18 books like The Sum of All Fears

What to read after The Sum of All Fears — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Der Kardinal im Kreml Tom Clancy · 1988 · ★ 3.8 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Challenging Two men possess vital data on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is CARDINAL—America's highest agent in the Kremlin—and he's about to be terminated by the KGB. The other is the one American who can save CARDINAL and lead the world to the brink of peace…or war. Here is author Tom Clancy's heart-stopping masterpiece. A riveting novel of the most important issue of our time. Shares Sr. Ryan, Ryan, Clark, Jack Ryan

Debt of honor Tom Clancy · 1994 · ★ 4.1 · 1154p · ≈ 38h · Challenging It begins with the murder of an American woman in the back streets of Tokyo. It ends in war. . . Number-one bestselling author Tom Clancy takes a bold, incisive look at what our nation's leaders are calling "the new world order." The time and place: a world at peace, where yesterday's enemies are tomorrow's allies. The players: Jack Ryan as the new U.S. President's National Security Advisor,… Shares Sr. Ryan, Ryan, Jack Ryan, Intelligence service

Clear and Present Danger Tom Clancy · 1989 · ★ 4.2 · 656p · ≈ 21h · Challenging The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Shares Ryan, Clark, Jack Ryan, Intelligence service

The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy · 1984 · ★ 4.1 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision...the Red October is heading west.The Americans want her.The Russians want her back.And the most incredible chase in history is on...The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have… Shares Sr. Ryan, Ryan, Jack Ryan, Intelligence service

Without Remorse Tom Clancy · 1993 · ★ 4.2 · 759p · ≈ 25h · Challenging Clancy shows how an ordinary man crossed the lines of justice and morality to become the CIA legend Mr. Clark. John Kelly, former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran, is still getting over the accidental death of his wife six months before, when he befriends a young woman with a decidedly checkered past. When that past reaches out for her in a particularly horrifying fashion, he vows revenge and,… Shares Sr. Ryan, Clark, Jack Ryan, Spies

Secret Agents Four Donald J. Sobol · 1967 · ★ 3.9 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Several boys chase a suspicious man who turns out to be a spy, so the boys form society VACUUM which will aid a national organization of secret agents in apprehending other spies. Shares Spies, Spy Fiction

Scorpia Rising Anthony Horowitz · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This is the ninth (and possibly the concluding) installment to the Alex Rider series. The book was released in March, 2011. Notably, it portrays the ultimate destruction of the terrorist organization SCORPIA, the presence of which, as a main group of antagonists, was felt from the fourth through ninth installment of the series. Shares Middle east, Terrorism, Spies, Spy Fiction

Choose Your Own Adventure - Beyond Escape! R. A. Montgomery · 1986 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Moderate In the year 2041 you, the reader, are Chief of Operations for a peaceful country. Your two best agents are missing and an enemy spy has stolen your topsecret files. You decide what to do next. Shares Spies, Spy Fiction

Liar's candle August Thomas · 2018 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Reminiscent of the work of John le Carre and Olen Steinhauser, this brilliant debut novel features a young State Department intern on the run in Turkey, trying to outwit and outmaneuver everyone from the Turkish president to Islamic extremists to the CIA. Racing to keep from being killed and to uncover the truth, Penny Kessler reluctantly partners with Connor Beauregard, a rookie CIA officer on… Shares Terrorism, Spy Fiction

The Recruit (CHERUB #1) Robert Muchamore · 1993 · ★ 4.2 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate a fast paced action filled story where kids are recruited to become secret agents called cherub agents James Adams has been recruited after his mum die's and is ready to take on what ever training has install for him warning not suitable for younger readers Shares Terrorism, Intelligence service, Spies, Spy Fiction

Scorpia Anthony Horowitz · 2004 · ★ 4.2 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex's father was murdered by MI6, in an operation masterminded by… Shares Terrorism, Spies, Spy Fiction

Our Game John le Carré · 1995 · ★ 3.7 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Tim Cranmer, retired secret servant and Larry Pettifer, bored radical don, philanderer and for 20 years Tim's mercurial double agent against the now vanished Communist threat, have an unresolved rivalry that dates back decades. They follow each other to Moscow and then Southern Russia. Shares Intelligence service, Spies, Spy Fiction

Morning Spy, Evening Spy Colin MacKinnon · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate CIA officer Paul Patterson races to track down Kareem, a former Afghan resistance fighter who has become an al-Qaeda and Taliban operative, in a novel about the search for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden in the months prior to September 11th. Shares Middle east, Spy Fiction

Prelude to terror Helen MacInnes · 1978 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Synopsis (Fantastic Fiction) The scene is Vienna, where an American art expert, Colin Grant, has been dispatched by a Texas millionaire to buy a painting by the Dutch master Ruysdael. He is instructed to get the painting "at any cost" but to keep his employer's name a secret. This seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare for Grant as he finds himself in the center of a conspiracy to… Shares Terrorism, Spy Fiction

Sly Spy Marjorie Weinman Sharmat · 1990 · ★ 5.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate E.J. the spy tries to uncover a secret that Olivia is keeping for a client. Shares Spies, Spy Fiction

Windmills of the gods Sidney Sheldon · 1987 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A college professor, a naive Kansan, becomes the US ambassador to Romania and learns a lot about life. Shares Spy Fiction

The man who lost the war W. T. Tyler · 1980 · ★ 3.5 · 434p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction with this book.

Mysterious Mr. Sabin Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1900 · 370p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "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

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