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IPCRESS books in order

Len Deighton

IPCRESS is a series of 5 books by Len Deighton: 1,354 pages, about 25 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

5
books
1,354
pages
25 hours
to read them all
50 days
at 30 minutes a day
The IPCRESS File 1962 4.1 h Horse Under Water 1963 4.7 h Funeral in Berlin 1964 5.7 h Billion-Dollar Brain 1966 5.7 h An Expensive Place to Die 1967 4.6 h

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The books

  1. The IPCRESS File 1962 4.1 h

    Len Deighton's classic first novel, whoseprotagonist is a nameless spy – later christened Harry Palmer and made famous worldwide in the iconic 1960s film starring Michael…

  2. Funeral in Berlin 1964 5.7 h

    A ferociously cool Cold War thriller from the author of The Ipcress File.Len Deighton's third novel has become a classic, as compelling and suspenseful now as when it first…

  3. Billion-Dollar Brain 1966 5.7 h

    The classic spy thriller of lethal computer-age intrigue and a maniac's private cold war, featuring the same anonymous narrator and milieu of The IPCRESS File.The fourth of…

  4. An Expensive Place to Die 1967 4.6 h

    An unnamed spy - perhaps the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File - is sent to Paris to deliver a file of nuclear secrets to a French doctor, but soon finds himself sucked into…

How much is left

After The IPCRESS File about 21 hours left
After Horse Under Water about 16 hours left
After Funeral in Berlin about 10 hours left
After Billion-Dollar Brain about 5 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 24 hours 49 minutes

All 5 books, 1,354 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

50 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.