Books like The killer department

The killer department by Robert Cullen reads as informative, chilling. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Mitrokhin Archive II

Christopher M. Andrew · 2005

Both explore cold war & espionage

76% genome match

The Ugly American

William J. Lederer · 1958

Both explore cold war

63% genome match

A spy named Orphan

Roland Philipps · 2018

Both explore espionage & cold war

70% genome match

Spycatcher

Peter Wright · 1987

Both explore espionage & cold war

64% genome match

The 4 O'clock Murders

Scott Anderson · 1992

Both explore espionage & cold war

66% genome match

Red Horizons

Ion Mihai Pacepa · 1987

Both explore espionage & cold war

61% genome match

Aquarium

Viktor Suvorov · 1985

Both explore espionage & cold war

61% genome match

The Spy and the Traitor

Ben Macintyre · 2018

Both explore espionage & cold war

59% genome match

British intelligence in the Second World War

F. H. Hinsley · 1979

Both explore intelligence & espionage

64% genome match

Venona

John Earl Haynes · 1999

Both explore cold war & intelligence

61% genome match

JFK and the unspeakable

James W. Douglass · 2008

Both explore conspiracy & assassination

71% genome match

Vietnam

Stanley Karnow · 1983

Both explore cold war

70% genome match