tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post7884202499085838379..comments2023-07-03T18:39:24.136+08:00Comments on The Book Tripper: Top 15 Espionage Novels by Publisher's Weekly (2006)Narjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003969690622069195noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-12750692356260295812016-12-09T15:19:02.347+08:002016-12-09T15:19:02.347+08:00Let me clarify that Peter Cannon compiled this lis...Let me clarify that Peter Cannon compiled this list ten years ago in Publisher's Weekly. It was never my list. I am just using it to gauge my own list of favorite spy fictions. It's just not comprehensive enough and I have a lot to finish in my pile of spy-action-geopolitical-thriller books before posting my own list. <br /><br />Your comment and recommendation on the other hand are much appreciated. I am looking forward to read Charles McCarry books. Narjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003969690622069195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-63429935517518467862016-12-09T02:01:30.844+08:002016-12-09T02:01:30.844+08:00Tell me Charles McCarry isn't at the top of th...Tell me Charles McCarry isn't at the top of this list because somehow you've overlooked his work. To believe that is a stretch, I know, but I want to give you the benefit of the doubt. That said, anyone who wants to read the best of the best, in this genre and most any other, for that matter, read The Tears of Autumn, The Secret Lovers, and The Last supper, in that order. Those three books are in a category by itself.LACrimAttyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09270540583989268147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-73245973449029074432012-10-19T22:39:22.979+08:002012-10-19T22:39:22.979+08:00erratum: the right name is Elleston Trevorerratum: the right name is Elleston TrevorNarjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003969690622069195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-16836004987344388672012-10-19T09:35:54.433+08:002012-10-19T09:35:54.433+08:00You've got a point there, Leelas. This is an o...You've got a point there, Leelas. This is an outdated list(2005-2006) made by Peter Cannon for Publishers Weekly.<br /><br />Personally, all I care about the list is Le Carre and Greene making it in the top 5, and Mailer and Childers in the top 15.Narjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003969690622069195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-16507617655563590522012-10-18T17:47:52.936+08:002012-10-18T17:47:52.936+08:00The fact that Ian Fleming is placed above Graham G...The fact that Ian Fleming is placed above Graham Greene invalidates the entire list. Heck, the fact that Ian Fleming is present at all in a list of the best spy novels is bad enough.<br /><br />This would be like ranking fantasy novels and putting Dragonlance above JRR Tolkien. It'd be like ranking popular music and placing Justin Bieber above the Beatles.<br /><br />In other words, this is an absolutely epic fail on the part of Publisher's Weekly.<br />Leelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839262953024381619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-14615406302111171942011-05-24T12:36:06.139+08:002011-05-24T12:36:06.139+08:00Charlie Muffin sounds like a very unique protagoni...Charlie Muffin sounds like a very unique protagonist but I heard Brian Freemantle is remarkable especially in the first Charlie M novel and his latest thriller--Red Star Rising.<br /><br />Robert Littel is good in writing about the Soviet Union, the Russians, as well as the CIA (what can you expect from a Newsweek journalist?) and I'll be looking for that 2006 novel-Legends, and the ultra-thick book (900+ pages)The Company that spawned a tv series.<br /><br />Thanks for all the comments!Narjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003969690622069195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-15831951232596184882011-05-24T03:47:17.824+08:002011-05-24T03:47:17.824+08:00Thanks so much for tis list. I've read many a...Thanks so much for tis list. I've read many and will try to get to the ones I haven't soon.<br /><br />But for my money, youve missed a few of my favorites and favorite authors.<br /><br />First, a much overlooked but brilliant espionage writer is Brian Freemantle and his Charlie Muffin series. Although I am very fond of nearly ALL his early (and mostly out of print) entries in the series (Charlie M, Here Comes Charlie M, The Inscrutable Charlie Muffin, Charlie Muffin USA, and a Madrigal for Charlie Muffin), I would rank the three next following books in the series (the Blind Run, See Charlie Run and the Run Around) as the the peer of anything else ever written within the genre. Fabulous writing, plotting and tradecraft. It just doesnt get any better.<br /><br />Second, I cannot omit Robert Littel. I love many of his bookc (the Sisters, The Company and the Once and Future Spy) but have to recommend most highly the Amateur. A wonderful twist and great atmospheric, as well as very capable writing.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227173059916982053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-79037316594563942492010-11-03T12:59:37.420+08:002010-11-03T12:59:37.420+08:00Thanks for the comment, Sean! I'll try to look...Thanks for the comment, Sean! I'll try to look for that book/series by Ellison Trevor aka Adam Hall.Narjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003969690622069195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550526479459285088.post-81078360005438014832010-11-03T08:21:37.131+08:002010-11-03T08:21:37.131+08:00thanks so much for posting this. I've always l...thanks so much for posting this. I've always like spy novels, but after reading The Quiller Memorandum, I'm more excited than ever about finding new "classic" espionage works. You don't have that listed.... I sure hope you've met Quiller. I'm on a mission to seek out each and every on of these books... in time, of course. Thanks again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477511658153012107noreply@blogger.com