Charles McCarry is one of my favorite spy novelists. In today’s WSJ, he lists his five favorite spy novels. He should have included one of his own: Shelley’s Heart, which is great fun. The politics of it are amenable to conservatives, too, and that’s not always true of spy novels.

About a year ago, I interviewed former CIA chief Jim Woolsey on spy books and asked him to recommend a few for readers. He discussed McCarry, le Carre, David Ignatius, etc. Read the story here.