Espionage Books

Last updated: January 3, 2012

1. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry and Robert Foxworth Published: July 1, 2002 Score: 6.71
2. A Time to Betray: The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran by Reza Kahlili Published: April 6, 2010 Score: 4.55
3. Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden Published: February 27, 2001 Score: 3.92
4. See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer Published: January 7, 2003 Score: 3.36
5. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan Published: August 18, 2009 Score: 2.96
6. Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #15 by Ann Rule Published: November 29, 2011 Score: 2.68
7. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll Published: September 13, 2005 Score: 2.54
8. Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb Published: April 20, 2010 Score: 2.51
9. The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal Published: June 2, 2011 Score: 2.48
10. But I Trusted You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #14 by Ann Rule Published: November 24, 2009 Score: 2.41
11. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre Published: August 12, 2008 Score: 2.38
12. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon Published: August 22, 2006 Score: 2.32
13. By Way of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky Published: October 1, 2009 Score: 2.07
14. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (Thorndike Crime Scene) by Allison Hoover Bartlett Published: February 3, 2010 Score: 1.8
15. Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs, from Communism to Al-Qaeda by Lorne Darnell Published: May 26, 2009 Score: 1.26
16. The Company We Keep: A Husband-and-Wife True-Life Spy Story by Robert Baer and Dayna Baer Published: March 8, 2011 Score: 1.26
17. Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century by Sergei Kostin, Eric Raynaud, Catherine Cauvin-Higgins and Richard V. Allen Published: August 2, 2011 Score: 1.23
18. Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq by Susan Lindauer Published: October 15, 2010 Score: 1
19. Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China by David Wise Published: June 14, 2011 Score: 0.97
20. Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files) by Ann Rule Published: December 26, 2007 Score: 0.97
21. Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet by Joseph Menn Published: January 26, 2010 Score: 0.8
22. Body of Secrets: How America's National Security Agency Has Achieved Global Reach by James Bamford Published: April 1, 2002 Score: 0.78
23. Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files #13) by Ann Rule Published: November 25, 2008 Score: 0.59
24. Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas Published: November 29, 2005 Score: 0.55
25. Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series by David Pietrusza Published: September 13, 2011 Score: 0.55

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