No well-trained secret agent would even consider going on a mission without doing some background reading. If you don't peruse this booklist, you will never know what to do when a mysterious Oriental throws his hat at you, or when approached by a one-armed man on the streets of Manhattan.

Books are listed in alphabetical order unless otherwise stated. So far only titles are included - I can't face typing in ISBNs, dates of publication and so forth just yet. Boring little words such as 'the' and 'a' are omitted.
I make no claim to providing a complete list. I've tried not to include books that aren't about spies, but where I'm not familiar with the author one or two non-spy books may have crept in. OK?

Eric Ambler
Leslie Charteris(The Saint)
Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt)
Len Deighton (Harry Palmer, Bernard Samson and others)
Adam Diment (Philip McAlpine)
Ian Fleming (James Bond)
John Gardner (James Bond)
Graham Greene
James Leasor (Dr. Jason Love)
John Le Carré (George Smiley and others)
Helen Macinnes
Robert Markham (James Bond)
James Mayo (Charles Hood)
Peter O'Donnell (Modesty Blaise)
Martin Cruz Smith (Arkady Renko)

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