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James Bond (original) Books in Order

by Ian FlemingLiterature & Fiction

14 books from Casino Royale (1953) to Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966). Rated 4.3 across 11,264 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Casino Royale

    Book 1 1953 4.2 (2.3k)

    Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless, and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming’s tales of Secret Agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian…

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  2. Live and Let Die

    Book 2 1954 4.3 (989)

    When Agent 007 goes to Harlem, it’s not just for the jazz. Harlem is the kingdom of Mr. Big, voodoo baron, black master of crime, and senior partner in SMERSH’s grim company of death.

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  3. Moonraker

    Book 3 1955 4.4 (884)

    Agent 007 is back—and he must race to stop the destruction of England. When James Bond is asked to settle a dispute over “ungentlemanly behavior” at an exclusive gambling club, the affair is embarrassing in the extreme, for the accused is…

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  4. Diamonds Are Forever

    Book 4 1956 4.3 (615)

    African diamonds are being smuggled into the United States via London, and it’s up to the British Secret Service to infiltrate the organized crime families in America and destroy the smugglers.

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  5. From Russia with Love

    Book 5 1957 4.3 (955)

    One of the most thrilling classic novels of the Cold War, featuring the suave, steely James Bond Every major foreign government organization has a file on British secret agent James Bond.

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  6. Doctor No

    Book 6 1958 4.2 (1.5k)

    M calls this case a “soft option.” He sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the head of the Kingston station.

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  7. Goldfinger

    Book 7 1958 4.4 (701)

    A suave secret agent, a gold-obsessed villain, and the most daring heist of all—to steal all the gold in Fort Knox James Bond has faced his fair share of villains bent on world destruction or domination, but now he is challenged by a…

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  8. For Your Eyes Only

    Book 8 1959 4.2 (369)

    Sudden emergencies and beautiful girls who aren't quite what they seem and are the stock-in-trade of James Bond. And when 007 is on the case there's only one thing you can be sure of—the result will be thrilling.

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  9. Thunderball

    Book 9 1961 4.5 (621)

    James Bond is in disgrace. His medical report is critical of the high living that is ruining his health, so M packs him off for a fortnight to a health farm to be tuned up to his former pitch of exceptional fitness.

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  10. The Spy Who Loved Me

    Book 10 1962 3.8 (329)

    For the first time, followers of the James Bond adventures will see Agent 007 as he appears through the eyes of a beautiful woman, a woman who, in the midst of brutality and terror, recognizes Bond for what he is: a handsome and appealing…

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  11. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    Book 11 1963 4.4 (703)

    Agent 007 is at a crossroads, antsy and dissatisfied. He even ponders quitting and goes so far as to compose a letter of resignation. He needs something—anything—to keep him in the game.

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  12. You Only Live Twice

    Book 12 1964 4.3 (545)

    Is this the end for Agent 007? Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of SPECTRE founder Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and his fellow operatives.

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  13. The Man with the Golden Gun

    Book 13 1965 4.3 (460)

    In a highly secret office somewhere in London, a murder is to be attempted. M is to be the victim, and the assassin is to be James Bond. Bond, believed dead for a year following the events of You Only Live Twice, returns to England.

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  14. Octopussy and The Living Daylights

    Book 14 1966 4.2 (268)

    Published posthumously, this book is an anthology of three novellas featuring the world's best-known secret agent, James Bond. In the first story, "Octopussy," the legendary 007 is sent to Jamaica to deal with a rather odd Englishman.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for James Bond (original) is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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