21 must-read thriller books like Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) by Alma Katsu

Cover of Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) by Alma Katsu

Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

By: Alma Katsu

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

An exhilarating spy thriller about two women CIA agents who become intertwined around a threat to t…

If you liked the thriller plot in Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) by Alma Katsu , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. 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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • 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 Phantom Orbit by David Ignatius

2. Phantom Orbit

By: David Ignatius

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A subtle and masterful novel from a prescient voice on the cutting edge of spy literature. David… read more

Similar categories in David Ignatius's Phantom Orbit book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry

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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • 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

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5. 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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Deep Fake: A Thriller by Ward Larsen

6. Deep Fake: A Thriller

By: Ward Larsen

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Absolute Power meets The Manchurian Candidate in this explosive political thriller from USA Today b… read more

Similar categories in Ward Larsen's Deep Fake: A Thriller book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. 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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

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

8. 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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1) by Ava Glass

9. Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1)

By: Ava Glass

3.79

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this “high-octane spy thriller in the Ian Fleming mold” ( CrimeReads ) , a British spy has twelv… read more

Similar categories in Ava Glass's Alias Emma (Alias Emma, #1) book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Moscow X (Damascus Station #2) by David McCloskey

10. 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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) by Ava Glass

11. The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2)

By: Ava Glass

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

British spy Emma Makepeace goes undercover on a Russian oligarch’s superyacht, where she’s one wron… read more

Similar categories in Ava Glass's The Traitor (Alias Emma, #2) book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) by Alma Katsu

12. Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

By: Alma Katsu

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

An exhilarating spy thriller about two women CIA agents who become intertwined around a threat to t… read more

Similar categories in Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

13. The Helsinki Affair

By: Anna Pitoniak

3.44

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

CIA agent Amanda Cole is thrust into an international conspiracy involving high-profile assassinati… read more

Similar categories in Anna Pitoniak's The Helsinki Affair book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bucharest Dossier by William  Maz

14. The Bucharest Dossier

By: William Maz

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Bill Hefflin is a man apart—apart from life, apart from his homeland, apart from love At the start … read more

Similar categories in William Maz's The Bucharest Dossier book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

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

15. 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 Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Handler (Handler #1) by M.P. Woodward

16. The Handler (Handler #1)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.26

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

A disgraced former CIA operative must go back in the field with only his ex-wife as his handler in … read more

Similar categories in M.P. Woodward's The Handler (Handler #1) book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent

17. Black Wolf

By: Kathleen Kent

3.95

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new spy thriller about a female CIA agent whose extraordinary powers of facial recogniti… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Kent's Black Wolf book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • russia
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Drawing on his vast knowledge of the complex and dangerous workings of UK's intelligence agencies, David Bickford has created a fascinating world of international intrigue, featuring a female protago…"

-Kathleen Kent, Black Wolf

Cover of The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs by William  Maz

18. The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs

By: William Maz

4.21

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Literary Titan Award Winner Summer 2023 Pencraft Best Book Award WinnerCIA agent Bill Hefflin is ba… read more

Similar categories in William Maz's The Bucharest Legacy: The Rise of the Oligarchs book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of China Hand by Scott Spacek

19. China Hand

By: Scott Spacek

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS: When a high-ranking Chinese general wants to defect to the US, the CIA t… read more

Similar categories in Scott Spacek's China Hand book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Dead Drop (Handler #2) by M.P. Woodward

20. Dead Drop (Handler #2)

By: M.P. Woodward

4.22

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

International nuclear negotiations turns allies into enemies in this electrifying thriller from the… read more

Similar categories in M.P. Woodward's Dead Drop (Handler #2) book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Trap (Alias Emma, #3) by Ava Glass

21. The Trap (Alias Emma, #3)

By: Ava Glass

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

British spy Emma Makepeace races against the clock to stop the Russians from carrying out a high-pr… read more

Similar categories in Ava Glass's The Trap (Alias Emma, #3) book and Alma Katsu's Red Widow (Red Widow, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

21 Best fiction books like Red Widow (Red Widow, #1) by Alma Katsu

Transform Your Habits

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Mick Herron

4.29

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David Ignatius

4.10

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Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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I.S. Berry

3.81

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Paul Vidich

3.96

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4.29

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David Ignatius

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