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Updated 2026-07-11 / 73 books / 6 series
British author best known for the Bernard Samson espionage series and the classic WWII thriller *The IPCRESS File*. His works have sold over 30 million copies worldwide and defined the modern spy novel. This page provides Len Deighton’s books in order, including both chronological publication and series reading order.
Books by Len Deighton in Publication Order
1951
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst(By: Fritz-Otto Busch)
POoWMLB / 1
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1952
The Struggle for Europe(By: Chester Wilmot)
POoWMLB / 2
Buy
1955
The Crecy War(By: Alfred H. Burne)
POoWMLB / 3
Buy
1955
This Hallowed Ground(By: Bruce Catton)
POoWMLB / 4
Buy
1956
The Agincourt War(By: Alfred H. Burne)
POoWMLB / 5
Buy
1958
The Generalship of Alexander the Great(By: J.F.C. Fuller)
POoWMLB / 6
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1959
The Longest Day(By: Cornelius Ryan)
POoWMLB / 7
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1962
The IPCRESS File
POoHPB / 1
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1962
Horse Under Water
POoHPB / 2
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1964
Funeral in Berlin
POoHPB / 3
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1965
Action Cook Book
POoNB / 1
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1965
O’ est le garlic / Basic French Cooking
POoNB / 2
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1965
Julius Caesar(By: J Fuller)
POoWMLB / 8
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1966
Billion-Dollar Brain
POoHPB / 4
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1966
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses(By: A.L. Rowse)
POoWMLB / 9
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1967
Only When I Laugh / Only When I Larf
POoSN / 1
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1967
An Expensive Place to Die
POoHPB / 5
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1971
Bomber
POoSN / 2
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1972
Close-Up
POoSN / 3
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1972
A Concise History of Warfare(By: Bernard Montgomery)
POoWMLB / 10
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1972
Queen Victoria's Little Wars(By: Byron Farwell)
POoWMLB / 11
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1973
The Peninsular War(By: Roger Parkinson)
POoWMLB / 12
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1974
Spy Story
POoHPB / 6
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1974
Winston Churchill(By: Henry Pelling)
POoWMLB / 13
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1975
No Royalty A/C Action Cook Book
POoNB / 3
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1975
Yesterday's Spy
POoSN / 4
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1975
The Hussar General: The Life of Bl’cher, Man of Waterloo(By: Roger Parkinson)
POoWMLB / 14
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1975
Rorke's drift(By: Michael Glover)
POoWMLB / 15
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1975
The Thin Yellow Line(By: William Moore)
POoWMLB / 16
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1976
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy / Catch a Falling Spy
POoHPB / 7
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1976
The Great Anglo-Boer War(By: Byron Farwell)
POoWMLB / 17
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1976
The Battle of Loos(By: Philip Warner)
POoWMLB / 18
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1976
The English Civil War(By: Peter Young,Richard Holmes)
POoWMLB / 19
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1977
Fighter
POoNB / 4
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1977
Rommel: The Trail of the Fox(By: David Irving)
POoWMLB / 20
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1978
Airshipwreck
POoNB / 5
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1979
Blitzkrieg
POoNB / 6
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1980
Battle of Britain(With: Max Hastings)
POoWMLB / 21
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1980
The Great War(By: Correlli Barnett)
POoWMLB / 22
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1981
Flying Colours: The Epic Story Of Douglas Bader(By: Laddie Lucas)
POoWMLB / 23
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1982
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse
POoSN / 7
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1983
Berlin Game
POoBSB / 1
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1985
Mexico Set
POoBSB / 2
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1985
London Match
POoBSB / 3
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1985
The Right of the Line(By: John Terraine)
POoWMLB / 24
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1987
Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945
POoBSB / 4
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1987
Basic French Cookery Course
POoNB / 7
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1987
The Military Experience In The Age Of Reason(By: Christopher Duffy)
POoWMLB / 25
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1988
Spy Hook
POoBSB / 5
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1988
The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered(By: Peter H. Liddle)
POoWMLB / 26
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1989
