Most Popular Spy Thriller Books of the 1970s

Matarese Dynasty #1

The Matarese Circle

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1979

The Day of the Jackal

Frederick Forsyth

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1971

George Smiley #7

Smiley's People

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1979

George Smiley #6

The Honourable Schoolboy

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1977

By the Rivers of Babylon

Nelson DeMille

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1979

The Gemini Contenders

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1976

The Rhinemann Exchange

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1974

The Cry of the Halidon

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1974

The Dogs of War

Frederick Forsyth

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1974

The Matlock Paper

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1973

Odessa #1

The Odessa File

Frederick Forsyth

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1972

The Scarlatti Inheritance

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1971

Mayday

Nelson DeMille, Thomas Block

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1979

The Naïve and Sentimental Lover

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1971

George Smiley #5

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John Le Carré

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1974

The Holcroft Covenent

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1978

The Chancellor Manuscript

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1977

Road to #1

The Road to Gandalfo

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1975

Trevayne

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1973

The Osterman Weekend

Robert Ludlum

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1972

The Kenneth Aubrey & Patrick Hyde #2

Snow Falcon

Craig Thomas

Spy Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The November Man #1

November Man

Bill Granger

Spy Thriller · Adult · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Consequences of Fear

Ted Allbeury

Spy Thriller

January 1, 1979

The Alpha List

Ted Allbeury

Spy Thriller

September 2, 1979

To Catch a King

Jack Higgins, Harry Patterson

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

August 21, 1979

Herbie Kruger #1

The Nostradamus Traitor

John Gardner

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Paul Christopher #4

The Better Angels

Charles McCarry

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Red Fox

Gerald Seymour

Spy Thriller · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Dr. David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler #9

Tomorrow's Ghost

Anthony Price

Spy Thriller · Mystery

January 1, 1979

The Charlie Muffin Thrillers #3

The Unscrutable Charlie Muffin

Brian Freemantle

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

The Debriefing

Robert Littell

Spy Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1979

The Eighth Dwarf

Ross Thomas

Spy Thriller · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1979

Robert Renwick #1

Prelude to Terror

Helen MacInnes

Spy Thriller · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1978

The Kenneth Aubrey & Patrick Hyde #1

Wolfsbane

Craig Thomas

Spy Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1978

The Empty House

Michael Gilbert

Spy Thriller · Mystery

January 1, 1978

Moscow Quadrille

Ted Allbeury

Spy Thriller

January 1, 1978