Recs if you like The Spy Who Came In from the Cold...

TIME’s list of “the most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, and influential mystery and thriller books” running all the way back to the 1800s

page-turning stories about fictional spies and top-secret operations. featuring classics to contemporary.

Time Magazine’s All-Time Best 100 English Language Novels from 1923 to 2005 as published in 2005.

Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013

Time Magazine’s compilation of the 100 best novels published since 1923.

(101 because “The Berlin Stories” is an omnibus of “Mr Norris Changes Trains” and “Goodbye To Berlin.”)

Dry humor, exciting mysteries

All books read by Tough Guy Book Club since 2014. The club that wants men to Read More, Talk More, and have more Friends.

The number 1 bestsellers for each year. 1900-1999

Below are the #1 bestselling fictional novels in the United States for each year from 1900 to 1999, based on annual sales data (traditionally compiled by The Bookman and later Publishers Weekly).

Type Four: James Bond; the spy, police, or procedural thriller

... a slop is a book that can't get no love from me... If you're tired of all the slop being printed, here are some grade A classics to read instead.