5 Best Modern Spy Novels That You Must Read

List of 5 best modern spy novels. Check out the booklist.

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (Penguin Modern Classics) written by John Le Carre derives its suspense from the setting of its story at the time when tensions were high during the Cold War, as the war between the East and West Berlin raged on with the Berlin wall standing tall between them. Alec Leamas is a British spy agent who was sent on a mission to gain information from East Germany. His mission fails as the last of his spies is killed. His superiors, known as the Control, send him on another dangerous mission after this, where he has to find Mundt- the chief of the East German Intelligence.

2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus – even though it may be one of those closest to him.

3. The Bourne Identity: The first Jason Bourne thriller 

The Bourne Identity: The first Jason Bourne thriller

Jason Bourne is back in the forthcoming major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander. Go back to where it all began for Bourne in his first adventure – The Bourne Identity

4. Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett’s breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and a brave woman.

5. The Innocent

The Innocent

Into a Berlin wrenched between East and West, comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance team. Though only a pawn in an international plot, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life.

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