5 Best biography books like The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman

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The Secret Life of John le Carré

By: Adam Sisman

3.49

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le …

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1. Our Game

By: John Le Carré

3.70

Format: 414 pages, Mass Market Paperback

At forty-eight, Tim Cranmer is a secret servant in a premature retirement to deepest rural England.… read more

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  • espionage
"A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways."

-John Le Carré, Our Game

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2. The Mission Song

By: John Le Carré

3.47

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Abandoned by both his Irish father and Congolese mother, Bruno Salvador has long looked for someone… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's The Mission Song book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage
  • audiobook
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3. Absolute Friends

By: John Le Carré

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

An absolutely triumphant bestseller-everywhere hailed as the masterpiece toward which John le Carre… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Absolute Friends book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage
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4. A Small Town in Germany

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Small Town in Germany book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage

5. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

By: John Le Carré

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

"Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhab… read more

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6. The Looking Glass War

By: John Le Carré

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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7. Single & Single

By: John Le Carré

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A lawyer from the London finance house of Single & Singleis shot dead on a Turkish hillside by peop… read more

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8. A Perfect Spy

By: John Le Carré

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of inter… read more

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9. Harvey

By: Mary Chase

3.79

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

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10. A Most Wanted Man

By: John Le Carré

3.96

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

"A half-starved young Russian man in a long black overcoat is smuggled into Hamburg at dead of nigh… read more

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11. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

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12. Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

By: Nicholas Shakespeare

4.09

Format: 839 pages, Kindle Edition

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biograp… read more

Similar categories in Nicholas Shakespeare's Ian Fleming: The Complete Man book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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13. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage
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14. Burma Sahib

By: Paul Theroux

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of  The Mosquito Coast  and  The Bad Angel Brothers  comes a riveting new… read more

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  • audiobook
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15. Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

By: David McCloskey

4.30

Format: 454 pages, Hardcover

A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its cen… read more

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  • espionage
  • audiobook
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16. The Secret Life of John le Carré

By: Adam Sisman

3.49

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le … read more

Similar categories in Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

By: Hilary Mantel

4.33

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a noveli… read more

Similar categories in Hilary Mantel's A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Mourning is work. It is not simply being sad. It is naming your pain. It is witnessing the sorrow of others, drawing out the shape of loss. It is natural and necessary and there is no healing without…"

-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

"How nice, then, to go to Waterstones and not to have to disinfect yourself when you get home; yet sometimes as a reader I feel nostalgic for disorder, for the random and unpredictable. I find myself …"

-Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing

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18. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

By: Sara B. Franklin

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century—including Julia Child, Anne… read more

Similar categories in Sara B. Franklin's The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • history
  • biography
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré

By: John Le Carré

4.15

Format: 1088 pages, Paperback

An archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thou… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carré book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • espionage
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Secret Heart: John le Carré: an intimate memoir

By: Suleika Dawson

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

John le Carré led a life entirely constructed of secrets – not just in his first career, as a Briti… read more

Similar categories in Suleika Dawson's The Secret Heart: John le Carré: an intimate memoir book and Adam Sisman's The Secret Life of John le Carré

  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

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John Le Carré

3.47

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Burma Sahib

Paul Theroux

3.98

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Moscow X (Damascus Station #2)

David McCloskey

4.30

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The Good Assassin (George Mueller #2)

Paul Vidich

3.96

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The Secret Hours

Mick Herron

4.29

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Phantom Orbit

David Ignatius

4.10

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I.S. Berry

3.81

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