18 books like Diamonds are Forever

What to read after Diamonds are Forever — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

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: English language readers, Intelligence officers, English, Intelligence service

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: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British

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: Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British, Great Britain

Trigger Mortis Anthony Horowitz · 2015 · ★ 3.9 · 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 in… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Great Britain

From Russia with Love Ian Fleming · 1957 · ★ 3.9 · 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: Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British, Great Britain

Quantum Of Solace Ian Fleming · 2008 · ★ 3.4 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Marking the centennial of the author's birth, a comprehensive anthology of short fiction chronicling the exploits and adventures of the suave British agent includes the tales that served as the inspiration for such films as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only, and the upcoming Fall 2008 Quantum of Solace. Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Great Britain

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: Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British, Great Britain

Twinkle twinkle little spy Len Deighton · 1976 · ★ 4.5 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When the unnamed British agent in this story is sent to take custody of a defecting Russian scientist, his mission takes him to the Arab world and the Sahara desert as he is consistently foiled by a US Secret Service high-up. Loyalty is tested and never certain, as it becomes unclear as the novel develops who is actually chasing whom, and where the threat is coming from. Shares: English Spy stories, Spy Fiction, Thriller

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: English Spy stories, Intelligence service, British, Great Britain

Octopussy and the Living Daylights - Octopussy/The property of a lady/The living daylights/007 in New York Ian Fleming · 2002 · ★ 3.6 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The last collection of James Bond adventures from Ian Fleming, Octopussy and The Living Daylights features four tales of intrigue that push 007 to the limit and find the secret agent questioning where he can go from there… In “Octopussy,” a former operative in the Second World War must face the consequences of past sins when James Bond knocks on the door of his Caribbean fortress, and in “The… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Spy Fiction

COLD John Gardner · 1996 · ★ 3.5 · 235p · ≈ 7h · Moderate James Bond is on a mission that will become an obsession. It starts the night Flight 229 is torn apart at Washington airport, killing 435 passengers. But the victim who matters to Bond is the Principessa Sukie Tempesta: once his lover, still his friend. The search for Sukie's killers will turn out to be the most complex and demanding assignment of Bond's career. Across continents and through… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Great Britain

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: Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, British, Spy Fiction

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carré · 1962 · ★ 4.1 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality, which also featured the… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Spy Fiction

For Special Services John Gardner · 1982 · ★ 3.6 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Bond is back on secret loan to the United States Government and primed to confront an old and deadly adversary which now has a sinister new leader and a devastating operation underway. Armed with a pair of Sykes-Fairbairn commando daggers, a new Heckler & Koch VP70 handgun and a gorgeous new partner – the daughter of his old friend Felix Leiter – Bond experiences the full deadly force of… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence service, Great Britain, Spy Fiction

The Man from Barbarossa John Gardner · 1991 · ★ 3.9 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate James Bond has been partnered with an Israeli Mossad agent, Pete Natkowitz, and assigned to work with the KGB to infiltrate a terrorist group. The group, The Scales of Justice, are demanding the trial of a suspected Nazi war criminal and each day of delay brings another death. Posing as a TV crew, Bond and the other agents attempt to discover the group's real motive. When Bond realizes that the… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence service, Great Britain, Spy Fiction

Brokenclaw John Gardner · 1990 · ★ 3.7 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate On holiday in Victoria, British Columbia, Bond becomes by intrigued Lee Fu-Chu, a half-Blackfoot, half-Chinese philanthropist who is known as "Brokenclaw" because of a deformed hand. On his return to the UK Bond is tasked to investigate the kidnapping of several scientists who have been working on a new submarine detection system. It becomes clear that Brokenclaw is behind the kidnapping and… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence service, Great Britain, Spy Fiction

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: Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Great Britain, Spy Fiction

Win, lose or die John Gardner · 1989 · ★ 2.7 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When M receives word that a known terrorist organisation is planning to destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier – currently hosting a summit of world leaders - James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy. Promoted from Commander to Captain, Bond is expected to infiltrate the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible and identify potential sleeper agents. As he struggles to… Shares: English Spy stories, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, Spy Fiction

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