Order of Bernard Samson Books

Order of Bernard Samson Books


Bernard Samson is the protagonist in a series of spy fiction novels by English author Len Deighton. Bernard is an intelligence officer for the Secret Intelligence Service.

The Bernard Samson series essentially consists of three trilogies – Berlin Game, Mexico Set & London Match, Spy Hook, Spy Line & Spy Sinker and Faith, Hope & Charity. There are gaps of a few years between each trilogy. The first of the Bernard Samson books was Berlin Game in 1983, the last of which (Charity) was published in 1996. Below is a list of Len Deighton’s Bernard Samson series in order of when the books were originally published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Bernard Samson Books

Berlin Game

(1983)

Mexico Set

(1985)

London Match

(1985)

Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945

(1987)

Spy Hook

(1988)

Spy Line

(1989)

Spy Sinker

(1990)

Faith

(1994)

Hope

(1995)

Charity

(1996)