13 Top mystery books like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) by John le Carré

Cover of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) by John Le Carré

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

By: John Le Carré

4.06

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, …

"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

If you liked the mystery plot in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) by John Le Carré , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of London Match (Bernard Samson, #3) by Len Deighton

1. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

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

2. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

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

3. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

4. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
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5. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

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

6. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) by Martin Cruz Smith

7. Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1)

By: Martin Cruz Smith

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fin… read more

Similar categories in Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park (Arkady Renko, #1) book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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8. 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

Similar categories in Graham Greene's The Quiet American book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • novels
  • classics
  • fiction
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9. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • 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

Cover of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) by John Le Carré

10. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

By: John Le Carré

4.06

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, … read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"As a good Socialist, I'm going for the money."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Treason is very much a matter of habit, Smiley decided."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Good intelligence work, Control had always preached, was gradual and rested on a kind of gentleness."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"The monstrosity of this, reaching Smiley through a thickening wall of spiritual exhaustion, left him momentarily speechless."

-John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

11. 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

Similar categories in Len Deighton's Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1) book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

Cover of Casino Royale (James Bond, #1) by Ian Fleming

12. Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

By: Ian Fleming

3.74

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

British Secret Service agent James Bond, a.k.a. 007, is sent to France to play in a high-stakes bac… read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's Casino Royale (James Bond, #1) book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"In his mind he fingered the necklace of the days to come."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

Cover of The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

13. The Day of the Jackal

By: Frederick Forsyth

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here. The Jackal. A tall, blond… read more

Similar categories in Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad."

-Frederick Forsyth, The Day of the Jackal

14. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

By: John Le Carré , Ben Macintyre

3.85

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Master storyteller Ben Macintyre's most ambitious work to date brings to life the twentieth century… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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

Cover of The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) by Susan  Rowland

17. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • novels
  • crime
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

Cover of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre

18. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

By: Ben Macintyre

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more

Similar categories in Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • thriller
Cover of Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series) by Carolyn M. Bowen

19. Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

By: Carolyn M. Bowen

4.36

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • novels
"He wanted a stiff drink to get through the evening, for he knew they’d be wailing, and her family coming unglued."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"Elpidio sensed that David had more to say but was holding back due to their friendship. He wondered why David had gone along with Emiliana's seemingly impulsive ideas."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

"He didn't want to give the cartel any time to persuade Emiliana into accepting a more enticing offer. He had reservations about her loyalty and feared she might make a deal without Elpidio's consent."

-Carolyn M. Bowen, Legacy of Shadows: An International Crime Thriller (The Family Legacy Series)

Cover of Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

20. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

Similar categories in Rory Stewart's Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within book and John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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

21. 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 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • spy thriller
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"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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3.59

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3.59

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4.11

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3.00

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3.78

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3.95

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3.93

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