Audiobooks Like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)

If you loved Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised) by John le Carré, these audiobooks share similar qualities — same genre, sometimes the same narrator, comparable length, and the kind of ratings that signal a great listen. Fans of Simon Russell Beale's narration will find familiar voices here too.

10 audiobooks for fans of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dramatised)

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    The Constant Gardener

    by John le Carré

    Narrated by Michael Jayston

    4.06 ABR Score (32.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.83 Goodreads (31.2K) ★ 4.3 Audible (948)
    17h 6m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Camel Club

    The Camel Club • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.34 ABR Score (98.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (98.8K)
    5h 38m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Whole Truth: Shaw and Katie James 1

    A. Shaw • Book 1

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.30 ABR Score (43.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (43.4K)
    5h 37m listening time • Released 2024
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    Simple Genius: King and Maxwell

    Sean King & Michelle Maxwell • Book 3

    by David Baldacci

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.23 ABR Score (49.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (49.4K)
    5h 8m listening time • Released 2024
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    Hornet Flight

    by Ken Follett

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.19 ABR Score (29.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (29.4K)
    4h 30m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Comfort of Strangers (Vintage International)

    by Ian McEwan

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.69 ABR Score (21.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.39 Goodreads (21.1K) ★ 3.38 Audible (8)
    3h 48m listening time • Released 2015
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    The Fury

    by Alex Michaelides

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    3.64 ABR Score (242.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.36 Goodreads (240.1K) ★ 3.81 Audible (2.2K)
    8h 8m listening time • Released 2024
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    Hannibal Lecter (abridged) • Book 2

    by Thomas Harris

    Narrated by Kathy Bates

    4.40 ABR Score (591.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.26 Goodreads (591.2K) ★ 4.53 Audible (421)
    3h 3m listening time • Released 2002

    The novel that made psychological thrillers a genre — Clarice Starling and Hannibal Lecter's conversations remain among the most electric in all of crime fiction.

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    The Lost Soul of the City

    Nameless: Season Two • Book 1

    by Dean Koontz

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

    4.28 ABR Score (15.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (14.5K) ★ 4.41 Audible (1.3K)
    2h 24m listening time • Released 2021

    Ballerini's measured intensity perfectly captures Koontz's amnesiac assassin stalking through urban decay—his voice makes you feel the paranoia and moral weight of every shadowed move.

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    Double Indemnity

    by James M. Cain

    Narrated by James Naughton

    4.19 ABR Score (29.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (28.8K) ★ 4.44 Audible (367)
    3h 16m listening time • Released 2005

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