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Robert Littell

Robert Littell is an American spy fiction author born in Brooklyn. He graduated from Alfred University in 1956 and served four years in the U.S. Navy before becoming a journalist for Newsweek during the Cold War. In his free time, he enjoys amateur mountain climbing. His son, Jonathan, is also a writer, and Littell resides in France. He published his first novel, the alternate history If Israel Lost the War, in 1969, co-written with Richard Z. Chesnoff and Edward Klein. His next work was a picture book titled Left and Right with Lion and Ryan, released in 1970. His debut solo novel, The Defection of A.J. Lewinter, came out in 1973 and won the British Crime Writers’ Association’s Gold Dagger Award. Below is a list of Robert Littell’s books in the order of their publication.

Robert Littell became a published novelist in 1969 with the novel If Israel Lost the War. Below is a list of Robert Littell's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
If Israel Lost the War (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Defection of A.J. Lewinter (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sweet Reason (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The October Circle (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mother Russia (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Debriefing (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Amateur (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sisters (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Revolutionist (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Once and Future Spy (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Agent in Place (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Visiting Professor (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Walking Back the Cat (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Company (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Legends (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vicious Circle (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Stalin Epigram (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Young Philby (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Nasty Piece of Work (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mayakovsky Tapes (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Vladimir M. (2017) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Company (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Comrade Koba (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Plague on Both Your Houses (2024) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bronshtein in the Bronx (2025) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Left and Right with Lion and Ryan (1969) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
For the Future of Israel (With: Shimon Peres) (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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