Which to read first

GeorgiboyGeorgiboy Posts: 632MI6 Agent
edited August 2007 in James Bond Literature
I am a huge james bond movie fan and I have decided to read all the novels. Which book should I start with? Thanks.

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  • PendragonPendragon ColoradoPosts: 2,640MI6 Agent
    start with Casino Royale and go in order...;)

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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,988Quartermasters
    edited August 2007
    Georgiboy wrote:
    I am a huge james bond movie fan and I have decided to read all the novels. Which book should I start with and which one is the best? Thanks.

    Start with Casino Royale, the first book Ian Fleming wrote. Then read the other Fleming Bond books in order [EDIT: As Pendragon just said ;% ].

    Casino Royale
    Live And Let Die
    Moonraker
    Diamonds Are Forever
    From Russia, With Love
    Doctor No
    Goldfinger
    For Your Eyes Only
    Thunderball
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service*
    You Only Live Twice
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Octopussy/The Living Daylights


    * For my money, OHMSS is the best book...but opinions vary ;) My other personal favourites are CR, MR, FRWL and DN.

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  • GeorgiboyGeorgiboy Posts: 632MI6 Agent
    Which one would you guys say was the best?
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,988Quartermasters
    OHMSS happened to be the very first one I read...and I also think it's the best---Fleming at the absolute top of his form.

    But it will mean more if you read the others in order before you get there...
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  • PendragonPendragon ColoradoPosts: 2,640MI6 Agent
    I personally LOVED Casino Royale, but my other favs are Goldfinger and Live and Let Die...but read them all and come to your own conclusions! Let us know what you think, won't you?

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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,060Chief of Staff
    I'm with Loeff here, and must point out OHMSS as my favourite- but by all means start with CR. It was the first, after all! Then LALD, MR...
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