Espionage Aficionados discussion

Please do your best to add as many espionage titles as you can to our bookshelf. We might get a nice little reputation going if we manage to amass the biggest shelf in this genre... just watch out that you don't add any duplicates, and oh always go for the classic bookcover where at all possible!

p.s. for instance, someone could step up and say something like, "okay gang, I will add all the Robert Ludlum novels, leave it to me--no no no, I insist!" --and thereby save the rest of us from fumbling our way through that task. Just sayin'

Pretty extensive bookshelf, since I'm reading "Topaz" was going to add it then I decided to look at all the books on the shelf and low and behold it was there..

Here are a few espionage novels that members of the Group may savor and enjoy ...

1) An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris



2) Dead Lions by Mick Herron



3) The Best of Our Spies by Alex Gerlis



4) Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes



5) The Corporal's Wife by Gerald Seymour



6) A Perfect Spy by John le Carré



7) Black Bear by Aly Monroe



8) Background to Danger by Eric Ambler



9) The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva



10) The Ways of the World: by Robert Goddard

Great stuff KOMET!

Attaboy. Way to go!

I will get right on this.

I've just reviewed

This book is currently free (as of Jan 2016) on Smashreads, link here https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Cphe wrote: "Very much enjoyed Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes (have quite a few of the others books in my TBR pile)

Have been recommended An Officer and a Spy on another group.

Normally really enjoy Gerald..."

An officer and a spy is a gooood one.

Folks,

I've added around 75 research titles to our bookshelf this month which are purely Soviet-related.

Political science, military science, social science, international relations, and foreign policy. Communications studies. Some works of economics and foreign trade. One new title on Latin America.

I didn't just go to the Goodreads search and type in 'Soviet'. These are careful selections. Works from research institutes, US Pentagon, and other first-water sources.

I'd say this readers' group now has the best collection of nonfiction titles anywhere on the website, for this particular subject matter. A boon to anyone engaged in research. Enjoy.

Hi,

I have a book that I don't see listed on GR: Safe House - The Compelling Memoirs of the Only CIA Spy to Seek Asylum in Russia by Edward Lee Howard. Bought it when I was researching for my novel. Amazon link below:

https://www.amazon.com/House-Compelli...

cheers!

Good call. I found it on GR just now and added it to our group shelf. Thanks!

Don't mention it.

Feliks Edmundovich, could you also add my book to the bookshelf please? or what it needs to do/be to qualify?

here's the link: Of Our Own Device

thanks!

Aye. I've a number of housekeeping duties to attend to. That's why this thread is here, it helps me keep track of new members and whether-or-not they have fresh releases we can feature.

Even though our efforts in this vein have slackened off greatly, I can detect things (as a mod) which maybe you guys can't.

For instance, if I place one of your titles in our 'to read' shelf... you'd be surprised how it turns up in odd places all over Goodreads when people browse various sections. It can pop up as a 'rec' in all sorts of locations. It gets attention.

At least that's a little bit of 'free visibility' we can do here.

That would be terrific!! how can I bribe you to put my book up on the reading list, Feliks Edmundovich? ;)

What if I say that you can cross check every spy-related or diplomatic wars related event in my book with some of the memoirs on your bookshelf? such as The Main Enemy by Milton Bearden, Tchaikovsky 19 by Robert F. Ober, Of Spies and Spokesmen by Nicolas Daniloff, the Safe House by E.L. Howard, to name a few? Does it sound solid enough for spy fic? Albeit the MCs in my book are fictional, all background and events are facts, some historical. And they interact with a number of real life people too, incl. the current president of the country where the main action takes place, if you know who I mean ;)

Hope I have intrigued you enough.

cheers!!

No bribes necessary, camrade. Such an opportunist mindset is not in line with revolutionary dogma. All you need to have your book featured on our shelf is to be a member of this group. Cheers!

Well, you know better than me, Feliks Edmundovich, that some comrades tended (tend?) to be more equal than others, even the most revolutionary dogmatic ones ;)

thanks!

Found another one not on the shelf: .

What should I do for my book to be included too? Ask someone to put it forward? :)

Mark Mills, Where Dead Men Meet

Adam Diment, several books Adam Diment

Aye. Thanks for the recap. But the shelves in question (to read, currently reading) only hold 4 at a time. Just bear that in mind...oh! and try to differentiate these for me. New vs old, fict vs nonfict...classic series vs classic standalones..I have to guess for too many, I give up

Soorryy, F.E.! Didnt know categorization was required. but I see that you've add them already anyway. And appreciate you adding my book on the group's reading list!! Don't suppose you'd be interested in reading it thou, uh? :)
Thanks a lot anyway!

One more: Perfect Spy by Larry Bergman, non-fiction, biography



PS: I met with him... with the man in question, I mean ;)

Hallo! I have more books to add!

Claire Berlinski, Loose Lips -- fiction

Joseph Weisberg, An Ordinary Spy -- kinda memoir-like fiction by ex-CIA operative.

And you will find a lot of espionage related books by this author: Ronald Kessler.

Me again. Have come across another one:

Christopher Boyce, The Falcon and the Snowman, memoir

There seems to be a prequel , but I can't find it.

I think I'm caught up. Always glad to find new titles.

Weisberg, we actually already had.

But 'Falcon & Snowman', is worth reminding me about. Thanks.
Again: please indicate 'fiction' vs 'nonfiction'; 'newer' vs 'classic'

If you suspect we're missing a famous book or famous author, look closely at the shelf names. Here's how it works:

For example, Brad Thor is a modern writer and he is also very hot right now, so he goes in the shelf called 'currently leading the field'. If he wasn't a bestseller, he would merely go in a shelf called 'newcomers'.

Now, this guy Weissburg, has several interesting-looking books on the FBI. But I haven't heard of him before, so I must assume he's a modern-era writer. So he goes in a shelf called 'nonfiction - newer'.

I'm explaining this to help you (MK) and anyone else who can suggest titles we could benefit by.

p.s. MK: 'memoir-like fiction'...whut! Throwing me a curve like this. 'Fiction' or 'nonfiction' please!

I propose adding my recent release:

Assignment Bletchley: A WW2 Story of Navy Intelligence, Spies and Intrigue

Any member of this group who is published, earns a spot in our group shelves, yep. Glad to add yours...will do

Thanks a ton!