John le Carré

David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. "A sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

Books by John le Carré

8 books available

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré
4.1 (107k) average on GoodreadsFiction
A disgraced spymaster comes out of retirement to find a Soviet mole in the British Secret Service, forcing him to betray a colleague to save his country.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré
4.1 (77k) average on GoodreadsThriller
Call for the Dead
John le Carré
3.8 (24k) average on GoodreadsThriller
When a routine security check ends in an apparent suicide, George Smiley must navigate British intelligence to uncover a truth far more sinister than a broken career.
The Russia House
John le Carré
3.9 (22k) average on GoodreadsThriller
An English publisher is pulled into Cold War espionage when a Russian woman gives him a document of military secrets, forcing him to navigate betrayal and love as the Iron Curtain falls.
The Constant Gardener
John le Carré
3.8 (21k) average on GoodreadsThriller
A mild-mannered diplomat unearths a conspiracy of pharmaceutical greed and political cover-ups while investigating the murder of his activist wife in Kenya, transforming from a complacent gardener into a relentless seeker of truth.
A Perfect Spy
John le Carré
4.0 (16k) average on GoodreadsThriller
A British intelligence officer vanishes, leading to a desperate search that uncovers his elaborate life of lies, showing a man shaped by the deceptions he mastered to survive in espionage.
The Night Manager
John le Carré
3.8 (15k) average on GoodreadsThriller
A former British soldier, now a luxury hotel night manager, is recruited by intelligence to infiltrate the inner circle of a ruthless international arms dealer, a mission that drags him into a labyrinth of betrayal and danger across continents.
The Looking Glass War
John le Carré
3.7 (11k) average on GoodreadsThriller
A British intelligence department, desperate to prove its worth, sends an old, untrained agent into East Germany, only to expose its own moral decay.