Espionage

Shadowy figures trade secrets in dimly lit cafes while intelligence analysts piece together fragments of truth in secure facilities around the globe. This world of espionage encompasses both the cerebral chess matches of international intelligence and the heart-pounding pursuits of spies and assassins, where loyalty, deception, and national security hang in precarious balance.

Espionage Book Summaries

Shibumi Summary

by Trevanian 1979 472 pages

Executive Orders Summary

Executive Orders

by Tom Clancy 1996 1273 pages

Military Fiction

Transfer of Power Summary

Transfer of Power

by Vince Flynn 1999 549 pages

Red Winter Summary

by Marc Cameron 2022 430 pages

The Bourne Legacy Summary

The Bourne Legacy

by Eric Van Lustbader 1995 597 pages

Blowback Summary

by Brad Thor 2005 608 pages

Red Storm Rising Summary

Red Storm Rising

by Tom Clancy 1986

Military Fiction

The Ministry of Fear Summary

The Ministry of Fear

by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages

The Third Option Summary

The Third Option

by Vince Flynn 2000 402 pages

Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins

by Annie Jacobsen 2019 560 pages

Military Fiction

The Cuckoo's Egg Summary

The Cuckoo's Egg

Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Clifford Stoll 1989 399 pages

The Bourne Supremacy Summary

The Bourne Supremacy

by Robert Ludlum 1986 688 pages

Takedown Summary

by Brad Thor 2006 416 pages

Executive Power Summary

Executive Power

by Vince Flynn 2003 512 pages

R. N. Kao Summary

Gentleman Spymaster

by Nitin A. Gokhale 2019 240 pages

Pursuit of Honor Summary

Pursuit of Honor

by Vince Flynn 2009 431 pages

Memorial Day Summary

by Vince Flynn 2004 608 pages

The Codebreakers Summary

The Codebreakers

The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

by David Kahn 1967 1200 pages

Sweet Tooth Summary

by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages

Historical Fiction

Ballistic Summary

by Mark Greaney 2011 467 pages

Jackdaws Summary

by Ken Follett 2001 432 pages

Historical Fiction

Rainbow Six Summary

by Tom Clancy 1998 912 pages

Military Fiction

The Gemini Contenders Summary

The Gemini Contenders

by Robert Ludlum 1976 411 pages

Spy Catcher Summary

The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

by Peter Wright 1987 496 pages

Matterhorn Summary

by Christopher Reich 2024 344 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Oligarch's Daughter Summary

The Oligarch's Daughter

by Joseph Finder 2025 447 pages

The Woman All Spies Fear Summary

The Woman All Spies Fear

Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life

by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021 328 pages

The Man from St. Petersburg Summary

The Man from St. Petersburg

by Ken Follett 1982 320 pages

Historical Fiction

Scorpia Rising Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2011 416 pages

Red Rabbit Summary

by Tom Clancy 2002 618 pages

The Teeth of the Tiger Summary

The Teeth of the Tiger

by Tom Clancy 2003 625 pages

The Kill List Summary

by Frederick Forsyth 2013 332 pages

Moonraker Summary

by Ian Fleming 1955 247 pages

Separation of Power Summary

Separation of Power

by Vince Flynn 2001 448 pages

The Spymasters Summary

How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

by Chris Whipple 2020 400 pages

Protect and Defend Summary

Protect and Defend

by Vince Flynn 2007 401 pages

Eye of the Needle Summary

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett 1978 368 pages

Historical Fiction

Oath of Loyalty Summary

Oath of Loyalty

by Kyle Mills 2022 384 pages

Survive Like a Spy Summary

Survive Like a Spy

Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too

by Jason Hanson 2018 256 pages

In the Enemy's House Summary

In the Enemy's House

The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies

by Howard Blum 2018 352 pages

The Negotiator Summary

by Frederick Forsyth 1989 512 pages

The Bourne Sanction Summary

The Bourne Sanction

by Eric Van Lustbader 2008 484 pages

Operation Mincemeat Summary

Operation Mincemeat

How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

by Ben Macintyre 2010 416 pages

American Kompromat Summary

American Kompromat

How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery

by Craig Unger 2021 368 pages

All Necessary Force Summary

All Necessary Force

by Brad Taylor 2012 400 pages

Military Fiction

The Last Patriot Summary

The Last Patriot

by Brad Thor 2008 352 pages

Operator Down Summary

by Brad Taylor 2018 450 pages

Skeleton Key Summary

by Anthony Horowitz 2002 327 pages

Four Shots in the Night Summary

Four Shots in the Night

A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

by Henry Hemming 2024 368 pages

Absolute Friends Summary

Absolute Friends

by John Le Carré 2003 456 pages

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