18th century setting

  • To the Hermitage by Malcolm Bradbury (2000)

    • 1910s setting

  • A Clear Road To Archangel by Geoffrey Rose (1973)
  • Firesong by Joseph Hone (1997)
  • Kolchak’s Gold by Brian Garfield (1973)
  • The People’s Act of Love by James Meek (2005)

    • 1930s setting

  • Ice Road by Gillian Slovo (2004)
  • The Useful Idiot by John Sweeney (2020) – part one
  • The Useful Idiot by John Sweeney (2020) – part two

    • 1950s setting

  • Arm Me Audacity by Richard Pape (1954) – part one
  • Arm Me Audacity by Richard Pape (1954) – part two
  • City of Ghosts by Ben Creed (2020) – part one
  • City of Ghosts by Ben Creed (2020) – part two
  • Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif (2004)
  • House of Meetings by Martin Amis (2006)
  • Red Plenty by Francis Spufford (2010)
  • The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore (2010)
  • The Kremlin Contract by James Barwick (1987)
  • The Russian Interpreter by Michael Frayn (1966)

    • 1960s setting

  • Black Sun by Owen Matthews (2019) – part one
  • Black Sun by Owen Matthews (2019) – part two
  • Metro by Alexander Kaletski (1985) – part one
  • Metro by Alexander Kaletski (1985) – part two
  • Red Traitor by Owen Matthews (2021)
  • The Listener by Anne Telscombe (1968)
  • When The Kissing Had To Stop by Constantine Fitzgibbon (1960)
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    1970s setting

  • Mrs. Harris Goes To Moscow by Paul Gallico (1974)
  • The Romeo Flag by Carolyn Hougan (1989)
  • The Russian Affair by Michael Wallner (2011) – part one
  • The Russian Affair by Michael Wallner (2011) – part two
  • The Secret Lovers by Charles McCarry (1977)
  • The Sixth Directorate by Joseph Hone (1975)
  • The Starlings of Bucharest by Sarah Armstrong (2021)
  • The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt by Sarah Armstrong (2019) — part one
  • The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt by Sarah Armstrong (2019) — part two
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    1980s setting

  • Blind Prophet by Bart Davis (1984)
  • Brandenburg by Henry Porter (2005)
  • Confessional by Jack Higgins (1985)
  • Death of a Dissident by Stuart Kaminsky (1981)
  • Moscow 5000 by David Grant (1979)
  • Moscow Gold by John Salisbury (1980)
  • Moscow Rules by Robert Moss (1985)
  • Neat Vodka by Anna Blundy (2006) – part two
  • Neat Vodka by Anna Blundy (2006) — part one
  • Red Army by Ralph Peters (1989)
  • Red Army by Ralph Peters (1989) – part two
  • Russian Spring by Dennis Jones (1984)
  • The Cambridge Theorem by Tony Cape (1990)
  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy (1988) – part one
  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy (1988) – part two
  • The Charm School by Nelson DeMille (1988)
  • The Fall of the Russian Empire by Donald James (1982) – part one
  • The Fall of the Russian Empire by Donald James (1982) – part two
  • The Hour of the Lily by John Kruse (1987) – part one
  • The Hour of the Lily by John Kruse (1987) – part two
  • The Mercenary by Paul Vidich (2021)
  • The Red Fox by Anthony Hyde (1985)
  • The Spike (1980) by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss – part one
  • The Spike (1980) by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss – part two

    • 1990s setting

  • A Patriot in Berlin by Piers Paul Read (1995) – part one
  • A Patriot in Berlin by Piers Paul Read (1995) – part three
  • A Patriot in Berlin by Piers Paul Read (1995) – part two
  • Archangel by Robert Harris (1998)
  • Flames of Heaven by Ralph Peters (1993)
  • Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story by Andrea Bennett (2015)
  • If Only You Knew by Alice Jolly (2006) – part one
  • If Only You Knew by Alice Jolly (2006) – part two
  • JUDAS 62 by Charles Cumming (2021)
  • Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson (1994)
  • Perestroika Christi by John Hands (1990)
  • Rancid Aluminium by James Hawes (1997) – part one
  • Rancid Aluminium by James Hawes (1997) – part two
  • Requiem for a Glass Heart by David Lindsey (1996)
  • Sam Golod by Sophia Creswell (1996) – part one
  • Sam Golod by Sophia Creswell (1996) – part three
  • Sam Golod by Sophia Creswell (1996) – part two
  • The Jericho Files by Alan Gold (1993)
  • The Last Defector by Tony Cape (1991)
  • The Moscow Club by Joseph Finder (1991) – part one
  • The Moscow Club by Joseph Finder (1991) – part two
  • The Red Defector by Martin L. Gross (1991)
  • The Visiting Professor by Robert Littell (1993)
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    2000s setting

  • Chameleon by Mark Burnell (2002)
  • Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva (2008)
  • Old Boys by Charles McCarry (2004)
  • The First Billion by Christopher Reich (2002)
  • Tsar by Ted Bell (2008)
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    2010s setting

  • A Quiet End by Nelson DeMille (2015)
  • Command Authority by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney (2013)
  • Death in Siberia by Alex Dryden (2011)
  • December by James Steel (2009)
  • Fatal Ally by Tim Sebastian (2019)
  • Freedom is Space for the Spirit by Glen Hirshberg (2016)
  • Gorsky by Vesna Goldsworthy (2015) – part one
  • Gorsky by Vesna Goldsworthy (2015) – part two
  • Letters from Yelena by Guy Mankowski (2012)
  • Monstrum by Donald James (1997)
  • Moscow at Midnight by Sally McGrane (2017) – part one
  • Moscow at Midnight by Sally McGrane (2017) – part two
  • Motherland by G.D. Abson (2017)
  • Need To Know by Karen Cleveland (2018)
  • Our Kind of Traitor by John Le Carré (2010)
  • Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (2013) – part one
  • Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (2013) – part two
  • Secret Service by Tom Bradby (2019) – part one
  • Secret Service by Tom Bradby (2019) – part two
  • Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith (2013)
  • The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis (2014)
  • The Russia Account by Stephen Coonts (2019)
  • The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith (2019)
  • The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming (2011)

    • 2020s setting

  • Private Moscow by James Patterson and Adam Hamdy (2020)
  • Red Metal by Mark Greaney and Lt. Col. H. Ripley Rawlings IV (2019)
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    future setting

  • Russian Hide and Seek by Kingsley Amis (1980)
  • The Senility of Vladimir P. by Michael Honig (2016) – part one
  • The Senility of Vladimir P. by Michael Honig (2016) – part two

    • Set across several decades

  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (2016)
  • Revolution: a Novel of Russia by Barnaby Williams (1994)
  • The Long Song of Tchaikovsky Street: a Russian adventure by Pieter Waterdrinker (2022)