re: Need a new book series to read

Has anyone mentioned John LeCarre's "George Smiley" series of spy novels? "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold," "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and so forth. I suppose many of you have at least seen the BBC productions of these novels.

What about Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy? Considered by many critics to be among the greatest historical war novels ever written. I'm currently rereading these books and enjoying them as much as I did when I first read them years ago.