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[ourumov]

With the years going by I discovered this is and always will be my favourite genre. I enjoy them a lot and can't stop reading them when I begin. I enjoyed a lot John Le Carre novels and Ken Follet ones too...Recently I discovered Ian Flemming. I had seen all the Jamed Bond films and although a lot of them are not very good films (thanks Roger Moore ) I enjoyed them.
But then with the books the things changed. They are really good pieces of mistery and action. So far I've read: You only live twice, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Operation Thunderball, From Russia with love and now I am with Moonraker (nothing in common with the Roger Moore film). I loved all of them and they are very interesting.
Just finished Operation Thunderball and I am amazed at the level of detail the guy puts on the books. You really feel inside the Vulcan copckit or under the sea after Largo's men. You feel the barracuda after you, the knive going through your arm...it's really cool to read the books.

Now I start this thread to hear some tips from you regarding spy novels. I am all ears

 

[Prospero]

The two best spy novels I've read in recent years are The Company, by Robert Littell, and Harlot's Ghost, by Norman Mailer. Both are novels about the history of the CIA, but Mailer's book seems more realistic than Littell's.

 

[ourumov]

In terms of realistic novels, I have to say that "The Spy Who Came In from the Cold" is the one that impressed me the most. Perhaps people has already seen the film but that was not my case.
Besides, the ending is totally surprising.