Since 1987, David Ignatius has written a total of a dozen outstanding spy novels. At the Washington Post, where he writes about foreign affairs, he has gained an immense store of knowledge about US activity abroad, both aboveground and below. It shows in every one of his novels. Here, I’m...
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He served our country for eighteen years, the longest-running, highest-ranking CIA asset in the history of the Cold War. He was active as a spy for the United States during the most intense years of the Cold War, from 1961 to 1980. And by then his “briefing transcripts and photocopies of...
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I admit it. I have a special weakness for historical mysteries and thrillers. The following list of more than 200 such novels will certainly prove the point. They’re divided into three sections, beginning with my selection of the top ten novels. Immediately below that section are the 100 books in...
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Few topics have so dominated conversation in America since November 8, 2016, as the behavior of the country’s forty-fifth president. Some commentators have likened the attention received by Donald Trump to that afforded Ronald Reagan three decades earlier. But there’s no comparison: Trump wins...
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The 20 detective novels listed below may not be the 20 “best” detective novels, even by my uniquely idiosyncratic criteria. I’d read a lot of work in the genre even before I began writing these reviews in January 2010—and there are tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of detective novels...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.