Books like Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre

Eric Schlosser investigates how the United States manages its nuclear arsenal, detailing accidents, near‑misses, safety measures, and the technological and human challenges of controlling weapons of mass destruction.

Inside the Cold War era, Ben Macintyre reveals the shocking double life of Kim Philby, MI6’s chief counter‑intelligence officer who betrayed his friend, Nicholas Elliott, and the West to Moscow.

Peter Matthiessen investigates the 1975 Wounded Knee shoot‑out, detailing the conflict between FBI agents and the American Indian Movement, the conviction of Leonard Peltier, and the broader struggle of the Lakota people with the U.S. government.

A masterful spy thriller set during World War II, Agent Garbo tells the true story of Juan Pujol, a Barcelona poultry farmer who rose to become one of the most brilliant spies in history.

Helen MacInnes’ stirring espionage thriller follows an elite team of specialists who race against time to thwart a Soviet intelligence coup and rescue a captive spy.

"The shocking story of how America became one of the world's safest postwar havens for Nazis. Until recently, historians believed America gave asylum only to key Nazi scientists after World War II, along with some less famous perpetrators who managed to sneak in and who eventually were exposed by Nazi hunters. But the truth is much worse, and has been covered up for decades: the CIA and FBI brought thousands of perpetrators to America as possible assets against their new Cold War enemies. When the Justice Department finally investigated and learned the truth, the results were classified and buried. Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis"--

Robert Baer, renowned CIA operative, balances a career in the Middle East with a strained marriage and paternity, while his wife Dayna evolves from a California girl to a seasoned intelligence officer facing the personal costs of espionage.

When a Russian spy is rumored to be in their Vermont town, Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler uncover secrets that test their friendship and reveal deeper truths about Cold War fears and community life.

Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. The extraordinary story of how the whole family survived the Russian Revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union becomes, in Antony Beevor's hands, a breathtaking tale of compromise and survival in a merciless age.

Quiet Americans is Scott Anderson’s in-depth look at the United States Central Intelligence Agency’s covert operations during the Cold War, revealing how intelligence officers shaped global events.