Live and Let Spy
Growing up I watched my fair share of old James Bond movies and it always seemed that every Sunday, on some channel, one could not avoid a Roger Moore-era Bond film. James Bond on film will have his 50th anniversary this year with a new installment of the series, Skyfall. Although many of us probably know Bond best through film, 007 started his life in fiction in the novel Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. So in celebration of Bond’s 50th anniversary on film and almost 60 years in fiction, I’ve put together a list of great reads that in some way feature spies or espionage. What do you recommend?
Spy Reads
- George Washington, Spymaster: How America Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War by Thomas B. Allen (Nonfiction)
- Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood (Nonfiction)
- The Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Agency that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers (Nonfiction)
- The Shadow Project by Herbie Brennan
- Star Crossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce
- I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
- Spygirl: True Adventures from My Life as a Private Eye by Amy Gray (Adult Nonfiction)
- Sure Fire by Jack Higgins
- SilverFin by Charlie Higson
- Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
- The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from the Revolution to the 21st Century by Paul B. Janeczko (Nonfiction)
- Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
- The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
- Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
- Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
- A Hunt for Justice: The True Story of a Woman Undercover Wildlife Agent by Lucinda Delaney Schroeder (Adult Nonfiction)
- Live and Let Shop by Michael P. Spradlin
- I.Q.: Independence Hall by Roland Smith
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
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