The Most Read FBI Books

By Mattie MacDonald


The history of FBI, its operations, success and challenges have attracted the attention of numerous writers leading to an avalanche of exciting books. There are exiting propaganda, reality accounts and personal testimonies from former workers. The most popular FBI books are written by insiders who seek to offer the juicy part of the life of an organization whose operations are surrounded by secrecy.

Tim Weiner is a famous author of Enemies, a title that covers the relationship between the investigation department and the presidency. He has worked for CIA for decades and uses the book to reveal what goes on at the top. As a writer, he has won the Pulitzer award. This title has been described as a masterpiece on several platforms.

The Bureau is an investigative account of operations within the organization including interviews with past chiefs. Ronald Kessler is an award winning journalist who weaves the tale to create relevance now by explaining occurrences in the past. His pet subject is how unprepared the bureau was for the September 11 attack.

Christopher de Bellaigue has followed the lives of soldiers in Afghanistan and ended up with the book What Only Soldiers Understand. It features real combat including explosions and bullets slamming into wood, metal and earth. The book follows the life of Private Juan Sebastian who perished in Afghanistan and remains a hero to the American people.

The rejection by the Supreme Court in 1959 of a petition by her husband is the subject of this novel entitled How FBI Turned Me On that is written by Zemon Natalie Davis. The petition was filed to question the legality of a house committee on non-American affairs. The court refused to here the petition but the message had been passed across. Natalie got the idea after being asked to reflect on her past after she was awarded National Humanities Medal.

Other titles are inspired by this bureau but adopt a fictional perspective. An example is Point Blank that stars Savich and Sherlock, a married couple working on a kidnapping and murder case. They are unaware that the next target is Sherlock. The reason she is targeted is because the kidnapping duo have a personal vendetta against her husband. It takes more than professional conduct for Savich to save his love.

The Man Who Kept Secrets is a biography of the leader of CIA. This book is written by Powers Thomas about Richard Helms. The thrill that comes with each chapter makes it appear like the work of fiction. It is exemplifies the great story telling skills of Thomas Powers.

Dino Brugioni chooses the Cuban Missile Crisis as the center of his book Eyeball to Eyeball. He was a top official when the standoff occurred. This gives him an upper hand as he recounts the intrigues at the high offices. The details of this story cannot be found through conventional sources.

Books written by former officers in the bureau are exiting to read because they are factual. They give an account of this institution that is shrouded in secrecy. Fiction has also helped to develop theories about events and persons who were concealed from limelight. The titles offer a thrilling reading session that inspires imagination and curiosity.




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