Secrets, Lies and Spies: Spy Books to Read Now 

In a job this unforgiving, friendship can’t last. These secret agents have survived the unspeakable together, and now their next targets are each other. Read more from David McCloskey in his exclusive B&N Reads guest post, here. 

If you’ve ever had a bad day, it still wouldn’t compare to Emma Makepeace’s bad night. Our former Monthly Pick is a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase that’ll leave you breathless.

John Le Carré’s son takes up the mantle on an iconic series and asks: can George Smiley survive his very last mission? Go behind the scenes of Karla’s Choice with Nick Harkaway and Miwa Messer on Poured Over this fall.

A house for disgraced MI5 agents, all of whom want to get back to work. It’s a fantastic premise, and Mick Herron delivers on the promises he sets up. It’s thrilling, it’s unique, and it’s a compelling look at complex characters.

The Secret Hours is the heart-jumping prequel to the series that started with Slow Horses. Here you’ll learn how the pejoratively named “Slow Horses” got their name and made their way into the spy game. The chase is on!

For six decades, John le Carré wrote novels that came to define our age. You’ll finish reading wanting to set up codenames, drop points and international travel in disguise.