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Any recommendations for good spy thriller novels?

Posted by Der

on July 11, 2026, 9:54 pm

These are my favourites:

Joseph Kanon
John le Carré
Len Deighton (esp the Bernard Sampson novels).

I notice they're all men. Maybe that says something about the publishing industry.

Anyway, I'm having to re-read them. So looking for some others.

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Slow Horses series by Mick Herron - Raskolnikov July 11, 2026, 10:02 pm
- Also Alan Furst nm - Raskolnikov July 11, 2026, 10:05 pm
- I saw all the Slow Horses series in video. Brilliant. Cummings I read once n didn't think much of. - Der July 11, 2026, 11:09 pm
  - "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G. K. Chesterton - Keith-264 July 11, 2026, 11:51 pm
    - I'll check out Chesterton. HV seen the other two on film. Also - Der July 12, 2026, 10:31 am
      - Childers showed there were no Arab broadcasts urging the Palestinians to flee their homes in 1948 - Der July 12, 2026, 11:42 am
        
        "The Other Exodus: exposing the Israeli lie that Palestinian leaders ordered the flight of 1948" - Der July 12, 2026, 11:44 am
        
        Christopher Hitchens wrote on "Broadcasts" in his Blaming the Victims book with Said. - Der July 12, 2026, 12:23 pm
        
        Re: Childers showed there were no Arab broadcasts urging the Palestinians to flee their homes in 1948 - Keith-264 July 12, 2026, 1:08 pm
        
        No. We're talking about before the war. That's important. - Der July 12, 2026, 2:42 pm
        
        These days the Israelis are more likely to say the Arab armies invading caused the Nakba! - Der July 12, 2026, 3:29 pm
      - Re: I'll check out Chesterton. HV seen the other two on film. Also - Keith-264 July 12, 2026, 1:22 pm
        
        Also, Ashenden by Somerset Maugham. They say Maugham, himself, was a spy. - Der July 12, 2026, 3:36 pm
Edward Wilson is good too nm - Raskolnikov July 12, 2026, 11:19 am
- Will check him out. Thanks. nm - Der July 12, 2026, 11:46 am
  - Ian Fleming?...OK, I'll get my coat... - Ed July 12, 2026, 1:07 pm
    - "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" - scrabb July 12, 2026, 4:06 pm
      - Re: "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" - Ed July 12, 2026, 4:38 pm
Good list here; binge-watched most of Slow Horses S1 as a result. I'll add Eric Ambler - marknadim July 13, 2026, 6:10 am
- Wasn't The Maltese Falcon a novel first? - Keith-264 July 13, 2026, 5:24 pm
  - Indeed. Forgot Chandler n Hammett. Grievious error. nm - Der July 13, 2026, 5:46 pm
- Slow Horses is a cracking watch. Gary Oldman is hilarious. n I'll check out Ambler. nm - Der July 13, 2026, 5:49 pm
  - Kristin Scott-Thomas hides a multitude of plot, script and acting sins....nm - Keith-264 July 13, 2026, 7:26 pm
    - Leslie Charteris often had The Saint dabble in international espionage and intrigue... - Ed July 13, 2026, 9:51 pm

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