Books like Games of state by Jeff Rovin

A Soviet nuclear submarine marked for defection slips into the Atlantic, sparking a high‑stakes pursuit by the United States and the Soviet Union in this tense Cold War thriller.

Former Navy SEAL John Kelly, code‑named Mr. Clark, uses his combat skills to seek vengeance and aid a Pentagon mission to rescue POWs from a North Vietnamese camp, confronting deadly enemies both at home and abroad.

When three American officials are assassinated in Colombia, a covert intelligence operation follows to uncover the conspiracy.

In Tom Clancy’s thriller, CIA analyst Jack Ryan devises a plan to end Middle‑East conflict, but a terrorist coup ignites distrust and a looming nuclear crisis that threatens U.S. leadership and global stability.

The Firm, released in 1991, is John Grisham’s second novel and his first widely popular legal thriller, delving into tax evasion, money laundering, organized crime, and the inner workings of law firms under the RICO Act.

Richard Hannay, a bored Londoner who returns from South Africa, is thrust into a high‑stakes espionage chase after a murder tied to an assassination plot, forcing him to flee to Scotland and outwit his pursuers.

Jack Ryan, President’s National Security Advisor, confronts a covert plot by Japanese industrialist Razio Yamata, who seeks to cripple the United States through a sharpened trade law, sparking a high‑stakes geopolitical thriller.

When a San Francisco priest is murdered, his twin FBI agent brother, Dane Carver, teams with detectives Savich and Sherlock to hunt the killer, racing against time through city streets and Hollywood studios with a homeless witness in pursuit.

After the Soviet Union collapses, Arkady Renko flees to Germany, where he confronts a ruthless Russian mafia that has already invaded the country while he searches for a looming threat.

Nelson DeMille’s thriller follows Wall‑Street lawyer John Sutter as he confronts a Mafia don on Long Island’s Gold Coast, weaving friendship, seduction and betrayal into a suspenseful legal drama.

A North Korean missile strike, a CIA murder, and a forged dossier conspire to threaten the U.S. President, forcing Jack Ryan Jr. and Campus agents to race against time to prevent a global crisis.

A rogue band of UN peacekeepers, calling themselves the 'Keepers,' seize the UN headquarters amid a gala, demanding ransom and putting the Op-Center’s investigation—and a personal vendetta—against the city.

FBI special agent Pierce Quincy teams with ex‑cop Rainie Connor to chase a psychopathic killer who preys on the minds of his victims, forcing them to confront the darkest fears close to home.

Sgt. Raymond Shaw, a decorated war hero turned sleeper agent, threatens a nation as those in power seek to control him. His former commander must unravel a Cold‑War conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of government.

Margaret MacMillan, an acclaimed historian and "great storyteller" (The New York Review of Books), explores here the many ways in which history--its values and dangers--affects us all, including how it is used and abused. The New York Times bestselling author of Paris 1919 and Nixon and Mao reveals how a deeper engagement with history in our private lives and, more important, in the sphere of public debate can guide us to a richer, more enlightened existence, as individuals and nations. Alive with incident and figures both great and infamous, including Robespierre, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Mao Zedong, Karl Marx, Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and George W. Bush, Dangerous Games explores why it is important to treat history with care.History is used to justify religious movements and political campaigns alike. The manipulation of history is increasingly pervasive in today's world. Dictators may suppress history because it undermines their ideas, agendas, or claims to absolute authority. Nationalists may tell false, one-sided, or misleading stories about the past. Political leaders might mobilize their people by telling lies. Adolf Hitler, for instance, blamed the Jews for Germany's humiliation at Versailles and its defeat in World War I. It is imperative that we have an understanding of the past and avoid the all-too-common traps in thinking to which many fall prey--as MacMillan skillfully illuminates. This brilliantly reasoned work will compel us to examine history anew, including our own understanding of it, and our own closely held beliefs.From the Hardcover edition.

A thriller that follows a CIA analyst as his life becomes entangled with international terrorism and an ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA.

A cadre of rogue UN peacekeepers, equipped with contraband arms, seizes the UN headquarters and holds diplomats hostage, forcing a high-stakes political showdown.