Best Cold War Fiction - April 2024

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“The best true spy story I have ever read.”—JOHN LE CARRÉThe celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal an... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0782X9PFP
• ASIN: B0782X9PFP
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Presidents of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

• ASIN: B078QTY62K
• ASIN: B078QTY62K
• Manufacturer: Crown

The Red Collusion: A Military Thriller

One man's hunger to conquer leads Moscow and Washington to the verge of WWIII.It’s 1981, and the Cold War is at its peak. The leader of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Yermolov, instructs Defense Minister Marshal Budarenko to go on a limited military operation that will put an end to the civilian uprising in some of the Warsaw Pact states. But Marshal Budarenko has other plans.The Marshal, a WWII hero and red-army legend, is a tough, militant man. He begins conspiring behind the USSR leader’s back, forming an intricate scheme that will allow him to move mass armed forces towards West G... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07TFF35NT
• ASIN: B07TFF35NT

A Cold War

Nina Granville believes her business trip to Alaska will give her a short respite from the merry-go-round that came with her engagement to Congressman Terrence Donnelly. But instead of allowing her the peace she craves, Nina’s getaway from the public eye means that no one witnesses her abduction into a very cold hell.Taken by a mountain man who calls himself Baer and then transported to a remote cabin surrounded by nothing but frozen wilderness, Nina descends into a nightmare of terror, privation, and bitter cold. Nina’s privileged life did not prepare her for imprisonment at the hands of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00U0N5GD8
• ASIN: B00U0N5GD8
• Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they should have been anything but.In 1978, CIA maverick Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko were new arrivals on the Washington, DC intelligence scene, with Jack working out of the CIA's counterintelligence office and Gennady out of the Soviet Embassy. Both men, already notorious iconoclasts within their respective agencies, were assigned to seduce the other into betraying his country in the urgent final days of the Cold War, but instead the men en... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079L4QSGF
• ASIN: B079L4QSGF
• Manufacturer: Twelve

The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

“[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR’s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
• ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters.Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radi... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GNV7PNH
• ASIN: B07GNV7PNH
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The Great Alone: A Novel

• ASIN: B06Y5WRS2C
• ASIN: B06Y5WRS2C
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year   It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and dropped a note into the car. The chief, suspicious of a KGB trap, ignored the overture. But the man had made up his mind. His attempts to establish contact with the CIA would be rebuffed four times before he thrust upon them an envelope whose contents would stun U.S. intelligence. In the years that followed, that man, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345805976
• ASIN: 0345805976
• ISBN: 0345805976
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2018)Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including the notorious SS leader, Heinrich Himmler. Others, however, evaded capture through a sophisticated Nazi organization designed to hide them. Among those war criminals were Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death” who performed hideous medical experiments ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250165547
• ASIN: 1250165547
• ISBN: 1250165547
• Brand: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (An Hbj Modern Classic)

• ASIN: B003K16PUU
• ASIN: B003K16PUU
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Red War (15) (A Mitch Rapp Novel)

*Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller* The #1 New York Times bestselling series returns with Mitch Rapp racing to prevent Russia’s gravely ill leader from starting a full-scale war with NATO. “Mills is the only writer capable of filling the enormous void left by Vince Flynn.”—The Real Book SpyWhen Russian president Maxim Krupin discovers that he has inoperable brain cancer, he’s determined to cling to power. His first task is to kill or imprison any of his countrymen who can threaten him. Soon, though, his illness becomes serious enough to require a more dramatic diversion—war wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501190598
• ASIN: 1501190598
• ISBN: 1501190598
• Brand: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
• Manufacturer: Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from “a superb craftsman of suspense” (Entertainment Weekly). Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What’s one extra day? He takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two you... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079R2H6M9
• ASIN: B079R2H6M9
• Manufacturer: Dell

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller — What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes—have led to decades of speculation over what really happened.As gripp... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00CUSQOA0
• ASIN: B00CUSQOA0
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Chronicle Books LLC

House of Spies: A Novel (Gabriel Allon Book 17)

A Kirkus Best Book of the Year#1 NYT Bestseller#1 USA Bestseller#1 WSJ BestsellerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new summer blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon.A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies, Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge – determined to hunt down the world’s most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin.  Four months after the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01JYWGVRA
• ASIN: B01JYWGVRA
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Harper

Best of Enemies : The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War

The thrilling story of two Cold War spies, CIA case officer Jack Platt and KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko -- improbable friends at a time when they should have been anything but.In 1978, CIA maverick Jack

• UPC: 720971544
• Rating: 5.0

Cold War : Power Plays 05

In Antarctica, Roger Gordian's UpLink Technologies' research facility tests robotic landing craft for use on Mars, but testing is disrupted when one of the rovers disappears--along with the repair team sent out after it. Fear

• UPC: 25243691

Cold War - eBook

Unspoiled. Uninhabited. Under attack…On the wind-swept, ice-covered continent of Antarctica, Roger Gordian’s UpLink Technologies has established a scientific research facility called Cold Corners. But its testing of potential robotic landing craft for use on Mars

• UPC: 233672061

The Cold War Swap - eBook

At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on

• UPC: 362567806

Basic Law : A Mystery of Cold War Europe

"A MysteriousPress.com

• UPC: 42413911
• Rating: 4.0

Cold War - eBook

Dropped on a frozen planet under suspicious circumstances, a group of marines struggles to discover the true objective of their mission. "Cold War" is set in the same universe as Adam Christopher's novel The Burning

• UPC: 702071355
• Rating: 4.0

Stasi Child: A Chilling Cold War Thriller (The Oberleutnant Karin Muller Series) (Paperback)

Books : Stasi Child: A Chilling Cold War Thriller (The Oberleutnant Karin Muller Series)

• UPC: 597414765
• Rating: 3.714

The Cold War Swap

At the height of the Cold War, two Americans are runnng a bar in the West German capital, called Mac's place. One of the pair, Michael Padillo, isn't around a lot; he keeps disappearing on

• UPC: 25244860

Cold War: A Science Fiction Story - eBook

In a decaying future Toronto, Pete survives on the fringes, smuggling anything and everything for a price.When Vriana comes to him with a new job, Pete finds himself on the run, doing the smuggle of

• UPC: 166249681

American Experience: Cold War Roadshow (DVD)

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern history—the unprecedented trip across America in 1959 by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the world leader of communism

• UPC: 46597102
• Model: PBSDCOLW601D
• Color: YOther