New York Times Bestsellers
Ian Fleming has placed 3 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 65 weeks on the charts.
26 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #7 · debuted Sep 1963
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23 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Sep 1964
Full chart history →
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Reading Order
6 series · 28 books
James Bond Collections
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Your Eyes Only | 1960 | 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Octopussy and The Living Daylights | 1966 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Quantum of Solace | 2008 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Series by Frank Cottrell Boyce
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1964 | 🏆 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award 1967Full award history → 🎬 2 adaptations → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time by Frank Cottrell Boyce | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon by Frank Cottrell Boyce | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Fleming Other Novels
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Diamond Smugglers | 1957 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Fleming Non-Fiction Books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrilling Cities | 1963 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Ian Fleming: The Playboy Interview | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Talk of the Devil: The Collected Writings of Ian Fleming | 2025 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Fleming Anthologies
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mammoth Book of Short Spy Novels | 1996 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | My Name is Bond, James Bond | 2000 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | A Century of British Mystery and Suspense | 2000 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
A British author and journalist. Ian Fleming, creator of the world's best-known secret agent, was consultant on foreign affairs to the London Sunday Times. In all, he wrote thirteen James Bond novels. The twelfth, You Only Live Twice, is published in hardcover by New American Library; the thirteenth, The Man with the Golden Gun, was published in the spring of 1965. Mr. Fleming died August 12, 1964, at the age of fifty-six.