Brett Battles ran a reader vote contest for his blog, The Sphere.  It resulted in a list of recommended spy fiction.   Some of the titles were:

THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene.
THE HUMAN FACTOR Graham Greene
THE TAILOR OF PANAMA John Le Carre
LESS THAN A SHADOW David Chacko
THE SCORPIO ILLUSION Robert Ludlum
SPOOKER Dean Ing
A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS [aka The Mask of Dimitrios] Eric Ambler
THE MATARESE COUNTDOWN Another Robert Ludlum
EYE OF THE NEEDLE Ken Follett
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS Olen Steinhauer
GORKY PARK Martin Cruz Smith
PATRIOT GAMES Tom Clancy
THE MESSENGER Daniel Silva.
THE FAITHFUL SPY Alex Berenson
THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE David Morrell
THE PERFECT ASSASSIN Ward Larsen
TEARS OF AUTUMN Charles McCarry
THE MARK OF THE ASSASSIN Daniel Silva
DOCTOR NO Ian Fleming
LEGENDS Robert Littell
THE EIGER SANCTION Trevanian.
MRS. POLLIFAX ON THE CHINA STATION Dorthy Gilman
STORMBREAKER Anthony Horowitz

Synopses of each title are at:
http://bbattles.blogspot.com

 

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