The Golden TypewriterIan Fleming's books
Ian Fleming wrote seventeen books between 1953 and 1966. Fourteen are James Bond books; the others are a children's classic and two books of reporting.
Fleming wrote seventeen books: twelve Bond novels, two collections of Bond short stories, one children's book and two works of non-fiction. The official bibliography from Ian Fleming Publications is the basis for this list.
The fourteen James Bond books
- 1
Casino Royale
Bond is sent to a French resort to ruin a Soviet-linked paymaster at the baccarat table.
- 2
Live and Let Die
Bond follows a trail of old gold coins from Harlem to Florida and Jamaica, where it leads to the criminal known as Mr Big.
- 3
Moonraker
A national hero building Britain's new missile cheats at cards, and M wants to know why.
- 4
Diamonds Are Forever
The smuggling pipeline runs from African mines to American gangsters in New York and Las Vegas.
- 5
From Russia with Love
A Soviet cipher clerk offers to defect with a coding machine, but only if Bond himself collects her.
- 6
Dr. No
No (1958) takes Bond to Jamaica to find a missing station chief. The trail leads to Crab Key, a guarded island owned by the reclusive Dr Julius No.
- 7
Goldfinger
What starts as suspicion of illegal gold dealing becomes something far larger.
- 8
For Your Eyes Only
Its five stories range from a revenge mission to a dinner-party tale about a cruel marriage.
- 9
Thunderball
Bond's search leads to the Bahamas.
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
It is the middle book of the Blofeld trilogy.
- 12
You Only Live Twice
It closes the Blofeld trilogy.
- 13
The Man with the Golden Gun
Bond hunts the assassin Francisco Scaramanga in Jamaica while trying to prove he is still fit for service.
- 14
Octopussy and The Living Daylights
The first edition had two stories; later editions add two more, so check which version you are buying.
Fleming's other books
Talk of the Devil is a later anthology of his shorter writing, not an eighteenth original book.
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The Diamond Smugglers
Fleming describes the illegal diamond trade through a security investigator he calls John Blaize.
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Talk of the Devil
It is a later anthology, not an original Fleming book.
Bond books by other writers
Many authors have written Bond novels since Fleming died, with the estate's permission. They are listed separately on continuation novels, so they are never confused with Fleming's own books.