Anthologies
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Historically Inevitable? | 2016 | Buy |
Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Moscow Coup | 1991 | Buy |
| The Litvinenko File | 2007 | Buy |
| The Lost Child of Philomena Lee | 2009 | Buy |
| Putin’s Oil | 2010 | Buy |
| Russia | 2011 | Buy |
| Ayesha’s Gift | 2017 | Buy |
| The War of Nerves | 2021 | Buy |
| The Russia Conundrum | 2022 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Spin | 2004 | Buy |
| I Heard Lenin Laugh | 2006 | Buy |
| An Unquiet Heart | 2019 | Buy |
Martin Sixsmith spent over two decades as a BBC correspondent, including postings in Moscow, Washington, and Brussels, before turning to writing books. His non-fiction work reflects that career. Moscow Coup covers the 1991 Soviet upheaval, The Litvinenko File investigates the poisoning of a former Russian spy in London, and Russia is a single-volume history of the country from its origins to the present day.
His most widely known book is The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, published in 2009. It tells the story of Philomena Lee, an Irish woman who was forced to give up her son for adoption in the 1950s and spent decades searching for him. The book was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film Philomena in 2013. Sixsmith also appears as a character in the film, played by Steve Coogan.
On the fiction side, Sixsmith has written three novels. Spin is a political satire about media manipulation in British government, while I Heard Lenin Laugh is set in the final years of the Soviet Union. An Unquiet Heart, published in 2019, is a love story set against the Russian Revolution and its aftermath.