James Bond Books in Order
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Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels follow British Secret Service agent 007 across twelve Cold War-era thrillers, from his debut in Casino Royale to the posthumously published The Man with the Golden Gun. Fleming also wrote two short-story collections set in the same world.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1953 · Ian Fleming
Casino Royale is the first novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The story follows secret agent 007 as he is assigned to stop a Russian operative…
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Buy on Amazon1957 · Ian Fleming
From Russia with Love is a 1957 novel by Ian Fleming that features James Bond, a secret agent working for the British Secret Service. Bond is…
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Buy on Amazon1955 · Ian Fleming
Hugo Drax is a mysterious and intense character from Ian Fleming's 1955 novel Moonraker. He has flamboyant red cropped hair, florid skin, and eyes…
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A 1956 novel by Ian Fleming featuring James Bond. Bond meets Tiffany Case, a cold, gorgeous blonde standing between him and the leaders of a…
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A novel by Ian Fleming. Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner and tool of Mr Big, master of fear and Voodoo Baron of Death. James…
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Dr. No is the sixth novel by Ian Fleming featuring James Bond, a British Secret Service agent. Fleming wrote the book in early 1957 at his Goldeneye…
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Vivienne Michel, a French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, feels out of place everywhere she goes. She travels to the Adirondacks with a Vespa…
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This novel by Ian Fleming follows James Bond in the Bahamas, where he has less than a week to find two stolen atom bombs hidden among the coral…
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A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked, leading to the death of a beautiful girl. In this story, James Bond…
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Buy on AmazonOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
1963 · Ian Fleming
James Bond is preparing to marry Teresa di Vicenzo, the daughter of a Corsican Mafioso, when he is sent to Switzerland. There, he confronts Ernst…
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Buy on Amazon1964 · Ian Fleming
Bond, a broken man following his wife's death at the hands of SPECTRE founder Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has lost his edge as an agent, putting himself…
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Buy on AmazonYear unknown · Ian Fleming
Bond is tasked with stopping Scaramanga, a KGB-trained assassin who has killed several British Secret Service agents. Scaramanga uses a gold-plated…
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Buy on AmazonOctopussy and the Living Daylights
Year unknown · Ian Fleming
Octopussy follows James Bond as he encounters Major Smythe, who is annoyed after being lashed by an octopus. When Bond appears, Smythe comes up with…
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Companion & related books
Related titles and editions that sit outside the main numbered order.
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1966 · Geoffrey Jenkins
Per Fine Ounce is an unpublished novel by Geoffrey Jenkins, written around 1966. It was commissioned by Glidrose Productions, the official publisher…
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The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½
1967
The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ is a 1967 James Bond spin-off novel published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom. It was later released…
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James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · Christopher Wood
James Bond is assigned to investigate the disappearance of the 370-foot nuclear-powered H.M.S. Ranger, a mission complicated by the presence of Major…
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1979 · Christopher Wood
James Bond and Moonraker is a novelisation by Christopher Wood of the James Bond film Moonraker. It was released in 1979 and its title was altered to…
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Buy on Amazon1981 · John Gardner
A novel by John Gardner in which James Bond pits his nerve and cunning against a dangerously deranged opponent, one prepared to sacrifice most of the…
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In this James Bond novel by John Gardner, Bond is on secret loan to the United States Government to confront an old adversary now led by a sinister…
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1985 · James Hatfield
The Killing Zone is a 1985 unauthorised James Bond novel by James Hatfield, privately published in paperback under the guise that it was officially…
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1986 · John Gardner
Nobody Lives for Ever, first published in 1986, is the fifth novel by John Gardner featuring James Bond, the secret agent created by Ian Fleming. The…
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1987 · John Gardner
No Deals, Mr. Bond is the sixth novel in the James Bond series written by John Gardner. Published in 1987, it was the last Bond book released in…
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Buy on Amazon1991 · John Gardner
The Man from Barbarossa is the eleventh novel featuring James Bond, written by John Gardner. First published in 1991, it was released under the…
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Buy on AmazonIan Fleming's James Bond in John Gardner's Never Send Flowers
1993 · John Gardner
Never Send Flowers was first published in 1993 and is the thirteenth novel in the series featuring James Bond, the secret agent created by Ian…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · John Gardner
James Bond faces Sir Maxwell Lustig, a megalomaniac who controls a floating laboratory in the Caribbean. Lustig threatens an ecological disaster to…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Raymond Benson
Zero Minus Ten, published in 1997, is the first James Bond novel written by Raymond Benson after John Gardner left the series in 1996. The book was…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Raymond Benson
The Facts of Death, published in 1998, is the third James Bond novel by Raymond Benson. It was the last James Bond book to carry the Glidrose…
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1999 · Raymond Benson
The World Is Not Enough is a 1999 action spy film, the nineteenth in the James Bond series. It is the third film to feature Pierce Brosnan as the…
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DoubleShot, first published in 2000, was the sixth novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond. It carried the Ian…
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2002 · John Cork and Maryam d'Abo
Bond Girls Are Forever is a 2002 James Bond documentary film hosted by Maryam d'Abo, who portrayed Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights, the 15th…
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Buy on Amazon1999 · Raymond Benson
High Time to Kill, published in 1999, is the fourth novel by Raymond Benson to feature James Bond, the secret agent created by Ian Fleming. It is the…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Raymond Benson and Ian Fleming
The death of a British businessman and his family in Japan leads James Bond to a terrorist organization that has developed the perfect biological…
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A police raid at a movie studio in Nice goes wrong, resulting in the deaths of innocent people. A dead man in an English prison reveals a secret…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the James Bond books in?
Publication order — Ian Fleming Publications (the author's estate, via its Penguin publisher) and widely recommended by readers Start with “Casino Royale.”
How many books are in the James Bond series?
We list 53 books by Ian Fleming , published between 1953–2018.
Where can I buy the James Bond books?
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