The most popular intelligence & espionage books of 2024

Intelligence and espionage books tell the true stories of spies and secret services. Double agents, code-breakers, covert operations and famous betrayals are reconstructed from archives and interviews. If you enjoy spy novels, the real history is often stranger and just as gripping. This list shows the ones first published in 2024.

Cover of Tripped

Tripped

Norman Ohler

2024 · 2026 edition

240 pages

Cover of Soviet Intelligence Communications [1952]

Soviet Intelligence Communications [1952]

Federal Bureau of Intelligence

Published 2024

84 pages

Cover of Beverly Hills Spy The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

Beverly Hills Spy The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

Ronald Drabkin

2024 · 2025 edition

272 pages

Cover of Narcotopia In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Survived the CIA

Narcotopia In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Survived the CIA

Patrick Winn

Published 2024

364 pages

Cover of In True Face A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

In True Face A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked

Jonna Mendez

Published 2024

320 pages

Cover of All American - Letters Home

All American - Letters Home

Andrew V Garner

Published 2024

137 pages

Cover of Covert City The Cold War and the Making of Miami

Covert City The Cold War and the Making of Miami

Vince Houghton, Eric Driggs

Published 2024

246 pages

Cover of The Caretakers

The Caretakers

Caitlin Galante DeAngelis

Published 2024

212 pages

Cover of Big Intel How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains

Big Intel How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains

J. Michael Waller

Published 2024

256 pages

Cover of The Unvanquished The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America's Special Operations

The Unvanquished The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America's Special Operations

Patrick K. O'Donnell

Published 2024

432 pages

Cover of Four Shots in the Night A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

Four Shots in the Night A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland

Henry Hemming

Published 2024

338 pages

Cover of Watching the Watchers

Watching the Watchers

Henry Thomson

2024 · 2025 edition

354 pages

Cover of Information War How Artificial Intelligence Is Driving U. S. -China Military Competition

Information War How Artificial Intelligence Is Driving U. S. -China Military Competition

Tom Stefanick

Published 2024

280 pages

Cover of Prisoner of Lies Jack Downey's Cold War

Prisoner of Lies Jack Downey's Cold War

Barry Werth

2024 · 2025 edition

448 pages

Cover of Imminent Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

Imminent Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs

Luis Elizondo

Published 2024

304 pages

Cover of Saddling up Anyway

Saddling up Anyway

Martin Cruickshank

2024 · 2025 edition

342 pages

Cover of Rogue Agent From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare

Rogue Agent From Secret Plots to Psychological Warfare

James Crossland

2024 · 2025 edition

304 pages

Cover of Ghosts of Panama A Strongman Out of Control, a Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion

Ghosts of Panama A Strongman Out of Control, a Murdered Marine, and the Special Agents Caught in the Middle of an Invasion

Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll

2024 · 2025 edition

272 pages

Cover of The War We Won Apart The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII

The War We Won Apart The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII

Nahlah Ayed

2024 · 2025 edition

424 pages

Cover of Western Corporations and Covert Operations in the Early Cold War Re-Examining the Vogeler/Sanders Case

Western Corporations and Covert Operations in the Early Cold War Re-Examining the Vogeler/Sanders Case

Margaret Murányi Manchester

2024 · 2025 edition

202 pages

Cover of The Official CIA interrogation and manipulation Manual

The Official CIA interrogation and manipulation Manual

Central Intelligence Agency

2024 · 2025 edition

162 pages

Cover of Enemy Images Emergence, Consequences and Counteraction

Enemy Images Emergence, Consequences and Counteraction

Kristian Steiner, Andreas Önnerfors, Andreas Jahrehorn Önnerfors

2024 · 2025 edition

332 pages

Cover of Project 8200 - UFO/UAP Bases and Activities The Original Remote Viewing Transcripts

Project 8200 - UFO/UAP Bases and Activities The Original Remote Viewing Transcripts

F. Holmes Atwater

Published 2024

278 pages

Cover of The Broken Whistle A Deep State Run Amok

The Broken Whistle A Deep State Run Amok

Pedro Israel Orta

Published 2024

448 pages

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