James Bond audiobooks in order
Each Fleming book has its own reader on the UK store, in a set released together in 2025 — Richard Armitage starts it with Casino Royale. Worth knowing the books are considerably harder and less charming than any of the films.
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Which order should you listen in?
Publication order is the only sensible one — Fleming wrote them as a sequence and later books refer back. Note the films bear very little relation to the books beyond the titles, and the reading order will not match any viewing order you know.
James Bond in publication order
- 1
Casino Royale (1953) - 2
Live and Let Die (1954) - 3
Moonraker (1955) - 4
Diamonds Are Forever (1956) - 5
From Russia with Love (1957) - 6
Dr. No (1958) - 7
Goldfinger (1959) - 8For Your Eyes Only (1960)
- 9
Thunderball (1961) - 10
The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) - 11
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) - 12
You Only Live Twice (1964) - 13
The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) - 14
Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)