I'd read the Karla Trilogy - Tinker Tailor - Honorable Schoolboy - Smiley's People. Good read, very fluid. The Alec Guinness versions* are very good, very English, occurred in multiple parts on BBC and PBS, and you almost need English subtitles and then pen & paper to keep notes. Unfortunately they only did Tinker Tailor and Smiley's People. The newer version of Tinker Tailor has a great cast and is lead by Gary Oldman as Smiley - very enjoyable movie I think.
Then the three first books - Call for the Dead, Murder of Quality and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. Cynical yes, but Le Carré is burned out and working up the nerve to write "The Spy..."
Then I'd read some of his individual novels
The Constant Gardener - One of my favorites. The ending is superlative. Haven't seen the movie.
A Most Wanted Man - Smart & current. The movie is a great version with terrific acting from Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nina Hoss (who is great in everything she does.)
The Little Drummer Girl - Excellent. Movie version with Dianne Keaton as the entirely unreliable narrator/character.
Then finally A Perfect Spy - This is Le Carré's fictionalized autobiography based on himself and other people. His Portrait of the Artist. Again, completely infinitely unreliable character, even to himself.
Then go for the rest as you like.
*Alec Guinness' Smiley series' are both on YouTube. See here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNX...aDXlb-yBcx02Jw
I might actually have to watch ole Alec give it his best this evening.
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