Ben Macintyre

49 books

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy by Ben Macintyre

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy

Ben Macintyre

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal

Ben Macintyre

364 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

Ben Macintyre

399 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I by Ben Macintyre

The Englishman's Daughter: A True Story of Love and Betrayal in World War I

Ben Macintyre

288 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional sad slow-paced
Forgotten Fatherland: The True Story of Nietzsche's Sister and Her Lost Aryan Colony by Ben Macintyre

Forgotten Fatherland: The True Story of Nietzsche's Sister and Her Lost Aryan Colony

Ben Macintyre

283 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue by Ben Macintyre

The Last Word: Tales from the Tip of the Mother Tongue

Ben Macintyre

312 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction short stories informative slow-paced
The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan by Ben Macintyre

The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan

Ben Macintyre

368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief by Ben Macintyre

The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief

Ben Macintyre

384 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative slow-paced
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

Ben Macintyre

432 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre

Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison

Ben Macintyre

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced