James Bond is, quite simply, a cultural icon. The James Bond character was created by English author Ian Fleming in 1953. Since then, he has appeared in numerous novels and over 20 films. Currently he is being portrayed by English actor Daniel Craig, but he has also been portrayed by Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.

Officially, the James Bond book series consists of 14 novels and short story collections by Ian Fleming, 16 novels by https://www.orderofbooks.com/authors/john-gardner/John Gardner and 12 novels and short stories by Raymond Benson. Most recently, the series has been taken over by Jeffery Deaver. Below is a list of all of the official James Bond novels in publication order (including Ian Fleming’s James Bond books in chronological order):

Publication Order of James Bond Books

Casino Royale (By: Ian Fleming)(1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Live and Let Die (By: Ian Fleming)(1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moonraker (By: Ian Fleming)(1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diamonds Are Forever (By: Ian Fleming)(1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From Russia with Love (By: Ian Fleming)(1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Doctor No / Dr. No (By:Ian Fleming)(1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Goldfinger (By: Ian Fleming)(1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thunderball (By: Ian Fleming)(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spy Who Loved Me (By: Ian Fleming)(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Living Daylights (By: Ian Fleming)(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (By: Ian Fleming)(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
You Only Live Twice (By: Ian Fleming)(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man with the Golden Gun (By: Ian Fleming)(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Octopussy (By:Ian Fleming)(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of James Bond (Extended) Books

Colonel Sun (By: Kingsley Amis)(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
License Renewed (By: John Gardner)(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Special Services (By: John Gardner)(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Icebreaker (By: John Gardner)(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Role of Honor (By: John Gardner)(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nobody Lives Forever (By: John Gardner)(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Deals, Mr. Bond (By: John Gardner)(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Scorpius (By: John Gardner)(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Licence to Kill (By: John Gardner)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Win, Lose or Die (By: John Gardner)(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brokenclaw (By: John Gardner)(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man from Barbarossa (By: John Gardner)(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Is Forever (By: John Gardner)(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Never Send Flowers (By: John Gardner)(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
SeaFire (By: John Gardner)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
GoldenEye (By: John Gardner)(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cold Fall (By: John Gardner)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Zero Minus Ten (By: Raymond Benson)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tomorrow Never Dies (By: Raymond Benson)(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Facts of Death (By: Raymond Benson)(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World is Not Enough (By: Raymond Benson)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
High Time to Kill (By: Raymond Benson)(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Doubleshot (By: Raymond Benson)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Never Dream of Dying (By: Raymond Benson)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man With the Red Tattoo (By: Raymond Benson)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Die Another Day (By: Raymond Benson)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Devil May Care (By: Sebastian Faulks)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Carte Blanche (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Solo (By: William Boyd)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trigger Mortis (By: Anthony Horowitz)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Forever and a Day (By: Anthony Horowitz)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
With a Mind to Kill (By: Anthony Horowitz)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of James Bond Collections

For Your Eyes Only (By: Ian Fleming)(1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Octopussy and The Living Daylights (By: Ian Fleming)(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quantum of Solace (By: Ian Fleming)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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James Bond Synopses: In The Man with the Golden Gun, James Bond is brainwashed and tries to kill his boss M. Fortunately, Bond fails at this task, but he has now lost the trust he had. He must regain that trust and redeem himself by killing one of the most deadly freelance hitmen in the world – Paco “Pistols” Scaramanga (also known as the Man with the Golden Gun). The Man with the Golden Gun was adapted to film in 1974, starring Roger Moore as 007 and Christopher Lee as the renamed Francisco Scaramanga.

For Your Eyes Only is a collection of five short stories where James Bond faces all sorts of danger. Beautiful girls are never quite what they seem in James Bond stories and they are in abudance in For Your Eyes Only. For Your Eyes Only contains the stories From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Quantum of Solace, Risico and The Hildebrand Rarity. For Your Eyes Only and Risico were adapted into the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only, starring Roger Moore as Bond.

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One Response to “Order of James Bond Books”

  1. S.W.O.W.: 4 years ago

    Don’t forget American Super Spy MATT HELM.

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