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When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. The book that started the military technothriller genre.

“KIM”, PUBLISHED in 1901, may be the first spy novel. Rudyard Kipling recounts the adventures of an orphan who becomes a player in the Great Game, Britain’s competition with Russia in the 19th century ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Mystique is about to solidify herself as one of the most ruthless villains in the Marvel Universe.

These autumn months are a good time for the reader who comes in from the cold. There’s a new book about spies hitting shelves just about every week, including a sequel to “The Spy Who Came in From the ...

Early one morning last week FBI agents rapped sharply on the doors of five Detroit houses, made five arrests. Agents in New York boarded a freighter, made a sixth. Four of the prisoners—a countess, a ...

I blame Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, Agent 007. What’s not to love about Bond? He’s charming, handsome, smart, and he always comes out on top. Fleming himself worked in British Naval ...

Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s monthly quiz about books that have been made into television shows, movies, songs and more. This month’s challenge is about stories of spycraft, war and ...

As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict. As the history of war shows, incompetence is a common ...