Below are the 17 books on the Central Intelligence Agency Reading List

More Recent Works

1. Good Hunting, by Jack Devine and Vernon Loeb
2. The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in CIA’s Clandestine Service, by  Henry A. Crumpton
3. Widow Spy, by Martha Peterson

General Histories

1. For the President’s Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush, by Christopher Andrew
2. The Agency: The Rise and Decline of the CIA, by John Ranelagh

Biographies and Memoirs

1. Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA, by William E. Colby with Peter Forbath
2. From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War, by Robert Gates
3. Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allen Dulles, by Peter Grose
4. A Spy’s Journey: A CIA Memoir, by Floyd Paseman
5. Casey: The Lives and Secrets of William J. Casey, by Joseph Persico

Espionage / Counterintelligence

1. A Secret Life: The Polish Officer, His Covert Mission, and the Price He Paid to Save His Country, by Benjamin Weiser
2. Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed, by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille
3. Wilderness of Mirrors, by David Martin

Technical Collection

1. Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden History of America’s Space Espionage, by Philip Taubman
2. Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA’s Spytechs from Communism to al-Qaeda, by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton

Covert Action

1. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, by Steve Coll
2. Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA, by John Prados