Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If Israel Lost the War | 1969 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 2 | The Defection of A.J. Lewinter | 1973 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 3 | Sweet Reason | 1974 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 4 | The October Circle | 1976 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 5 | Mother Russia | 1978 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 6 | The Debriefing | 1979 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 7 | The Amateur | 1981 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 8 | The Sisters | 1985 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 9 | The Revolutionist | 1988 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 10 | The Once and Future Spy | 1990 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 11 | An Agent in Place | 1992 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 12 | The Visiting Professor | 1993 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 13 | Walking Back the Cat | 1997 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 14 | The Company | 2002 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 15 | Legends | 2005 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 16 | Vicious Circle | 2006 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 17 | The Stalin Epigram | 2009 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 18 | Young Philby | 2011 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 19 | A Nasty Piece of Work | 2013 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 20 | The Mayakovsky Tapes | 2016 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 21 | Vladimir M. | 2017 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 22 | Comrade Koba | 2020 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 23 | A Plague on Both Your Houses | 2024 | Robert Littell | Buy |
| 24 | Bronshtein in the Bronx | 2025 | Robert Littell | Buy |
Robert Littell’s 24 standalone novels form one of the richest bodies of espionage fiction in American literature. His career began with If Israel Lost the War (1969) and The Defection of A.J. Lewinter (1973), and his most celebrated work is The Company (2002), a panoramic novel following CIA officers from the agency’s founding through the Cold War’s end.
Other notable works include The Amateur (1981), The Sisters (1985), Legends (2005), and The Stalin Epigram (2009). His most recent novels — A Plague on Both Your Houses (2024) and Bronshtein in the Bronx (2025) — show a writer still active after more than five decades.