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A

Act of Treason (Mitch Rapp 9) : Vince Flynn

A Divided Spy : Charles Cumming

A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK’s Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History : Joan Mellen

A Foreign Country : Charles Cumming

Agent 6 (Leo Demidov 3) : Tom Rob Smith

A German Requiem (Bernie Gunther 3) : Philip Kerr

A Legacy of Spies : John le Carré

All Hell Let Loose. The World at War, 1939 – 1945 : Max Hastings

All Souls Rising : Madison Smartt Bell

A Loyal Spy : Simon Conroy

Altar Of Blood (Empire 9) : Anthony Riches

A Man Without Breath (Bernie Gunther 9) : Philip Kerr

American Assassin (Mitch Rapp 1) : Vince Flynn

Anarchy (Making of England 3) : Stewart Binns

An Officer and a Spy : Robert Harris

Apocalypse : Dean Crawford

A Quiet Flame (Bernie Gunther 5) : Philip Kerr

Ardennes 1944. Hitler’s Last Gamble : Antony Beevor

Arrows of Fury (Empire 2) : Anthony Riches

A Spy By Nature : Charles Cumming

A Spy’s Life : Henry Porter

At the Ruin of the World : John Henry Clay

Avenger of Rome (Gaius Valerius Verrens 3) : Douglas Jackson

A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher 17) : Lee Child

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B

Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher 11) : Lee Child

Before The Revolution. America’s Ancient Pasts : Daniel K. Richter

Blood and Ashes (Joe Hunter 5): Matt Hilton

Blood and Blade (The Bernicia Chronicles 3) : Matthew Harffy

Bloodaxe (Erik Haraldsson I): C. R. May

Blood Forest : Geraint Jones

Blood of The Wolf (The Forest Lord 4) : Steven A. McKay

Blood’s Game : Angus Donald

Blood’s Revolution : Angus Donald

Blood Tracks (Grey and Po 1) : Matt Hilton

Blood Will Flow : Snorri Kristjansson

Blood Work : Michael Connelly

Blowback (Scot Harvath 4) : Brad Thor

Book of Souls : Glenn Cooper

Britain A.D. : Francis Pryor

Brothers’ Fury : Giles Kristian

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C

Capture or Kill : Tom Marcus

Catastrophe : Max Hastings

Child 44 : Tom Rob Smith

Cockroaches : Jo Nesbø

Conflict of Empires : Sam Barone

Conquest : Stewart Binns

Consent to Kill (Mitch Rapp 8) : Vince Flynn

Crowbone : Robert Low

Crusade : Stewart Binns

Cut and Run (Joe Hunter 4) : Matt Hilton

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D

Dark Age (Dark Age 2) : James Wilde

Dark City Blue : Luke Preston

Dayraven Hygelac’s Raid : C.R. May

Dead Men’s Dust (Joe Hunter 1) : Matt Hilton

Dead Men’s Harvest (Joe Hunter 6) : Matt Hilton

Dead Spy Running : Jon Stock

Death of a Citizen (Matt Helm 1) : Donald Hamilton

Defender of Rome (Gaius Valerius Verrens 2) : Douglas Jackson

Die Trying (Jack Reacher 2) : Lee Child

Dirty Little Secret : Jon Stock

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E

Eagles at War (Eagles of Rome 1) : Ben Kane

Eagles in the Storm (Eagles of Rome 3) : Ben Kane

Eaters of the Dead : Michael Crichton

Echo Burning (Jack Reacher 5) : Lee Child

Eichmann In My Hands. A First-Hand Account By The Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler’s Chief Executioner : Peter Z. Malkin

Elizabeth’s Sea Dogs : Hugh Bicheno

Emperor of Rome (Vespasian 9) : Robert Fabbri

Enemy of Rome (Gaius Valerius Verrens 5) : Douglas Jackson

Enemy of the State (Mitch Rapp 16) : Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills

Executive Power : (Mitch Rapp 6) :Vince Flynn

Extreme Measures (Mitch Rapp 11) : Vince Flynn

Eye of the Red Tsar (Inspector Pekkala 1) : Sam Eastland

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F

False God of Rome (Vespasian 3) : Robert Fabbri

The Far Shore (Agent of Rome 3) : Nick Brown

Fatherland : Robert Harris

Feud : Derek Birkes

Field Grey (Bernie Gunther 7) : Philip Kerr

Fire & Steel : C. R. May

Fire and Sword (Throne of the Caesars III) : Harry Sidebottom

Fire in the East  (Warrior of Rome 1) : Harry Sidebottom

Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust. A new history in the words of the men and women who survived : Lyn Smith

