18 must-read fiction books like Smiley's People by John le Carré

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Smiley's People

By: John Le Carré

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

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

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Cover of The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1) by Len Deighton

1. The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

By: Len Deighton

3.93

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

Len Deighton’s classic first novel, whose protagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Pa… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf."

-Len Deighton, The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

"I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information." "And?" "The most valuable?" "People with information…"

-Len Deighton, The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

Cover of Hope (Bernard Samson, #8) by Len Deighton

2. Hope (Bernard Samson, #8)

By: Len Deighton

4.15

Format: 306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Master spy Bernard Samson is back and in top form once again in bestselling author Len Deighton's n… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Hope (Bernard Samson, #8) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • thriller
Cover of London Match (Bernard Samson, #3) by Len Deighton

3. London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

With treason epidemic in London Central, a cloud of suspicion passes over each senior agent, and ea… read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's London Match (Bernard Samson, #3) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) by Len Deighton

4. Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

By: Len Deighton

3.59

Format: 378 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Now on the shadowy East-West battlefield of Mexico City. British intelligence agent Bernard Samson … read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

5. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. Our Man in Havana

By: Graham Greene

3.00

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more

Similar categories in Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • mystery
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
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7. Charity (Bernard Samson, #9)

By: Len Deighton

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

For Bernard Samson, the end is near.In the concluding volume of Len Deighton's superb trilogy that … read more

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Charity (Bernard Samson, #9) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • spy thriller
  • espionage
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

8. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up a case in any nu… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Smiley's People by John Le Carré

9. Smiley's People

By: John Le Carré

3.33

Format: 170 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 Smiley's People book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) by Mick Herron

10. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

By: Mick Herron

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

London's Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their s… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. The Quiet American

By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more

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  • fiction

12. The Honorary Consul

By: Graham Greene , Nicholas Shakespeare

4.48

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

The Honorary Consul is a British thriller novel by Graham Greene, published in 1973. It was one of … read more

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13. The Devil's Trinity

By: Michael Parker

4.26

Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition

A modern day thriller pitching the ultimate terror against the United States of America.CIA agent, … read more

Similar categories in Michael Parker's The Devil's Trinity book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • fiction
"Are you ready for nuclear Armageddon?"

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"Harry Marsham, who was known as Marsh to his friends, should have died that night."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"And in that vast emptiness, two heads bobbed above the surface without a sound, just one hundred feet from them."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

"That’s the second time you’ve apologised in less than a minute, Remo. When you have to do that to an admiral it could be your career on the line."

-Michael Parker, The Devil's Trinity

14. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

By: Len Deighton

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once… read more

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15. Spook Street (Slough House, #4)

By: Mick Herron

3.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those wh… read more

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16. 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 John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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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17. Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

By: Mick Herron

4.13

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

At last in one volume: the collected Slough House spy novellas, including the never-before-publishe… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Well don't talk to me when I'm not listening. It's a waste of everyone's time."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

"Shut up. Now, ordinarily the reason I make you run up those stairs is I don't like you and I want you to die. But today, as it happens, I've a job for you."

-Mick Herron, Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas

Cover of London Rules (Slough House, #5) by Mick Herron

18. London Rules (Slough House, #5)

By: Mick Herron

4.34

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

The fifth entry in CWA Gold dagger-winning Slough House series.London Rules might not be written do… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's London Rules (Slough House, #5) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"hate crime pollutes the soul, but only the souls of those who commit it"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"you're all crazy," Flyte said. "we prefer the term"Alternatively sane"."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"Conspiracy theory is bloomed at the rate of one hundred and forty characters a second."

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

"He eyed her critically. "You look like all your birthdays came at once." "I look happy to you?" "No, old. Am I the only one round here speaks English?"

-Mick Herron, London Rules (Slough House, #5)

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19. Slough House (Slough House, #7)

By: Mick Herron

4.41

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Slough House (Slough House, #7) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"

-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)

Cover of A Spy Alone by Charles    Beaumont

20. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) by Mick Herron

21. Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

By: Mick Herron

4.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Bad Actors (Slough House, #8) book and John Le Carré's Smiley's People

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"Time, date, place, courtesy of social media. The old days, when you just rocked up to a car park near the stadium a few hours before kick-off, all of that was buried in history books and Channel 5 do…"

-Mick Herron, Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

14 Top mystery books like Smiley's People by John le Carré

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The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1)

Len Deighton

3.93

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London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

Len Deighton

3.59

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Mexico Set (Bernard Samson, #2)

Len Deighton

3.59

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Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Mick Herron

4.11

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19 Top fiction books like Slough House (Slough House, #7) by Mick Herron

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Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

John Le Carré

3.94

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Damascus Station (Damascus Station #1)

David McCloskey

4.21

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Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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Resurrection Walk (The Lincoln Lawyer, #7)

Michael Connelly

4.56

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