Best Thrillers: Spies/Espionage/Action
Discover the best spy thrillers and espionage action books, from John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity. Explore gripping tales of assassins, intelligence officers, and high-stakes missions in this curated list of must-read fiction.
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At Risk
by Stella Rimington
A deadly terrorist threat draws British intelligence officer Liz Carlyle into a dangerous pursuit in which she discovers that her unique ability to get inside the enemy's head could be the only hope of averting a horrific disaster.
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The Cutout
by Francine Mathews
CUTOUT: A third person used to conceal the contact between two people. A pawn. They were partners — lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 April. Now her dead husband has surfaced among those responsible for an explosion that rocks Berlin — and the brutal kidnapping of the U.S. Vice President. Uncertain of Eric’s motives and loyalties, the Agency plays its last, best card: Eric’s wife — the Cutout. Is Eric a rogue agent gone bad? Or has he thrown himself under deep cover to terminate a ruthless psychopath? Caroline is drawn into a dizzying maze where one wrong turn will mean certain death ... and in which the Cutout will be the first to fall.
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The Company
by Robert Littell
A novel of Cold War espionage traces the struggles of two generations of CIA operatives fighting Communism and battling one another in the complex world of international intrigue.
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Assassin
by Ted Bell
Hawke is beginning to piece his life back together when he receives word that someone is systematically murdering American diplomats and their families around the globe. On the trail of two killers, Hawke must call upon resources deep within himself to stop a terrorist attack with grave global implications.
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The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
A man has been shot and now has no memory and as he searches for his origins he comes to fear he may have been an international assassin.
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
by John le Carre
George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence.
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The Exile
by Allan Folsom
Rendered mute after a traumatic attack, a beautiful young woman and her LAPD rookie brother find themselves enmeshed in a government conspiracy that forces them to outmaneuver an international hit man and a power-hungry baroness.
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Memorial Day
by Vince Flynn
CIA operative Mitch Rapp has one week to derail a terrorist attack on Washington, D.C., during the unveiling of the World War II memorial.
