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Cover of Live and let die
Live and let die Ian Fleming · 1954 · ★ 4.1 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Beautiful, fortune-telling Solitaire is the prisoner (and tool) of Mr Big - master of fear, artist in crime and Voodoo Baron of Death. James Bond has no time for superstition - he knows that Mr Big is also a top SMERSH operative and a real threat. More than that, after tracking him through the jazz joints of Harlem, to the Everglades and on to the Caribbean, 007 has realized that Mr Big is one of… Shares Bond, James Bond, Espionage, Intelligence officers
Cover of From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love Ian Fleming · 1957 · ★ 4.3 · 187p · ≈ 6h · Moderate James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Fleming’s masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favourite books of all time. SMERSH stands for ‘Death to Spies’ and there’s no secret agent they’d like to disgrace and destroy more than 007, James Bond. But ensnaring the British Secret Service’s most lethal… Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of SilverFin (Young Bond #1)
SilverFin (Young Bond #1) Charles Higson · 2005 · ★ 3.4 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces the young James when he is just starting boarding school in England and is about to become involved in his first adventure. Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice Ian Fleming · 1964 · ★ 3.7 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Bond, a shattered man after the death of his wife at the hands of SPECTRE founder Ernst Stavro Blofeld, has gone to pieces as an agent, endangering himself and his fellow operatives. M, unwilling to accept the loss of one of his best men, sends 007 to Japan for one last, near-impossible mission with the hopes of bolstering his spirits. But Japan proves to be Bond's downfall, leading him to a… Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of Goldfinger
Goldfinger Ian Fleming · 1958 · ★ 3.8 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked. And a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons are learned. Shares Bond, James Bond, Espionage, Intelligence officers
Cover of Thunderball
Thunderball Ian Fleming · 1961 · ★ 3.8 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "When a stranger arrives in the Bahamas, the locals barely turn their heads, seeing another ex-pat with money to burn at the casino tables. But James Bond has more than money on his mind; he's got less than a week to find two stolen atom bombs hidden among the coral reefs. While acting the playboy, Bond meets Domino, sultry plaything of secretive treasure hunter Emilio Largo. In getting close to… Shares James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British
Cover of The Spy Who Loved Me
The Spy Who Loved Me Ian Fleming · 1962 · ★ 3.4 · 203p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Vivienne Michel, a precocious French Canadian raised in the United Kingdom, seems a foreigner in every land. With only a supercharged Vespa and a handful of American dollars, she travels down winding roads into the pine forests of the Adirondacks. After stopping at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court and being coerced into caretaking at the vacant motel for the night, Viv opens the door to two armed… Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of The Man with the Golden Gun
The Man with the Golden Gun Ian Fleming · 1965 · ★ 3.6 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Bond may have a license to kill, but “Pistols” Scaramanga has a talent for it. He’s a KGB-trained assassin who’s left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake. His weapon of choice? A gold-plated Colt .45. In the aftermath of his brainwashing by the Soviets, Bond is given one last chance to win back M’s trust: terminate Scaramanga before he strikes MI6 again. Traveling to… Shares James Bond, Espionage, Intelligence officers, British
Cover of Doctor No
Doctor No Ian Fleming · 1958 · ★ 3.8 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The sixth James Bond thriller from Ian Fleming’s typewriter. Dispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6’s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over. On this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel… Shares Bond, James Bond, Espionage, Intelligence service
Cover of Trigger Mortis
Trigger Mortis Anthony Horowitz · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. And SMERSH is back. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track… Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of Devil May Care
Devil May Care Sebastian Faulks · 2000 · ★ 3.5 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate An Algerian drug runner is savagely executed in the desolate outskirts of Paris. This seemingly isolated event leads to the recall of Agent 007 from his sabbatical in Rome and his return to the world of intrigue and danger where he is most at home. The head of MI6, M, assigns him to shadow the mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner, a power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate, whose wealth is exceeded only by… Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of Win, lose or die
Win, lose or die John Gardner · 1989 · ★ 2.0 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service with this book.
Cover of JamesBond in John Gardner's Scorpius
JamesBond in John Gardner's Scorpius John Gardner · 1988 · ★ 3.0 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate James Bond investigates a cult guru, Father Valentine, and finds he has links to the mega-czar of global vice and terrorism, Vladimir Scorpius. From then on, 007 races to a confrontation with the evil genius. Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of Casino Royale
Casino Royale Ian Fleming · 1953 · ★ 3.7 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome, chillingly ruthless and licensed to kill. This, the first of Ian Fleming's tales of secret agent 007, finds Bond on a mission to neutralize a lethal, high-rolling Russian operative called simply "le Chiffre" -- by ruining him at the Baccarat table and forcing his Soviet spymasters to "retire" him. It seems that lady luck is taken with 007… Shares Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British
Cover of Carte Blanche
Carte Blanche Jeffery Deaver · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A James Bond thriller set in the present day finds the iconic British spy engaging a horrific modern villain in a cat-and-mouse chase that takes him from the Balkans and London to the African Continent. Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of Moonraker
Moonraker Ian Fleming · 1955 · ★ 3.8 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Flamboyant red cropped hair, florid skin, eyes blazing with hate— This Is the Face of Hugo Drax, The Mystery Man Behind Moonraker. A stranger, he came out of nowhere to build England the deadliest weapon ever devised by a human brain. A maniacal genius, he now holds the life of secret agent JAMES BOND in his fiendishly clever hands!! Shares James Bond, Espionage, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service
Cover of For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only Ian Fleming · 1959 · ★ 3.7 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Moderate "Bond watched her as she reached the edge of the tables and came up the aisle. It was hopeless. She was coming to meet someone—her lover. She was the sort of woman who always belongs to somebody else. What damnable luck! Before Bond could pull himself together, the girl had come up to his table and sat down. ‘I’m sorry I’m late. We’ve got to get moving at once. You’re wanted at the office.’ She… Shares Espionage, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British
Cover of Double Or Die (Young Bond #3)
Double Or Die (Young Bond #3) Charles Higson · 2007 · ★ 4.1 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Teenage James has forty-eight hours to rescue a kidnapped professor and to keep a powerful weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Shares Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers

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