18 books like You Only Live Twice

What to read after You Only Live Twice — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

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: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service

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

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

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: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service

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, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service

Colonel Sun Kingsley Amis · 1968 · ★ 3.4 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The life of secret agent James Bond has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens complacency... until the sunny afternoon when M is kidnapped. The action ricochets across the globe to a volcanic Greek island, where Colonel Sun Liang-tan of the People's Liberation Army of China collaborates with an ex-Nazi atrocity expert in a world-menacing conspiracy. Stripped of all professional aids, Bond… Shares: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service

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, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service

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

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: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence service, Spies

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: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence service, Spies

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: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence service, Spies

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: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service

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

Ian Fleming's master spy James Bond in Nobody lives forever John Gardner · 1986 · ★ 3.5 · 301p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 'Take care 007. Take special care. The continent's a hotbed of villainy these days and you can never be too careful' Bond was supposed to be on leave. But SPECTRE leader Tamil Rahani, dying from injuries suffered at Bond's hand, is determined to make it the holiday to die for. With a price on his head, Bond must evade the world's greatest assassins in a ruthless game of cat-and-mouse across… Shares: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence service, Spies

No Deals, Mr. Bond John Gardner · 1960 · ★ 3.7 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered. Bond must find the others and conduct them to safety before they meet a similar fate. In a race against time, Bond travels to Ireland and the KGB is soon on the scene. But all is not as it seems and soon Bond finds he needs all his wits to negotiate a labyrinth of double-crossing that is to… Shares: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence service, Spies

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

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, Intelligence service, British

Ian Fleming's James Bond in John Gardner's Never Send Flowers John Gardner · 1993 · ★ 3.0 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In different corners of the world, four high-profile figures are assassinated in less than a week. Nobody claims responsibility, and nobody links the deaths. But one thing is certain: each victim has been stalked, sought out and killed with care and preparation. Then a sinister connection is established: a single, blood-tipped rose is sent to each funeral. When MI5 come to MI6 to ask for help M… Shares: Bond, James Bond, Intelligence service, Spies

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