English author John Gardner took the reins of the James Bond series long after the death of series creator Ian Fleming. Gardner is actually the most prolific of the Bond authors, having contributed 16 novels to the series (including two novelizations).

Much like his predecessor Fleming, Gardner served in the Royal Navy (as well as the Royal Marines). He retired from writing the Bond series in 1996 and was replaced by Raymond Benson. Gardner passed away in 2007. A list of John Gardner’s James Bond novels in order of publication is below:

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A Complete State of Death(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Corner Men(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Bottled Spider(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Streets of Town(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Angels Dining at the Ritz(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Troubled Midnight(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Human Enemy(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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The Nostradamus Traitor(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Garden of Weapons(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Quiet Dogs(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maestro(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Confessor(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Professor Moriarty Books

The Return of Moriarty(1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Revenge of Moriarty(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moriarty(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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The Secret Generations(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret Houses(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret Families(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of James Bond Books

Colonel Sun (By: Kingsley Amis)(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Authorized Biography of 007 (By: John George Pearson)(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
License Renewed(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
For Special Services(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Icebreaker(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Role of Honor(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nobody Lives Forever(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
No Deals, Mr. Bond(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Scorpius(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Licence to Kill(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Win, Lose or Die(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brokenclaw(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man from Barbarossa(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Is Forever(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Never Send Flowers(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
SeaFire(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
GoldenEye(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cold Fall(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
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Censor(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Night's a Bullfight(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Director(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
To Run a Little Faster(1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Werewolf Trace(1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dancing Dodo(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Golgotha(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Trump(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood of the Fathers(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Day of Absolution(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

On Becoming a Novelist(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
On Writers and Writing(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

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If you like John Gardner Books, You’ll Love…

John Gardner Synopses: In Cold Fall, a British aircraft is destroyed at Dulles Airport, killing nearly 400 passengers – including an old flame of Bond’s. It is now a personal quest for James to find the culprits.

A powerful Russian arms syndicate with ambitions that is not about ideology has got its hands on Goldeneye – a high-tech gadget that can corrupt and destroy the financial markets of the West. But the Russian gang has not taken into account its most determined enemy, James Bond. Goldeneye is a novelization of the 1997 film GoldenEye that starred Pierce Brosnan as James Bond for the first time.

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