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Len Deighton

Len Deighton is an English writer renowned for his spy novels and cookbooks. He is most famous for his Harry Palmer series, particularly The Ipcress File, which was made into a film featuring Michael Caine. Additionally, Deighton is knowledgeable about British military history and has authored several non-fiction works on the subject. He made his debut as a published author in 1962 with The Ipcress File. Below is a chronological list of Len Deighton's books based on their original publication dates.

Len Deighton became a published novelist in 1951 with the novel The Drama Of The Scharnhorst (By: Fritz-Otto Busch). Below is a list of Len Deighton's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Harry Palmer Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Ipcress File (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Horse Under Water (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Funeral in Berlin (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Billion-Dollar Brain (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
An Expensive Place to Die (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Spy Story (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy / Catch a Falling Spy (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Bernard Samson Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Berlin Game (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Mexico Set (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
London Match (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Spy Hook (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Spy Line (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Spy Sinker (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Faith (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Hope (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Charity (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Only When I Laugh (1967) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Bomber (1971) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Close-Up (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Yesterday's Spy (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
SS-GB (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
XPD (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
MAMista (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
City of Gold (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Violent Ward (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Declarations of War (1992) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Action Cook Book (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Où est le garlic / Basic French Cooking (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
No Royalty A/C Action Cook Book (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Fighter (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Airshipwreck (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Blitzkrieg (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Basic French Cookery Course (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
ABC of French Food (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Blood, Tears, and Folly (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Len Deighton’s French Cooking for Men (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
James Bond: My Long and Eventful Search for His Father (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Wordsworth Military Library Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst (By: Fritz-Otto Busch) (1951) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Struggle for Europe (By: Chester Wilmot) (1952) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Crecy War (By: Alfred H. Burne) (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
This Hallowed Ground (By: Bruce Catton) (1955) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Agincourt War (By: Alfred H. Burne) (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Generalship of Alexander the Great (By: J.F.C. Fuller) (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Longest Day (By: Cornelius Ryan) (1959) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Julius Caesar (By: J Fuller) (1965) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses (By: A.L. Rowse) (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
A Concise History of Warfare (By: Bernard Montgomery) (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Queen Victoria's Little Wars (By: Byron Farwell) (1972) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Peninsular War (By: Roger Parkinson) (1973) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Winston Churchill (By: Henry Pelling) (1974) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Hussar General: The Life of Blücher, Man of Waterloo (By: Roger Parkinson) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Rorke's drift (By: Michael Glover) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Thin Yellow Line (By: William Moore) (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Great Anglo-Boer War (By: Byron Farwell) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Battle of Loos (By: Philip Warner) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The English Civil War (By: Peter Young,Richard Holmes) (1976) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Rommel: The Trail of the Fox (By: David Irving) (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Battle of Britain (With: Max Hastings) (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Great War (By: Correlli Barnett) (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Flying Colours: The Epic Story Of Douglas Bader (By: Laddie Lucas) (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Right of the Line (By: John Terraine) (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The Military Experience In The Age Of Reason (By: Christopher Duffy) (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered (By: Peter H. Liddle) (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Business In Great Waters (By: John Terraine) (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
A Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars (By: David G. Chandler) (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Crusades (By: Robert Payne) (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Aramada the Planning the Battle and After (By: Robert Milne Tyte) (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Slim: The Standardbearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim (By: Ronald Lewin) (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Midway (By: Walter Lord) (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Not available
Guide to the Battlefields of Europe (By: David Chandler) (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Motives for Murder (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Not available

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