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"

-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

15. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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16. The Berlin Exchange

By: Joseph Kanon

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From “the most accomplished spy novelist working today” ( The Sunday Times , London), a “heart-poun… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Kanon's The Berlin Exchange book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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17. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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18. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of White Hot Silence (Paul Samson #2) by Henry Porter

19. White Hot Silence (Paul Samson #2)

By: Henry Porter

3.98

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

On a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one … read more

Similar categories in Henry Porter's White Hot Silence (Paul Samson #2) book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • action
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of My Name Is Nobody (Solomon Vine, #1) by Matthew Richardson

20. 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 Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Joe Country (Slough House, #6) by Mick Herron

21. Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

By: Mick Herron

4.30

Format: 337 pages, Paperback

If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die.   In Slough House, the … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Joe Country (Slough House, #6) book and Charles Cumming's BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The voice meant well, but should fuck off."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

"Deniability was next to godliness in Westminster's corridors, and godliness itself second only to an unassailable majority."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

"You built a life the way you’d build a wall, one brick on top of the other, but sooner or later, those first bricks were taken away."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

"it’d be like choosing between Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan in a bare-knuckle death match. There ought to be a way both could lose."

-Mick Herron, Joe Country (Slough House, #6)

19 must-read fiction books like BOX 88 (BOX 88, #1) by Charles Cumming

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The Red Cobra (James Ryker #1)

Rob Sinclair

3.69

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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The Peacock and the Sparrow

I.S. Berry

3.81

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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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I.S. Berry

3.81

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