Fortress of Spears (Empire III) : Anthony Riches

Free Agent : Jeremy Duns

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G

Games Traitors Play : Jon Stock

Gates of Fire : Stephen Pressfield

Ghost. Confessions of A Counterterrorism Agent : Fred Burton

Glory of Rome (Gaius Valerius Verrens 8) : Douglas Jackson

God of Vengeance : Giles Kristian

Gods of War (King’s Bane II) : C. R. May

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher 13) : Lee Child

Gospel Truths : J.G. Sandom

Grail Knight : Angus Donald

Greeks Bearing Gifts (Bernie Gunther 13) : Philip Kerr

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H

Hannibal Clouds of War (Hannibal 3) : Ben Kane

Hannibal Enemy of Rome (Hannibal 1) : Ben Kane

Hannibal Fields of Blood (Hannibal 2): Ben Kane

Hanns and Rudolf. The German Jew and the Hunt for the Commandant of Auschwitz : Thomas Harding

Hawk Quest : Robert Lyndon

Hellbent (Orphan X 3) : Gregg Hurwitz

Hereward : James Wilde

Hereward End of Days : James Wilde

Hereward The Devil’s Army : James Wilde

Hereward Wolves of New Rome : James Wilde

Hereford The Immortals : James Wilde

Hero of Rome : Douglas Jackson

Holy Warrior : Angus Donald

Hunting Eichmann. How A Band Of Survivors And A Young Spy Agency Chased Down The World’s Most Notorious Nazi : Neal Bascombe

Hunting The Eagles (Eagles of Rome 2) : Ben Kane

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I

I Am Pilgrim : Terry Hayes

If The Dead Rise Not : Philip Kerr

Imperial Fire : Robert Lyndon

Iron and Rust (Throne of the Caesars 1) : Harry Sidebottom

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J

Judgement & Wrath (Joe Hunter 2) : Matt Hilton

Justice Gone : N. Lombardi Jr

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K

Keane’s Challenge (James Keane 2) : Iain Gale

Keane’s Company (James Keane 1) : Iain Gale

Killer of Kings (The Bernicia Chronicles 4) : Matthew Harffy

Killing Eve. Codename Villanelle : Luke Jennings

Killing Floor (Jack Reacher 1) : Lee Child

Kill Shot (Mitch Rapp 2): Vince Flynn

Kim : Rudyard Kipling

King of Kings ( Warrior of Rome 2) : Harry Sidebottom

King’s Man (The Outlaw Chronicles 3) : Angus Donald

Kin of Cain (A Bernicia Chronicles Novella) : Matthew Harffy

Knights of the Black and White : Jack Whyte

Knights of The Hawk : James Aitcheson

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L

Lehrter Station (John Russell 5) : David Downing

Lionheart (Making of England 4) : Stewart Binns

Lion of the Sun  (Warrior of Rome 3) : Harry Sidebottom

Lone Survivor: Marcus Luttrell

Long Way Down : Tony Black

Lord Of The Sea Castle : Ruadh Butler

Lost City of the Templars (Templars 8) : Paul Christopher

Lure : Jeff Marschall

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M

Make Me (Jack Reacher 20) : Lee Child

March Violets (Bernie Gunther 1) : Philip Kerr

Martyr : Rory Clements

Masaryk Station (John Russell 6) : David Downing

Masters of Death, The SS Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust : Richard Rhodes

Masters of Rome (Vespasian 5) : Robert Fabbri

Memorial Day (Mitch Rapp 7) : Vince Flynn

Metropolis (Bernie Gunther 14) : Philip Kerr

Mission to Paris : Alan Furst

Monsters (Sword of Woden 3) : C.R. May

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N

Natchez Burning : Greg Iles

Nazi Hunters. How A Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi : Neal Bascomb

