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Olen Steinhauer's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “All the Old Knives” says the best espionage stories “not only ask questions about how spying is performed, but they also question the value of the job itself.”

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By the Book: 26bkr Bythebook_steinhauer.t (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-04-23).

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Cover of The Book of Three
The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander · Buy on Amazon
"a book I loved as a child"
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Immortality
Milan Kundera · Buy on Amazon
"on the strength of "Immortality" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," Milan Kundera became my obsession."
Cover of The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera · Buy on Amazon
"on the strength of "Immortality" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," Milan Kundera became my obsession."
Cover of Stolen Pleasures: Selected Stories
Stolen Pleasures: Selected Stories
Gina Berriault · Buy on Amazon
"which I discovered in grad school and immediately fell for."
Cover of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carre · Buy on Amazon
"It's a truly exquisite book, full of mesmerizing voices, acute social commentary and a moral weight that is, to me, on a par with the Great Books of English literature."
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The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
John le Carre · Buy on Amazon
""The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" led me from crime fiction to spy fiction"
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The Miernik Dossier
Charles McCarry · Buy on Amazon
"perhaps he'd enjoy "The Miernik Dossier," by Charles McCarry, if only as a reminder that those with the best intentions and greatest abilities often fail completely."
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The Lover
Marguerite Duras · Buy on Amazon
"hoping in its magical structure to find the key to the perfect narrative"

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