Liza Mundy is a NYT author, as well as having written Code Girls, about the women who were successful code breakers in WWII. In her latest book, The Sisterhood, she goes deep into the history of the CIA, and tells amazing stories of the many (mostly unknown) women whose work often kept us safe and sound while they were risking their own lives.

From the 1940s to the present day, women have played a huge part in gathering, analyzing, and taking action in response to intelligence gathered abroad. Reads like a thriller novel, but it’s all true…and I admit it was a tiny bit rage inducing seeing the women treated poorly (although they often proved more than up to the task of working in the CIA). Five stars.