Nemesis : Jo Nesbø

Never Go Back (Jack Reacher 18) : Lee Child

Nightfall Berlin : Jack Grimwood

Night Flight To Paris : David Gilman

Night Heron : Adam Brookes

No Going Back (Joe Hunter 7) : Matt Hilton

North Men (The Viking Saga 793 – 1241) : John Haywood

Not In Your Lifetime: The Assassination of JFK : Anthony Summers

Nothing To Lose (Jack Reacher 12) : Lee Child

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O

Oathbreaker : Adam Lofthouse

Oath of Honour : Matthew Betley

Of Merchants & Heroes : Paul Waters

One Shot (Jack Reacher 9) : Lee Child

Order In Chaos : Jack Whyte

Order to Kill (Mitch Rapp 15) : Vince Flynn with Kyle Mills

Orphan X (Orphan X 1): Gregg Hurwitz

Our Man In Havana : Graham Greene

Out of Auschwitz  The Untold Story : Stanley Goleniewski

Out of Exile : Luke Preston

Out Of The Dark (Orphan X 4) : Gregg Hurwitz

Outlaw : Angus Donald

Overwatch : Matthew Betley

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P

Palace of Treason (Red Sparrow 2) : Jason Matthews

Path of Gods : Snorri Kristjansson

Path of the Assassins (Scot Harvath 2) : Brad Thor

Pendragon (Dark Age 1) : James Wilde

Personal (Jack Reacher 19) : Lee Child

Persuader (Jack Reacher 7) : Lee Child

Playing Dead : Julia Heaberlin

Potsdam Station : David Downing

Prague Fatale (Bernie Gunther 8) : Philip Kerr

Protect and Defend (Mitch Rapp 10) : Vince Flynn

Prussian Blue (Bernie Gunther 12) : Philip Kerr

Pursuit of Honour (Mitch Rapp 12) : Vince Flynn

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R

Ratlines : Stuart Neville

Raven Sons of Thunder : Giles Kristian

Red Icon (Inspector Pekkala 6) : Sam Eastland

Red Inferno : Robert Conroy

Red Sparrow : Jason Matthews

Red Templar (Templars 6) : Paul Christopher

Restless Male Blood. Tales of Enchantment Book 1. Three Way Solitaire : J. Zannu Butler

Rise of The Wolf (The Forest Lord 3) : Steven A. McKay

Rome’s Executioner (Vespasian 2) : Robert Fabbri

Rome’s Fallen Eagle (Vespasian 4) : Robert Fabbri

Rome’s Lost Son (Vespasian 6) : Robert Fabbri

Rome’s Sacred Flame (Vespasian 8) : Robert Fabbri

Rules of Honour (Joe Hunter 8) : Matt Hilton

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S

Savage Continent : Keith Lowe

Saviour of Rome (Hero of Rome 7) : Douglas Jackson

Scourge of Rome (Hero of Rome 6) : Douglas Jackson

Secret of the Seventh Son : Glenn Cooper

Secret of the Templars (Templars 9) : Paul Christopher

Separation of Power (Mitch Rapp 5): Vince Flynn

Shifting Sands: Tradecraft: Phase One : Michael Shusko

Siege of Heaven : Tom Harper

Shieldwall : Justin Hill

Siberian Red (Inspector Pekkala 3) : Sam Eastland

Silesian Station (John Russell 2) : David Downing

61 Hours (Jack Reacher 14) : Lee Child

Slash and Burn (Joe Hunter 3) : Matt Hilton

Sleeping Giants : Sylvain Neuvel

Solomon Creed : Simon Toyne

Song of Treason (Paul Dark 2) : Jeremy Duns

Sorrow Hill (Sword of Woden 1) : C.R. May

Spies of The Balkans : Alan Furst

Spy Out The Land (Paul Dark 4) : Jeremy Duns

SS-GB : Len Deighton

Stalingrad : Antony Beevor

Standard of Honour : Jack Whyte

State of The Union : Brad Thor

Stay Another Day : Mark Timlin

Stettin Station : David Downing

Storm of Steel (The Bernicia Chronicles 6) : Matthew Harffy

Swordland (The Invader Series 1) : Edward Ruadh Butler

Sword of Rome : Douglas Jackson

Swords of Good Men : Snorri Kristjansson

Sworn Sword : James Aitcheson

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T

Term Limits : Vince Flynn

The Abbey of Death : Steven A. McKay

The Affair (Jack Reacher 16) : Lee Child

The Alexander Cipher : Will Adams

The Arms Maker of Berlin : Dan Fesperman

The Bat : Jo Nesbø

The Battle of Britain. Myth and Reality : Richard Overy

The Beast In The Red Forest (Inspector Pekkala 5) : Sam Eastland

The Black Stone (Agent of Rome 4) : Nick Brown

The Bleeding Land : Giles Kristian

The Bloody Meadow (Captain Korolev 2) : William Ryan

The Bone Chamber : Robin Burcell

The Bone Tree : Greg Iles

The Book of Mirrors : E.O. Chirovici

The Bourne Ascendancy (Jason Bourne 12) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Betrayal (Jason Bourne 5) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Dominion (Jason Bourne 9) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Enigma (Jason Bourne 13) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Imperative (Jason Bourne 10) : Eric Von Lustbader

The Bourne Objective (Jason Bourne 8) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Retribution (Jason Bourne 11) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne 3) : Eric Van Lustbader

