Order of Len Deighton Books
Len Deighton is an English author of spy novels and cookbooks. He is best known for his Harry Palmer novels, including The Ipcress File. The Ipcress File was adapted into a film starring Michael Caine. Deighton is also an expert on the history of the British military, having written several non-fiction books on it.
Len Deighton became a published author in 1962 with The Ipcress File. Below is a list of Len Deighton’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
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Publication Order of Harry Palmer Books
The Ipcress File | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Horse Under Water | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Funeral in Berlin | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Billion-Dollar Brain | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
An Expensive Place to Die | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spy Story | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy / Catch a Falling Spy | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Bernard Samson Books
Berlin Game | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Mexico Set | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
London Match | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spy Hook | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spy Line | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Spy Sinker | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Faith | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Hope | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Charity | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Only When I Laugh | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Bomber | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Close-Up | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Yesterday's Spy | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
SS-GB | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
XPD | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
MAMista | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
City of Gold | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Violent Ward | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Declarations of War | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Action Cook Book | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Où est le garlic / Basic French Cooking | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
No Royalty A/C Action Cook Book | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Fighter | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Airshipwreck | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blitzkrieg | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Basic French Cookery Course | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
ABC of French Food | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Blood, Tears, and Folly | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Len Deighton’s French Cooking for Men | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
James Bond: My Long and Eventful Search for His Father | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Wordsworth Military Library Books
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Struggle for Europe | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Crecy War | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
This Hallowed Ground | (1955) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Agincourt War | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Day of Infamy | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Generalship of Alexander the Great | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Longest Day | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Great Siege Malta 1565 | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Destruction of Lord Raglan | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Julius Caesar | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses | (1966) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
A Concise History of Warfare | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Queen Victoria's Little Wars | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Peninsular War | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Winston Churchill | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
A Bridge Too Far | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Hussar General: The Life of Blücher, Man of Waterloo | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Rorke's drift | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Thin Yellow Line | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Great Anglo-Boer War | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Battle of Loos | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The English Civil War | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Nelson: The Essential Hero | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Rommel: The Trail of the Fox | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Battle of Britain | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Great War | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Hannibal | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Flying Colours: The Epic Story Of Douglas Bader | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Right of the Line | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The Military Experience In The Age Of Reason | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Business In Great Waters | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
A Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Crusades | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Aramada the Planning the Battle and After | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Slim: The Standardbearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Midway | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
Guide to the Battlefields of Europe | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy was also released under the title Catch a Falling Spy. Only When I Larf was also published under the title Only When I Laugh. Action Cook Book was also titled Cookstrip Cookbook. Ou est le Garlic? was also titled Basic French Cooking. Fighter and Airship Wreck were co-authored by Arnold Schwartzman. Battle of Britain was co-authored by Max Hastings.
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Some years ago I read a book, I am sure by Len Deighton, under the title of something like Mr. Howerwich and Mrs. ?
It was a story of two people becoming friends in an old people’s home. It was funny and heart warming.
Can anyone tell me the proper title and also, if possible, from where can I obtain a copy.
Also missing from list are: Road to Gandolfo and Road to Omaha
Those books are missing because they were written
by Robert Ludlum.
These two are Robert Ludlum Books, not Len Deighton’s.
I notice one omission from your list of Len’s non-fiction books: Len Deighton’s London Dossier, published in about 1963. I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it very useful