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Start with Berlin Game and continue through all 10 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Len Deighton
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Ends with Charity
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Book 1:Berlin Game
Len Deighton
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Book 2:Mexico Set
Len Deighton • 1985
Still reeling from betrayal, Bernard Samson is ordered to coax a key KGB officer into defecting, a job that drags him from Mexico City to London and Berlin while his own side begins to wonder whose game he is really p...
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Book 3:London Match
Len Deighton • 1985
Samson’s hunt for a mole inside London Central comes to a head when a leaked memorandum, an imprisoned friend and a risky prisoner exchange drive him toward a final, very personal showdown on the railways of Cold War...
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Book 4:Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945
Len Deighton • 1987
Following the Winter family from imperial Berlin through two world wars to the Nuremberg trials, this epic novel charts two brothers on opposite paths and lays the emotional and political groundwork for many character...
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Book 5:Spy Hook
Len Deighton • 1988
Back in London suburbia with his children and new lover, Bernard Samson is pulled into an inquiry over missing intelligence funds, uncovering faked deaths, buried loyalties and the possibility that his superiors are u...
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Book 6:Spy Line
Len Deighton • 1989
Hiding out in Berlin after the events of Spy Hook, Samson is dragged into a dangerous defection and a tense mission to Vienna, forcing him to confront his estranged wife and the brutal cost of attempting to bring her...
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Book 7:Spy Sinker
Len Deighton • 1990
This companion volume to the Samson series retells the story of the first two trilogies from the viewpoints of Fiona, Bret Rensselaer and other players, filling in the hidden deals and betrayals that Bernard himself n...
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Book 8:Faith
Len Deighton • 1994 • 1 recommendation
As the Eastern Bloc starts to crack, Bernard and Fiona Samson return to London Central and are sent into East Germany to meet a prized KGB defector, only to find themselves caught in a set‑up that may cost careers and...
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Book 9:Hope
Len Deighton • 1995
With the Berlin Wall beginning to crumble, Samson chases a damaged Polish émigré across a shifting Eastern Europe, trying to rescue an operation, protect his family and decide whom he can still trust inside a service...
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Book 10:Charity
Len Deighton • 1996
In the final Bernard Samson novel, Bernard investigates an old death, wrestles with office vendettas and contemplates walking away from the Department altogether, just as the end of the Cold War changes the value of e...
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What is the best order to read the Bernard Samson series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Berlin Game.
How many books are in the Bernard Samson series?
There are 10 books currently listed in the Bernard Samson series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Bernard Samson series?
New readers should start with Berlin Game, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Bernard Samson series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1985 to 1996.