John Le Carre Books in Order

David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British 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). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by John Le Carre

  • #1
    Call for the Dead(1961)
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  • #2
    A Murder of Quality(1962)
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  • #3
    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold(1963)
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  • #4
    The Looking Glass War(1965)
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  • #5
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy(1974)
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  • #6
    The Honourable Schoolboy(1977)
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  • #7
    Smiley's People(1979)
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  • #8
    The Secret Pilgrim(1990)
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  • #9
    A Legacy of Spies(2017)
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  • #10
    Karla's Choice (By: Nick Harkaway)(2024)
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  • #1
    The Pigeon Tunnel(2016)
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  • #2
    A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré (With: Tim Cornwell)(2022)
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  • #3
    The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage(2003)
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  • #4
    Not One More Death(2006)
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  • #5
    Ox-Tales: Fire(2009)
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    A Small Town in Germany(1968)
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  • #2
    The Naive and Sentimental Lover(1971)
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  • #3
    The Little Drummer Girl / A Death in the Family(1983)
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  • #4
    A Perfect Spy(1986)
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  • #5
    The Russia House(1989)
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  • #6
    The Night Manager(1993)
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  • #7
    Our Game(1994)
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  • #8
    The Tailor of Panama(1996)
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  • #9
    Single & Single(1999)
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  • #10
    The Constant Gardener(2001)
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  • #11
    Absolute Friends(2003)
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  • #12
    The Mission Song(2006)
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  • #13
    A Most Wanted Man(2008)
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  • #14
    Our Kind of Traitor(2010)
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  • #15
    A Delicate Truth(2013)
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  • #16
    Agent Running in the Field(2019)
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  • #17
    Silverview(2021)
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  • #18
    Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn?(2016)
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  • #19
    Sarratt and the Draper of Watford(1999)
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  • #1
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy(1974)
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  • #2
    The Honourable Schoolboy(1977)
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  • #3
    Smiley's People(1979)
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About John Le Carre

David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British 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). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.

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