Listen to the Spybrary Shelf of Fame announcement here.
Full list of books submitted for the Spybrary “Shelf of Fame.” The books are separated by the era that they are set in.
Pre Cold War era books
Pre-WW1-
The Riddle of the Sands – Erskine Childers
The Secret Agent – Joseph Conrad
Under Western Eyes – Joseph Conrad
Kim – Rudyard Kipling
The Great Impersonation – E. Phillips Oppenheim
WW1-
Greenmantle – John Buchan
The Thirty-Nine Steps – John Buchan
An Officer and a Spy – Robert Harris
Ashenden – Somerset Maugham
A Coffin for Demitrios – Eric Ambler
Epitaph For A Spy – Eric Ambler
A Toast to Tomorrow – Manning Coles
Drink to Yesterday – Manning Coles
WW2-
Winter – Len Deighton
Eye Of The Needle – Ken Follett
Enigma – Robert Harris
The Eagle Has Landed – Jack Higgins
Where Eagles Dare – Jack Higgins
Rogue Male – Geoffrey Household
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky – Simon Mawer
Night Soldiers – Alan Furst
Code Name Verity – Elizabeth Wein
SS-GB – Len Deighton
Journey into Fear – Eric Amber
Dark Star – Alan Furst
The Polish Officer – Alan Furst
Spies of Warsaw – Alan Furst
World at Night – Alan Furst
Mission to Paris – Alan Furst
A Small Death in Lisbon – Robert Wilson
The Company of Strangers – Robert Wilson
Los Alamos – Joseph Kanon
Heat of the Day – Elizabeth Bowen
Hot Rail to Hell – Robert Vardeman
The Stone Roses – Sarah Gainham
The Cold War era
The Lantern Network – Ted Allbeury
Judgment on Deltchev – Eric Ambler
The Kremlin Letter – Noel Behn
Heart’s Journey in Winter – James Buchan
Clear and Present Danger – Tom Clancy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin – Tom Clancy
The Hunt For Red October – Tom Clancy
Berlin Game – Len Deighton
Charity – Len Deighton
Faith – Len Deighton
Funeral in Berlin – Len Deighton
Hope – Len Deighton
London Match – Len Deighton
Mexico Set – Len Deighton
Spy Hook – Len Deighton
Spy Line – Len Deighton
Spy Sinker – Len Deighton
The Ipcress File – Len Deighton
Casino Royale – Ian Fleming
From Russia With Love – Ian Fleming
Goldfinger – Ian Fleming
Moonraker – Ian Fleming
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – Ian Fleming
Devil’s alternative – Frederick Forsyth
Fourth Protocol – Frederick Forsyth
The Day Of the Jackal – Frederick Forsyth
The Odessa File – Frederick Forsyth
Charlie M – Brian Freemantle
Six Days of the Condor – James Grady
Our Man in Havana – Graham Greene
The Human Factor – Graham Greene
The Quiet American – Graham Greene
Northlight – Adam Hall
The Ninth Directive – Adam Hall
The Quiller Memorandum – Adam Hall
The Tango Briefing – Adam Hall
The Warsaw Document – Adam Hall
The Ambushers – Donald Hamilton
A Small Town in Germany – John le Carré
Call for the Dead – John le Carré
Smiley’s People – John le Carré
The Honourable Schoolboy – John le Carré
The Russia House – John le Carré
The Spy who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – John le Carré
The Company – Robert Littell
The Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum
The Rhinemann Exchange – Robert Ludlum
Room at the Topless – Ted Mark
The Miernik Dossier – Charles McCarry
The Tears Of Autumn – Charles McCarry
A Magnum for Schneider – James Munro
The Sympathizer – Viet Nguyen
Modesty Blaise – Peter O’Donnell
Other Paths of Glory – Anthony Price
The Anderson Tapes – Lawrence Sanders
Seventeen Moments of Spring – Yulian Semyonov
Harry’s Game – Gerald Seymour
Shibumi – Trevanian
The Little Drummer Girl – John le Carré
The Perfect Spy – John le Carré
The Soul of Viktor Tonko – David Quammen
Running Blind – Desmond Bagley
The Peregrine Spy – Edmund P. Murray
The Better Angels – Charles McCarry
The Secret Lovers – Charles McCarry
A Firing Offense – David Ignatius
Dr. No – Ian Fleming
Agents of Innocence – David Ignatius
Siro – David Ignatius
The Amateur – Robert Littell
The Defection of A.J. Lewinter – Robert Littell
Triple – Ken Follett
The Charm School – Nelson DeMille
The Third Man – Graham Greene
Firefox – Craig Thomas
The Bear’s Tears – Craig Thomas
Sweet Tooth – Ian McEwan
Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens – Michael Gilbert
The Prodigal Spy – Joseph Kanon
The Defectors – Joseph Kanon
The Good German – Joseph Kanon
The Double Agent – John Bingham
Vulture in the Sun – John Bingham
Legacy – Alan Judd
Seven Days of May – Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel
Post Cold War era
A Spy by Nature – Charles Cumming
The Trinity Six – Charles Cumming
Typhoon – Charles Cumming
Chaos in Kabul – Gerard de Villiers
Lord of Swallows – Gerard de Villiers
London Rules – Mick Herron
Slow Horses – Mick Herron
Spook Street – Mick Herron
Europe in Autumn – Dave Hutchinson
Decoded – Mai Jai
Absolute Friends – John le Carré
Our Game – John le Carré
Red Sparrow – Jason Matthews
The Tourist – Olen Steinhauer
The Constant Gardener – John le Carré
A Spy’s Life – Henry Porter
Real Tigers – Mick Herron
Dead Lions – Mick Herron
Body of Lies – David Ignatius
Legends – Robert Littell
A Foreign Country – Charles Cumming
A Colder War – Charles Cumming
A Divided Spy – Charles Cumming
Our Kind of Traitor – John le Carré