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Robert Littell Books in Order

Robert Littell has written 26 books, published between 1969 and 2025. The first book is If Israel Lost the War (1969) and the newest is Bronshtein in the Bronx (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1969–2025
Pages on record
5,286 in 18 of 26 books
Reading time
88–132 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,286 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Robert Littell, born 8 January 1935 in Brooklyn to a family of Russian Jewish origin, writes spy fiction. Littell's novels turn on the CIA and the Soviet Union, drawing on a working life that took in a 1956 degree from Alfred University, four years in the US Navy as navigator, antisubmarine warfare officer and communications officer, and years at Newsweek during the Cold War, including a posting as foreign correspondent from 1965 to 1970. Littell lives in France. The catalogue holds 26 books, from If Israel Lost the War (1969) to Bronshtein in the Bronx (2025).

How many Robert Littell books are there?

Robert Littell has 26 books, released between 1969 and 2025.

Robert Littell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Robert Littell books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Left and Right with Lion and Ryan by Robert Littell (1969)
  2. Cover of The Defection of A.J. Lewinter by Robert Littell (1973)
  3. Cover of The October Circle by Robert Littell (1976)
  4. Cover of The Amateur by Robert Littell (1981)
  5. Cover of The Sisters by Robert Littell (1985)
  6. Cover of The Once and Future Spy by Robert Littell (1990)
  7. Cover of An Agent in Place by Robert Littell (1992)
  8. Cover of Walking Back the Cat by Robert Littell (1997)
  9. Cover of For the Future of Israel by Robert Littell (1998)
  10. Cover of The Company by Robert Littell (2002)
  11. Cover of Legends by Robert Littell (2005)
  12. Cover of Vicious Circle by Robert Littell (2006)
  13. Cover of The Stalin Epigram by Robert Littell (2009)
  14. Cover of Young Philby by Robert Littell (2011)
  15. Cover of A Nasty Piece of Work by Robert Littell (2013)
  16. Cover of Vladimir M. by Robert Littell (2017)
  1. 1
    If Israel Lost the War1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  2. 2
    Left and Right with Lion and Ryan1969 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196931
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  3. 3
    The Defection of A.J. Lewinter1973 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973256
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  4. 4
    Sweet Reason1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  5. 5
    The October Circle1976 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976352
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  6. 6
    Mother Russia1978 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978224
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  7. 7
    The Debriefing1979 · confirmed 2/4
    1979–
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  8. 8
    The Amateur1981 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981252
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  9. 9
    The Sisters1985 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985312
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  10. 10
    The Revolutionist1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  11. 11
    The Once and Future Spy1990 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990304
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  12. 12
    An Agent in Place1992 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992302
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  13. 13
    The Visiting Professor1993 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993240
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  14. 14
    Walking Back the Cat1997 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997240
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  15. 15
    For the Future of Israel1998 · 206 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998206
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  16. 16
    The Company2002 · 894 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002894
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  17. 17
    Legends2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  18. 18
    Vicious Circle2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006304
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  19. 19
    The Stalin Epigram2009 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009384
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  20. 20
    Young Philby2011 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011288
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  21. 21
    A Nasty Piece of Work2013 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013259
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  22. 22
    The Mayakovsky Tapes2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  23. 23
    Vladimir M.2017 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017262
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  24. 24
    Comrade Koba2020 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020176
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  25. 25
    A Plague on Both Your Houses2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  26. 26
    Bronshtein in the Bronx2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Robert Littell books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

26 books

26 Robert Littell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robert Littell books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 26 Robert Littell books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Robert Littell

Start with If Israel Lost the War (1969), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Littell book?

Bronshtein in the Bronx (2025) is the newest Robert Littell book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Littell book coming?

No next Robert Littell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Robert Littell at a glance

Still publishing
Robert Littell published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Robert Littell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,286 pages across the 18 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert Littell books, 5 of 26, were published in the 1990s.

What the Robert Littell books are about

22 of the 26 Robert Littell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 10 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.