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ⓘ About Michael Smith
Michael Smith is a best-selling author known for writing a variety of books such as The Secrets of Station X, SIX: The Real James Bonds, The Real Special Relationship, and Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews, among many others. Michael has served in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps. He has also been an award-winning journalist for the Sunday Times, the BBC, and the Daily Telegraph. Now he works as a novelist and an intelligence historian on a full-time basis. The author is also the editor of The Secret Agent’s Bedside Reader, which is a compilation of writing on spies by spies. This includes the work of people such as Somerset Maugham, John le Carre, Kim Philby, and Graham Greene. Michael Smith resides near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
All Book Series by Michael Smith
Odd Man Out: The Story Of The Singapore Traitor
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 1994 Co-authored · Peter Elphick
The Bletchley Park Codebreakers
Book 5 of 15 · published 2001 Co-authored · RalphErskine
The Spying Game: The Secret History of British Espionage
Book 6 of 15 · published 2003
The Anatomy of a Traitor: A History of Espionage and Betrayal
Book 12 of 15 · published 2017
The Anatomy of a Spy: A History of Espionage and Betrayal
Book 14 of 15 · published 2020
The Real Special Relationship
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2022
The Daily Telegraph War on Saddam: The Complete Story of the Iraq Campaign 2003
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2003
The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader: A Compendium of Spy Writing
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2014
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Michael Smith?
Michael Smith is a best-selling author known for writing a variety of books such as The Secrets of Station X, SIX: The Real James Bonds, The Real Special Relationship, and Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews, among many others. Michael has served in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps. He has also been an award-winning journalist for the Sunday Times, the BBC, and the Daily Telegraph.
Which Michael Smith series should I start with?
The best place to start is the MichaelSmith Non-Fiction series, the earliest of Michael Smith's multi-book series: it opens with Odd Man Out: The Story Of The Singapore Traitor (1994) and runs to 15 books across 1994–2022, ending with The Real Special Relationship (2022).
How many books has Michael Smith written?
Michael Smith has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1994 and 2022. 16 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the MichaelSmith Non-Fiction series with 15 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Michael Smith's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Michael Smith's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are MichaelSmith Non-Fiction (1994–2022, 15 books) and Ritter (2022, 1 book).
How are Michael Smith's books organised into series?
This guide splits Michael Smith's 18 books into 2 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: MichaelSmith Non-Fiction (15 books, 1994–2022); Ritter (1 book, 2022).