 | Casino Royale (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1953: Meet James Bond. The first of these new hardcover reprints is the first (and still the best, IMO) Bond novel. If you buy just one...
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 | Live and Let Die (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1954: Not exactly PC (remember this was written by a 45-year-old in the 1950s) but still an exciting Bond adventure.
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 | Moonraker (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1955: One of my favorite Bond books, but don't expect anything that resembles the 1979 film.
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 | Diamonds are Forever (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
Buy new: £14.99 1956: Not one of the better books, but still fun to read about Las Vegas in the mid '50s.
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 | From Russia with Love (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1957: Considered Fleming's masterpiece. This was the book that put Bond on the map in America.
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 | Dr No (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1958: One of Fleming's best and most readable Bond novels is very similar to the film of the same name.
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 | Goldfinger (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1959: Ironically, the most famous Bond title is not really one of the better Bond books. Still...
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 | For Your Eyes Only (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1960: A collection of 5 short stories that Fleming originally wrote for a possible Bond TV series. Includes my favorite, "The Hilderbrand Rarity."
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 | Thunderball (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1961: The book that introduces SPECTRE and Ernst Stravo Blofeld.
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 | The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1962: An experiment. A Bond story told from a female point of view. This book was savaged in its day, but I really like it!
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 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
1963: Bond falls in love and gets married in what is the strongest story of the whole series.
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 | You Only Live Twice (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
Buy new: £14.99 1964: Right up there was Casino Royale as Fleming's best, most atmospheric novel.
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 | The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
Buy new: £14.99 1965: Unfinished at the time of his death and it shows. Still, a good Bond novel.
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 | Octopussy: AND The Living Daylights (James Bond) by Ian Fleming
Buy new: £14.99 1966: Three short stories including one of the best, "The Living Daylights."
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 | Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming
Buy new: £14.00 / Used from: £10.85 All the Ian Fleming James Bond short stories collected in one volume.
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 | Devil May Care (James Bond) by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £7.59 / Used from: £4.00 2008: Sebastian Faulks continues the Bond story...
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