reading list
The best spy & thriller classics
Chases, conspiracies and codes — Buchan, Childers, Fu-Manchu and the golden-age thriller, a step away from the drawing-room detective. 48 books, each readable in full on Folio — a few finishable pages a day.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan · 1915
The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers · 1903
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
Folio
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer · 1913
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Folio
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer · 1916
The Devil Doctor
Folio
The Devil Doctor
Sax Rohmer · 1916
The Angel of Terror
Folio
The Angel of Terror
Edgar Wallace · 1922
The Crimson Circle
Edgar Wallace · 1922
Room 13
Edgar Wallace · 1924
The Old Man in the Corner
Folio
The Old Man in the Corner
Baroness Orczy · 1909
The Man Who Knew
Folio
The Man Who Knew
Edgar Wallace · 1918
The Great Impersonation
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1920
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Folio
The Clue of the Twisted Candle
Edgar Wallace · 1916
The Green Rust
Folio
The Green Rust
Edgar Wallace · 1919
The Daffodil Mystery
Folio
The Daffodil Mystery
Edgar Wallace · 1920
The Power-House
John Buchan · 1916
The Yellow Claw
Folio
The Yellow Claw
Sax Rohmer · 1915
The Golden Scorpion
Folio
The Golden Scorpion
Sax Rohmer · 1919
Bat Wing
Folio
Bat Wing
Sax Rohmer · 1921
The Hand of Fu-Manchu
Folio
The Hand of Fu-Manchu
Sax Rohmer · 1917
The Duke in the Suburbs
Edgar Wallace
The Secret House
Edgar Wallace · 1917
The Tomb of Ts'in
Edgar Wallace
The Melody of Death
Edgar Wallace
Jack O' Judgment
Folio
Jack O' Judgment
Edgar Wallace
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
Folio
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
Sax Rohmer · 1913
Fire-Tongue
Folio
Fire-Tongue
Sax Rohmer · 1922
Dope
Sax Rohmer · 1919
The Green Eyes of Bâst
Folio
The Green Eyes of Bâst
Sax Rohmer · 1920
Tales of Secret Egypt
Sax Rohmer · 1918
Moon of Madness
Sax Rohmer
The Cinema Murder
Folio
The Cinema Murder
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Mr. Marx's Secret
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1899
Aaron Rodd, Diviner
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Seven Conundrums
Folio
The Seven Conundrums
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Jeanne of the Marshes
Folio
Jeanne of the Marshes
E. Phillips Oppenheim
A People's Man
Folio
A People's Man
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Malefactor
Folio
The Malefactor
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Yellow House; Master of Men
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Illustrious Prince
Folio
The Illustrious Prince
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Missioner
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Mysterious Mr. Sabin
Folio
Mysterious Mr. Sabin
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1898
An Amiable Charlatan
Folio
An Amiable Charlatan
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1916
The Vanished Messenger
Folio
The Vanished Messenger
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Evil Shepherd
Folio
The Evil Shepherd
E. Phillips Oppenheim · 1922
The Devil's Paw
Folio
The Devil's Paw
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Pawns Count
Folio
The Pawns Count
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Box with Broken Seals
Folio
The Box with Broken Seals
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Golden Web
Folio
The Golden Web
E. Phillips Oppenheim