KnowraSpy fictionLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Spy fiction, each with the reason it gives.All 15Related 2Narrower topic 10Compared with 3James BondNarrower topic: Bond is one influential example of the genre, with a more spectacular style than many espionage stories.Graham GreeneNarrower topic: Greene uses spy plots to expose the personal costs and uncertain motives behind political action.John le CarréNarrower topic: Le Carré is a defining novelist within the genre, though he resisted its simpler heroic conventions.Mata HariNarrower topic: Her story helped furnish spy fiction with the archetype of the seductive female agent.E. Phillips OppenheimNarrower topic: Oppenheim helped make espionage plots a staple of popular English-language fiction.Ken FollettNarrower topic: His early breakthrough novels use the conventions of espionage fiction.Len DeightonNarrower topic: Deighton is a major British practitioner of this genre, with a distinctive focus on tradecraft and bureaucracy.Gérard de VilliersNarrower topic: SAS belongs to this genre while grounding its plots in contemporary affairs.Jack HigginsNarrower topic: Higgins’s novels frequently turn secret missions and intelligence work into suspense plots.Robert LudlumNarrower topic: Ludlum’s novels belong to this genre and expand its popular thriller form.