Order of John Gardner Books

John Gardner took over the James Bond series long after the death of its creator, Ian Fleming. He is the most prolific author in the Bond franchise, having written 16 novels, including two novelizations. Similar to Fleming, Gardner served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines. He ended his tenure with the Bond series in 1996, after which Raymond Benson took over. Gardner died in 2007. Below is a list of John Gardner’s James Bond novels in the order they were published:

John Gardner became a published novelist in 1964 with the novel The Liquidator. Below is a list of John Gardner's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Boysie Oakes Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Liquidator	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Understrike	(1965)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Amber Nine	(1966)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Madrigal	(1967)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hideaway	(1968)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Founder Member	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Traitor's Exit	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Airline Pirates	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Air Apparent	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Assassination File	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Killer for a Song	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Derek Torry Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Complete State of Death	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Corner Men	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Detective Sergeant Suzie Mountford Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Bottled Spider	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Streets of Town	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Angels Dining at the Ritz	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Troubled Midnight	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Human Enemy	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Herbie Kruger Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Nostradamus Traitor	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Garden of Weapons	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Quiet Dogs	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maestro	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Confessor	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Professor Moriarty Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Return of Moriarty	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Revenge of Moriarty	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Moriarty	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Railton Family Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Secret Generations	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret Houses	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret Families	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of James Bond Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
License Renewed	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
For Special Services	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Icebreaker	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Role of Honor	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Nobody Lives Forever	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Deals, Mr. Bond	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Scorpius	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Licence to Kill	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Win, Lose or Die	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brokenclaw	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man from Barbarossa	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Is Forever	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Never Send Flowers	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
SeaFire	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
GoldenEye	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cold Fall	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Trigger Mortis (By: Anthony Horowitz)	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Forever and a Day (By: Anthony Horowitz)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
With a Mind to Kill (By: Anthony Horowitz)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Censor	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Every Night's a Bullfight	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Director	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
To Run a Little Faster	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Werewolf Trace	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dancing Dodo	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Golgotha	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Last Trump	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blood of the Fathers	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Day of Absolution	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
On Becoming a Novelist	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
On Writers and Writing	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Best American Short Stories 1982	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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