The Boys From Brazil : Ira Levin

The Butchers of Berlin : Chris Petit

The Caspian Gates (Warrior of Rome 4) : Harry Sidebottom

The Centurion’s Son : Adam Lofthouse

The Charlemagne Pursuit : Steve Berry

The Coming of the Third Reich : Richard J Evans

The Company : Robert Littell

The Confessor : Daniel Silva

The Corners of the Globe : Robert Goddard

The Cross and the Curse (The Bernicia Chronicles 2) : Matthew Harffy

The Death of Robin Hood : Angus Donald

The Devil Will Come : Glenn Cooper

The Devil’s Assassin : Paul Fraser Collard

The Draughtsman : Robert Lautner

The Druid : Steven A. McKay

The Dying Light : Henry Porter

The Eagle’s Vengeance (Empire 6) : Anthony Riches

The Earthly Gods (Agent of Rome 6) : Nick Brown

The Emperor’s Knives (Empire 7) : Anthony Riches

The Emperor’s Silver (Agent of Rome 5) : Nick Brown

The Empty Throne (The Last Kingdom 8) : Bernard Cornwell

The Encircling Sea (Vindolanda 2) : Adrian Goldsworthy

The End : Ian Kershaw

The Ends of the Earth : Robert Goddard

The Enemy (Jack Reacher 8) : Lee Child

The Excalibur Codex : James Douglas

The Exodus Quest : Will Adams

The Far Shore (Agent of Rome 3) : Nick Brown

The Far Traveller : Nancy Marie Brown

The Flame Bearer (The Last Kingdom 10) : Bernard Cornwell

The Foreign Correspondent : Alan Furst

The Fort : Bernard Cornwell

The Furies of Rome (Vespasian 7) : Robert Fabbri

The Good Liar : Nicholas Searle

The Hard Way (Jack Reacher 10) : Lee Child

The Harrowing : James Aitcheson

The Holy Thief (Captain Korolev 1): William Ryan

The Hunt for Red October : Tom Clancey

The Ill-Made Knight : Christian Cameron

The Illumination Query (The Speed of Darkness 1) : Sara Baethge

The Imperial Banner (Agent of Rome 2) : Nick Brown

The Iron Castle (The Outlaw Chronicles 6) : Angus Donald

The Isis Covenant : James Douglas

The Istanbul Variations : Olen Steinhauer

The Jesus Discovery. The New Archaeological Find That Reveals The Birth Of Christianity : James D. Tabor, Simcha Jacobovici

The Jesus Family Tomb: The Evidence Behind the Discovery No One Wanted to Find : Simcha Jakobovici, Charles Pellegrino

The Kingdom of Rus’ : Christian Raffensperger

The King’s Assassin (The Outlaw Chronicles 7) : Angus Donald

The Lady From Zagreb (Bernie Gunther 10) : Philip Kerr

The Last Caesar : Henry Venmore-Rowland

The Last Conquest : Berwick Coates

The Last Man (Mitch Rapp 13) : Vince Flynn

The Last Minute : Jeff Abbott

The Last Testament : Sam Bourne

The Last Viking : Berwick Coates

The Lawless Kind (Joe Hunter 9) : Matt Hilton

The Leopard Sword (Empire 4) : Anthony Riches

The Lion and the Lamb : John Henry Clay

The Lions of Lucerne (Scot Harvath 1) : Brad Thor

The Lone Warrior (Jack Lark 4) : Paul Fraser Collard

The Longest Kill. The story of Maverick 41, one of the world’s greatest snipers : Sgt Craig Harrison

The Long Ships : Frans G Bengtsson

The Lost Gospel. Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary Magdalene : Simcha Jacobovici, Barrie Wilson

