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John le Carré

Born

in Poole, Dorset, England, The United Kingdom

October 19, 1931

Died

December 12, 2020

Website

http://www.johnlecarre.com/

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Mystery & Thrillers

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John le Carré, the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), was an English author of espionage novels. Le Carré had resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than 40 years, where he owned a mile of cliff close to Land's End. ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 594,673 ratings · 40,173 reviews · 239 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 101,179 ratings — published 1963 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 88,868 ratings — published 1974 — 281 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 37,281 ratings — published 1979 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 34,047 ratings — published 1961 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Constant Gardener 3.82 avg rating — 26,795 ratings — published 2001 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russia House 3.91 avg rating — 24,274 ratings — published 1989 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9) 3.89 avg rating — 22,029 ratings — published 2017 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 21,172 ratings — published 1977 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Spy 3.99 avg rating — 19,684 ratings — published 1986 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agent Running in the Field 3.86 avg rating — 19,480 ratings — published 2019 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré, 1974, 381 pages

90 votes, 30.2%

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, 1997, 236 pages

88 votes, 29.5%

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, 1977, 96 pages

33 votes, 11.1%

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, 1944, 314 pages

31 votes, 10.4%

Papillon by Henri Charrière, 1969, 544 pages

31 votes, 10.4%

The Postman by Antonio Skármeta, 1985, 128 pages

25 votes, 8.4%

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