Order of John Gardner Books

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:

Publication Order of Boysie Oakes Books

The Liquidator	(1964)
Understrike	(1965)
Amber Nine	(1966)
Madrigal	(1967)
Founder Member	(1969)
Traitor's Exit	(1970)
The Airline Pirates	(1970)
A Killer for a Song	(1975)

Publication Order of Derek Torry Books

A Complete State of Death	(1969)
The Corner Men	(1974)

Publication Order of Professor Moriarty Books

The Return of Moriarty	(1974)
The Revenge of Moriarty	(1975)
Moriarty	(2008)

Publication Order of Herbie Kruger Books

The Nostradamus Traitor	(1979)
The Garden of Weapons	(1980)
The Quiet Dogs	(1982)
Maestro	(1993)
Confessor	(1995)

Publication Order of Railton Family Books

The Secret Generations	(1985)
The Secret Houses	(1988)
The Secret Families	(1989)

Publication Order of James Bond Books

Licence Renewed	(1981)
For Special Services	(1982)
Icebreaker	(1983)
Role of Honour	(1984)
Nobody Lives Forever	(1986)
No Deals, Mr. Bond	(1987)
Scorpius	(1988)
Win, Lose or Die	(1989)
Licence to Kill	(1989)
Brokenclaw	(1990)
The Man from Barbarossa	(1991)
Death Is Forever	(1991)
Never Send Flowers	(1993)
Seafire	(1994)
Goldeneye	(1995)
Cold Fall	(1996)

Publication Order of Detective Sergeant Suzie Mountford Books

Bottled Spider	(2002)
The Streets of Town	(2003)
Angels Dining at the Ritz	(2004)
Troubled Midnight	(2005)
No Human Enemy	(2007)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Censor	(1970)
Every Night's a Bullfight	(1971)
To Run a Little Faster	(1976)
The Werewolf Trace	(1977)
The Dancing Dodo	(1978)
Golgotha	(1980)
Flamingo	(1980)
The Director	(1982)
Blood of the Fathers	(1992)
Day of Absolution	(2000)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Hideaway	(1968)
The Assassination File	(1974)

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

• Ian Fleming
• Raymond Benson
• Jeffery Deaver

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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