John le Carré Reading Order and Checklist: The guide to the George Smiley books and all standalone novels

Discover the great George Smiley series of spy novels and all standalone novels by John le Carré and keep track of your reading with this handy guide.

John le Carré has written nearly 30 books over an extraordinary career. He’s famous for the nine novels in the George Smiley sequence but there are many other standalone titles that are just as well known.

These include The Night Manager, which was adapted to wide acclaim for television; The Russia House, made into a film with a screenplay by Tom Stoppard; The Tailor of Panama, also made into a film, with Le Carré having a hand in the screenplay; and The Constant Gardener, which Le Carré considers the be one of the high points of film adaptations of his work and which won an Oscar for Rachel Weisz.

This book includes:

• An Introduction to John le Carré.


• A complete list of novels by John le Carré in publishing order.


• A list of the George Smiley series of novels by John le Carré in publishing order.


• Further reading about John le Carré, including links to interviews and resources.


• Reading checklist of the complete novels of John le Carré in alphabetical order.

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