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Icon is a 1996 political thriller by Frederick Forsyth set in post-Soviet Russia. After Western intelligence obtains a secret manifesto associated with ultranationalist presidential candidate Igor Komarov, former CIA officer Jason Monk is recruited to obstruct his rise to power. The novel combines e...
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The top alternative to Icon in 2026 is The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (novel) with a score of 9.6/10, followed by Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (9.5) and The Day of the Jackal (novel) (9.3).
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (novel)
John le Carré’s *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* explores a profoundly cynical narrative within the landscape of the...
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré’s *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* is a seminal political thriller exploring deception within Britain's Secret...
The Day of the Jackal (novel)
Frederick Forsyth’s *The Day of the Jackal* details a meticulously planned plot to assassinate French President Charles...
Moscow Rules
Moscow Rules is a spy novel published in 2008 by American author Daniel Silva. It is the eighth book in the Gabriel Allo...
The Defector
The Defector is a 2009 espionage novel by Daniel Silva and the ninth installment in the Gabriel Allon series. Its plot f...
The Odessa File (novel)
Frederick Forsyth’s *The Odessa File* explores the aftermath of World War II through the investigation of a clandestine...
The English Girl
The English Girl is an espionage novel published in 2013 by American author Daniel Silva. It is the thirteenth installme...
The Cellist
The Cellist is a spy fiction novel by Daniel Silva, published in 2021. It is the twenty-first entry in Silva's long-runn...
The Fist of God
The Fist of God is a military thriller novel written by Frederick Forsyth and published in 1994. Set during the 1991 Gul...
Palace of Treason
"Palace of Treason" is a spy thriller published in 2015 by Jason Matthews, serving as the second book in a trilogy follo...
The Fourth Protocol (novel)
The Fourth Protocol is a Cold War political thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, published in 1984. The plot centers on...
The Bear and the Dragon
The Bear and the Dragon is a 2000 geopolitical thriller by Tom Clancy and part of the Jack Ryan series. With Ryan servin...
Spymaster
Spymaster is a 2018 political thriller by Brad Thor and the eighteenth novel featuring counterterrorism operative Scot H...
The Kremlin's Candidate
The Kremlin's Candidate is a 2018 espionage novel by former CIA officer Jason Matthews and the concluding volume of the...
The Kremlin Conspiracy
The Kremlin Conspiracy is a 2018 political thriller by Joel C. Rosenberg and the first novel centered on former United S...
Foreign Agent
Sixteenth Scot Harvath novel by Brad Thor (2016), in which Harvath hunts the perpetrators of an ISIS strike on a CIA tea...
A Matter of Honor
A Matter of Honor (1986) is a Jeffrey Archer thriller in which a British officer inherits a Tsarist letter that triggers...
The Cobra
The Cobra is a 2010 political thriller by Frederick Forsyth. Its central character is a retired CIA operative who is rec...
The Kill List
The Kill List is a 2013 political thriller by Frederick Forsyth. It follows Christopher "Kit" Carson, a former U.S. Mari...
The Fox
The Fox is a 2018 political thriller by Frederick Forsyth. It follows a teenage autistic hacker whose cyberwarfare skill...
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