Spy Line
POoBSB / 6
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1989
ABC of French Food
POoNB / 8
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1989
Business In Great Waters(By: John Terraine)
POoWMLB / 27
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1990
Spy Sinker
POoBSB / 7
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1991
MAMista
POoSN / 8
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1992
Declarations of War
POoSSC / 1
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1992
City of Gold
POoSN / 9
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1993
Blood, Tears, and Folly
POoNB / 9
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1993
Violent Ward
POoSN / 10
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1993
A Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars(By: David G. Chandler)
POoWMLB / 28
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1994
Faith
POoBSB / 8
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1996
Charity
POoBSB / 10
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1998
Crusades(By: Robert Payne)
POoWMLB / 29
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1998
Aramada the Planning the Battle and After(By: Robert Milne Tyte)
POoWMLB / 30
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1999
Slim: The Standardbearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim(By: Ronald Lewin)
POoWMLB / 31
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2000
Midway(By: Walter Lord)
POoWMLB / 32
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2007
Guide to the Battlefields of Europe(By: David Chandler)
POoWMLB / 33
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2010
Len Deighton’s French Cooking for Men
POoNB / 10
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2012
James Bond: My Long and Eventful Search for His Father
POoNB / 11
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2026
Only When I Larf
POoHPB / 8
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Complete Len Deighton Series Reading Order /
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01
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst(By: Fritz-Otto Busch)
1951
Buy
02
The Struggle for Europe(By: Chester Wilmot)
1952
Buy
03
The Crecy War(By: Alfred H. Burne)
1955
Buy
04
This Hallowed Ground(By: Bruce Catton)
1955
Buy
05
The Agincourt War(By: Alfred H. Burne)
1956
Buy
06
The Generalship of Alexander the Great(By: J.F.C. Fuller)
1958
Buy
07
The Longest Day(By: Cornelius Ryan)
1959
Buy
08
Julius Caesar(By: J Fuller)
1965
Buy
09
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses(By: A.L. Rowse)
1966
Buy
10
A Concise History of Warfare(By: Bernard Montgomery)
1972
Buy
11
Queen Victoria's Little Wars(By: Byron Farwell)
1972
Buy
12
The Peninsular War(By: Roger Parkinson)
1973
Buy
13
Winston Churchill(By: Henry Pelling)
1974
Buy
14
The Hussar General: The Life of Bl’cher, Man of Waterloo(By: Roger Parkinson)
1975
Buy
15
Rorke's drift(By: Michael Glover)
1975
Buy
16
The Thin Yellow Line(By: William Moore)
1975
Buy
17
The Great Anglo-Boer War(By: Byron Farwell)
1976
Buy
18
The Battle of Loos(By: Philip Warner)
1976
Buy
19
The English Civil War(By: Peter Young,Richard Holmes)
1976
Buy
20
Rommel: The Trail of the Fox(By: David Irving)
1977
Buy
21
Battle of Britain(With: Max Hastings)
1980
Buy
22
The Great War(By: Correlli Barnett)
1980
Buy
23
Flying Colours: The Epic Story Of Douglas Bader(By: Laddie Lucas)
1981
Buy
24
The Right of the Line(By: John Terraine)
1985
Buy
25
The Military Experience In The Age Of Reason(By: Christopher Duffy)
1987
Buy
26
The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered(By: Peter H. Liddle)
1988
Buy
27
Business In Great Waters(By: John Terraine)
1989
Buy
28
A Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars(By: David G. Chandler)
1993
Buy
29
Crusades(By: Robert Payne)
1998
Buy
30
Aramada the Planning the Battle and After(By: Robert Milne Tyte)
1998
Buy
31
Slim: The Standardbearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim(By: Ronald Lewin)
1999
Buy
32
Midway(By: Walter Lord)
2000
Buy
33
Guide to the Battlefields of Europe(By: David Chandler)
2007
Buy
01
The IPCRESS File
1962
Buy
02
Horse Under Water
1962
Buy
03
Funeral in Berlin
1964
Buy
04
Billion-Dollar Brain
1966
Buy
05
An Expensive Place to Die
1967
Buy
07
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy / Catch a Falling Spy
1976
Buy
08
Only When I Larf
2026
Buy
04
Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945
1987
Buy
01
Declarations of War
1992
Buy
01
Only When I Laugh / Only When I Larf
1967
Buy
04
Yesterday's Spy
1975
Buy
07
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse
1982
Buy
01
Action Cook Book
1965
Buy
02
O’ est le garlic / Basic French Cooking
1965
Buy
03
No Royalty A/C Action Cook Book
1975
Buy
07
Basic French Cookery Course
1987
Buy
08
ABC of French Food
1989
Buy
09
Blood, Tears, and Folly
1993
Buy
10
Len Deighton’s French Cooking for Men
2010
Buy
11
James Bond: My Long and Eventful Search for His Father
2012
Buy
Where to start with Len Deighton
What is the best order to read Len Deighton books?
Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series,
follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.
Are standalone books and series both included?
Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are
broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.
Source note: Sequencebooks organizes author, book, and series records from its catalog data.
Publication years and series order are shown when available.