All his exploits in London, Nassau and Port au Prince are based on hard facts (some of which you can even check) and laced with ingenious spycraft tricks even espionage illuminati haven’t come across.īy the way, Fairclough’s MI6 handler Mac knew Ian Fleming, Kim Philby and Oleg Gordievsky. Talk about disinformation as effective as any Robert Ludlum could create, its protagonist, Edward Burlington aka Fairclough is just as “fast and furious” as any James Bond or Jason Bourne has been or even the Gray Man was meant to be but with one subtle difference. Of course, by now you should also have read Bill Fairclough’s epic spy novel Beyond Enkription in The Burlington Files series, written for espionage cognoscenti and real spies.
You must read Robert Ludlum’s novels (including The Bourne Sacrifice) and don’t stop at just watching the films if you’re an espionage aficionado, an Ian Fleming follower, a 007 devotee or just “Bourne” a spy catcher and know who wrote the “Trout Memo”. The James Bond series misses the cut because while they are great books, they are short and do not build the suspense like Ludlum does in his books. Alex Rider takes the crown for the best kids spy series and each cater to their audience. The Bourne Ultimatum series may be the best adult spy series in my opinion. It is no wonder that they make incredible movies because those stunts and explosions are an escape from reality. That is until you read too many in a short time and realize the craziness of the plot as the risks and reality make little sense. He has created a lot of the tropes and was able to make his novels different yet still a great read.įor the most part, spy novels always make for a good time. Spy novels have become cliché but Robert Ludlum is part of the reason. The storytelling and suspense is unmatched and it is no wonder that the books turned into a successful movie franchise. There were other novels written under the Ludlum moniker but this is a marketing tactic and does represent creative work so we won’t include them in this Ludlum book list.While the movies are far more popular, The Bourne Ultimatum novels are still great. The Sigma Protocol (2001 published posthumously) The Road to Gandolfo (1975 as Michael Shepherd) The Cry of the Halidon (1974 as Jonathan Ryder) Here is the list of Robert Ludlum books in chronological order. Although he died in 2001 his brand lives on and continues to publish. He is the creator of the massively successful Bourne series and has sold close to a half billion books worldwide. Robert Ludlum was one of the best action writers of his time.
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