The Lost Symbol : Dan Brown

The Lucifer Gospel : Paul Christopher

The Maharaja’s General (Jack Lark 2): Paul Fraser Collard

The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher 22) : Lee Child

The Moscow Option (Paul Dark 3): Jeremy Duns

The Moses Stone : James Becker

The Nazi Hunters : Andrew Nagorski

The Norman Conquest : Marc Morris

The Northmen’s Fury. A History of the Viking World : Philip Parker

The Nowhere Man (Evan Smoak 2) : Gregg Hurwitz

The Other Side of Silence (Bernie Gunther 11) : Philip Kerr

The Pagan Lord : Bernard Cornwell

The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther 2) : Philip Kerr

The Paris Option : Robert Ludlum

The Polish Officer : Alan Furst

The Prophecy : Chris Kuzneski

The Prow Beast : Robert Low

The Pursuit of Platinum : Vic Robbie

The Raven and the Cross (Erik Haraldsson 2) : C.R. May

The Redbreast : Jo Nesbø

The Red Coffin (Inspector Pekkala 2) : Sam Eastland

The Red Moth (Inspector Pekkala 4) : Sam Eastland

The Riddle of the Sands (A Record of Secret Service) : Erskine Childers

The Road to Rome : Ben Kane

The Rule of Four : Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason

The Sanctuary : Raymond Khoury

The Scarlet Thief : Paul Fraser Collard

The Scathing (King’s Bane 3) : C.R. May

The Sea Road : Margaret Elphinstone

The Second World War : Antony Beevor

The Secret Agent : Joseph Conrad

The Secret Speech : Tom Rob Smith

The Serpent Sword (The Bernicia Chronicles 1) : Matthew Harffy

The Siege (Agent of Rome 1) : Nick Brown

The Silver Eagle : Ben Kane

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows : Dan Fesperman

The Splintered Kingdom : James Aitcheson

The Survivor (Mitch Rapp 14) : Vince Flynn with Kyle Mills

The Sword and the Throne : Henry Venmore-Rowland

The Sword of the Templars : Paul Christopher

The Templar Conspiracy : Paul Christopher

The Templar Throne : Paul Christopher

The Tenth Chamber : Glenn Cooper

The Terminal List : Jack Carr

The Thieves of Faith : Richard Doetsch

The Thieves of Heaven : Richard Doetsch

The Third Option (Mitch Rapp 4) : Vince Flynn

The Third Reich In Power : Richard J. Evans

The Thirty Nine Steps : John Buchan

The Tourist : Robert Dickinson

The Trinity Six : Charles Cumming

The Twelfth Department (Captain Korolev 3) : William Ryan

The Vienna Assignment : Olen Steinhauer

The Vikings and America : Erik Wahlgren

The Vikings in America : Graeme Davis

The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting : Mark Roseman

The Virgin of the Wind Rose : Glen Craney

The Visitor  (Jack Reacher 4) : Lee Child

The Ways of the World : Robert Goddard

The Whitehall Mandarin : Edward Wilson

The White Light of Tomorrow : D. Pierce Williams

The Wolf and The Raven : Steven A. McKay

The Wolf’s Gold (Empire 5) : Anthony Riches

1356 : Bernard Cornwell

Through The Hostage : J. C. Steel

Thunder God : Paul Watkins

Thunder Of The Gods (Empire VIII) : Anthony Riches

Transfer of Power : Vince Flynn

Travelers : Chris Pavone

Treachery : S.J. Parris

Tripwire (Jack Reacher 3) : Lee Child

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy : Len Deighton

Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Days : Salman Rushdie

Tokyo Vice : Jake Adelstein

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V

Vespasian Tribune of Rome (Vespasian 1) : Robert Fabbri

Vector. Tradecraft Phase Zero : Michael Shusko

Victory Square : Olen Steinhauer

Viking Britain, an exploration : Thomas Williams

Viking Fire : Justin Hill

Viking. King’s Man : Tim Severin

Viking. Sworn Brother : Tim Severin

Vindolanda : Adrian Goldsworthy

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W

War At The Edge of The World : Ian Ross

War In The Wilderness (The Centurion’s Son 2) : Adam Lofthouse

Warlord (The Outlaw Chronicles): Angus Donald

War of The Wolf (The Last Kingdom 11) : Bernard Cornwell

Warrior of Woden (The Bernicia Chronicles 5) : Matthew Harffy

Warriors of The Storm (The Last Kingdom 9) : Bernard Cornwell

Where Dead Men Meet : Mark Mills

White Water, Black Death : Shaun Ebelthite

Wings of the Storm (The Rise of Sigurd 3) : Giles Kristian

Winter’s Fire (The Rise of Sigurd 1) : Giles Kristian

Without Fail (Jack Reacher 6) : Lee Child

Wolf’s Head (The Forest Lord 1) : Steven A. McKay

Wolves of the North (Warrior of Rome 5) : Harry Sidebottom

Worth Dying For (Jack Reacher 15) : Lee Child

Wounds of Honour (Empire 1) : Anthony Riches

Wræcca (Sword of Woden II) :  C.R. May

Wulfsuna : E.S. Moxon

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X

XPD : Len Deighton

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Z

Zealot : Reza Aslan

Zoo Station : David Downing

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48 Hours : J Jackson Bentley

102 Minutes. The Untold Story Of The Fight To Survive Inside The Twin Towers : Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn

1066 What Fates Impose : G. K. Holloway