18 books like Ian Fleming

What to read after Ian Fleming — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Day of the Jackal Frederick Forsyth · 1971 · ★ 4.3 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate In a class by itself. Unputdownable' Sunday TimesOne of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the O. A. S., to assassinate General de Gaulle. The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his… Shares: Community pick

The Life of Ian Fleming John Pearson · 1966 · ★ 4.0 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Through extensive research and examination of private papers, this book exposes the fact that although Fleming might have denied the connection, the Bond books were in fact autobiographical. Shares: English Novelists, Journalists, Authorship, Authors

Here Lies Eric Ambler · 1985 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Winner of the Edgar Award, Eric Ambler’s autobiography Here Lies is an intriguing look inside the mind of one of our greatest thriller writers. Here the famously recalcitrant Ambler peels back the layers of experience that affected his life with the same skill he uses to unfold the plots of his novels. His South London childhood; his brief engineering career, which he gave up to work in theater;… Shares: English Novelists, Authorship, Authors, Spy Fiction

The Chancellor Manuscript Robert Ludlum · 1920 · ★ 3.9 · 455p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Did J. Edgar Hoover die a natural death? Or was he murdered? When a group of high-minded and high-placed intellectuals known as Inver Brass detect a monstrous threat to the country in Hoover’s unethical use of his scandal-ridden private files, they decide to do away with him—quietly, efficiently, with no hint of impropriety. Then bestselling thriller writer Peter Chancellor stumbles onto… Shares: English Novelists, Spy Fiction

Experiment in autobiography H. G. Wells · 1934 · 718p · ≈ 23h · Challenging En un momento de desgaste personal y abierto escepticismo, H.G. Wells, uno de los escritores más importantes de la literatura occidental, realizó el relato de su vida hasta 1934, fecha de publicación de este Experimento en autobiografía. En una primera parte, el autor de La máquina del tiempo o La guerra de los mundos, repasa su niñez, la vida familiar y una embrollada educación, el periplo como… Shares: English Novelists, Journalists, Biography & Memoir

A Reporter's Life Walter Cronkite · 1996 · 637p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Walter Cronkite gives an account of his personal life as that of a reporter and T.V. newscaster. Shares: Journalists, Biography & Memoir

Neither 5 nor 3 Helen MacInnes · 1951 · 350p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Paul Haydn was on his way home at last, to New York and the civilian life he longed for, after years of War. Yet he would never forget the tormented people, desperate for refuge in Berlin. They had survived the War - but now a new, sinister presence  threatened them, their families, the whole of society.Now he discovered that, back home, some of his former colleagues had dangerous political… Shares: Journalists, Spy Fiction

An autobiography Anthony Trollope · 1853 · ★ 4.4 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. Trollope has always been a popular novelist. Noted fans… Shares: English Novelists, Authors, Biography & Memoir

Telling Tales Kylie Cardell · 2015 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Young writers have historically played a pivotal role in shaping autobiographical genres and this continues into the graphic and digital texts which characterise contemporary life writing. This volume offers a selection of pertinent case studies which illuminate some of the core themes which have come to characterise autobiographical writings of childhood, including: cultural and identity… Shares: Authorship, Biography & Memoir

The Life of Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell · 1857 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Intertwining fact and story, The Life of Charlotte Bronte takes the reader by one hand and Charlotte Bronte by the other to run rampant through the making of one of the greatest authoresses of all time. Follow Charlotte from her birthplace of Thornton as she sets off for school and later returns to teach her sisters, and come to know the “characteristic kindness of the Brontes.” This… Shares: English Novelists, Authors, Biography & Memoir

Jane's fame Claire Harman · 2009 · 341p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Part biography and part cultural history, this splendid book not only tells the captivating story of Jane Austen's life, but also her literary legacy. The slow growth of Austen's fame, the changing status of her work, and what it has stood for in English culture is a story of personal struggle and family dynamics as well as a history of critical practices and changing public tastes. Jane's Fame… Shares: English Novelists, Authors, Biography & Memoir

Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens · 1846 · ★ 3.5 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Challenging From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit them, in fancy, the more agreeably, and with a better understanding of what they are to expect. Many books have been written upon Italy, affording many means of studying the history of… Shares: English Novelists, Authors, Biography & Memoir

The League of Night and Fog David Morrell · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 413p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Two brilliant operatives known as Saul and Drew are drawn together to solve a baffling mystery: Why have ten elderly men from around the world been kidnapped? As the agents investigate they are pulled into a violent cycle of revenge that stretches back to World War II--and is now forcing sons to pay for their father's darkest sins.David Morrell's international thrillers have no equal. From the… Shares: Authors, Spy Fiction

A smuggler's bible Joseph McElroy · 1966 · ★ 4.0 · 435p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A Smugglers Bible is Joseph McElroys first novel. David Brooke—who talks of himself in a split-personality manner—narrates a framing tale that consists of him "smuggling" his essence into eight autobiographical manuscripts, although their connection with Brooke is not always clear. Brooke seems to deteriorate, while his fictions become more real. Shares: Authorship, Authors, Biography & Memoir

Longshot Dick Francis · 1738 · ★ 4.1 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Demanding One of the best Dick Francis books! Shares: Journalists, Authors

The mirror of the sea Joseph Conrad · 1906 · ★ 3.9 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6 (Summary by Wikipedia). Conrad early in his life earned his bread as a Master Mariner in sailing ships. In his Author's Note to this work, Conrad states,"Beyond the line of the sea horizon the world for me did not exist .Within these pages I make a full confession not of my sins but of my… Shares: English Novelists, Biography & Memoir

Mysterious Mr. Sabin Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1900 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Challenging "The mysterious Mr. Sabin is an unscrupulous French royalist who aids the German government in a conspiracy of war against England. His part in the plot is that of securing valuable papers recording the coast defenses of England, for which services he demands Germany's conquest of France and the restoration of the monarchy in the person of Prince Henri and his cousin, Helene of… Shares: Spy Fiction

Pray for Brave Heart Helen MacInnes · 1955 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate About the undeclared and ever-waging war of our time, the war for men's minds, and the action takes place in Switzerland. Shares: Spy Fiction

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