23 Of Best Intelligence Espionage History Books In 2024

TOP 1

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Willink, Jocko
St. Martin's Press
Nov 1, 2017

Our Score

4.95
TOP 2

The Spy and the Traitor

Macintyre, Ben
Crown
Aug 6, 2019

Our Score

4.9
TOP 3

The World War 2 Trivia Book

O'Neill, Bill
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Oct 17, 2017

Our Score

4.8
TOP 4

Countdown bin Laden: The Untold Story of the 247-Day Hunt to Bring the Mastermind of 9/11 to Justice

Wallace, Chris
Weiss, Mitch
Sep 7, 2021

Our Score

4.8
TOP 5

Walk in My Combat Boots

Patterson, James
Eversmann, Matt
Mooney, Chris
Little, Brown and Company
Feb 8, 2021

Our Score

4.7
TOP 6

100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers

Emerson, Clint
Atria Books
Oct 13, 2015

Our Score

4.6
TOP 7

Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

McRaven, Admiral William H.
Grand Central Publishing
May 21, 2019

Our Score

4.5
TOP 8

First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

Harnden, Toby
Sep 7, 2021

Our Score

4.45
TOP 9

The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War

Anderson, Scott
May 25, 2021

Our Score

4.45
TOP 10

By Water Beneath the Walls

Milligan, Benjamin H.
Bantam
Jul 20, 2021

Our Score

4.35
TOP 11

Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

Schilling, Dan
Longfritz, Lori
Grand Central Publishing
Jun 25, 2019

Our Score

4.25
TOP 12

US Army Small Unit Tactics Handbook

LeFavor, Paul D
Blacksmith Publishing
Sep 11, 2015

Our Score

4.15
TOP 13

U.S. Army Special Forces Guide to Unconventional Warfare

Department of the Army
Skyhorse
Mar 1, 2011

Our Score

4.15
TOP 14

X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

Garrett, Leah
Mariner Books
May 25, 2021

Our Score

4.05
TOP 15

Legend: The Incredible Story of Green Beret Sergeant Roy Benavidez's Heroic Mission to Rescue a Special Forces Team Caught Behind Enemy Lines

Blehm, Eric
Crown
Apr 26, 2016

Our Score

4.05
TOP 16

We March at Midnight: A War Memoir

Ray McPadden
Aug 2, 2021

Our Score

3.95
TOP 17

Leave No Man Behind: The Untold Story of the Rangers’ Unrelenting Search

Brooks, Dr. Tony
Welch, Bob
Diversion Books
Aug 10, 2021

Our Score

3.95
TOP 18

40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers

Tachovsky, Joseph
Kraack, Cynthia
Regnery History
Jun 2, 2020

Our Score

3.9
TOP 19

No Ordinary Dog: My Partner

Chesney, Will
Layden, Joe
St. Martin's Press
Apr 21, 2020

Our Score

3.9
TOP 20

The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

O'Neill, Robert
Scribner
Apr 3, 2018

Our Score

3.85
TOP 21

The Man in the Arena

Gallagher, Eddie
Gallagher, Andrea
Symonds, Andy
Ballast Books
Jun 29, 2021

Our Score

3.8
TOP 22

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

Jacobsen, Annie
Back Bay Books
Jan 20, 2015

Our Score

3.7
TOP 23

Agent Sonya: The Spy Next Door

Macintyre, Ben
Jul 27, 2021

Our Score

3.7