The Third Man. Poster of the 1949 movie and cover of the 1935 book
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The Third Man
Graham Greene, 1935
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Carol Reed, 1949

The American Western writer Holly Martins arrives in post–Second World War Vienna (which has been divided between the Allies: the Americans, British, French, and Soviets) seeking his childhood friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job. Martins is told that Lime was killed by a car while crossing the street.


Goldfinger. Poster of the 1964 movie and cover of the 1959 book
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Goldfinger
Ian Fleming, 1959
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Guy Hamilton, 1964

After destroying a drug laboratory in Latin America, James Bond vacations in Miami Beach. Bond discovers Goldfinger cheating at a high-stakes gin rummy game, aided remotely by his employee, Jill Masterson, who prompts him using binoculars and a one-way radio. Bond trails Goldfinger to Switzerland.


From Russia with Love. Poster of the 1963 movie and cover of the 1957 book, From Russia With Love
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From Russia With Love
Ian Fleming, 1957
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Terence Young, 1963

Seeking revenge against James Bond for the death of their agent Dr. No in Jamaica, international criminal organisation SPECTRE begins training agents to kill him, before assigning the task to Irish assassin Donald Red Grant. To lure Bond into a trap, SPECTRE’s chief planner, Czechoslovak chess grandmaster Kronsteen, devises a plan to have him attempt to procure a Lektor cryptography device from the Soviets from their consulate in Istanbul.


Dr. No. Poster of the 1962 movie and cover of the 1958 book, Doctor No
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Doctor No
Ian Fleming, 1958
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Terence Young, 1962

John Strangways, the Station Chief of MI6 in Jamaica, is murdered by a trio of assassins, along with his secretary, before his home is ransacked. The boatman, named Quarrel, reveals that he is aiding the CIA and introduces Bond to their agent Felix Leiter, who is also investigating Strangways’ disappearance.


The Spy Who Loved Me. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1962 book
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Ian Fleming, 1962
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Lewis Gilbert, 1977

A British and a Soviet ballistic-missile submarine suddenly disappear. The plans for a highly advanced submarine tracking system are being offered in Egypt. There, Bond encounters Major Anya Amasova—KGB agent Triple X—his rival to recover the microfilm plans.


The Spy Who Loved Me. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the book novelization
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James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Me
Christopher Wood, 1977
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Lewis Gilbert, 1977

A British and a Soviet ballistic-missile submarine suddenly disappear. The plans for a highly advanced submarine tracking system are being offered in Egypt. There, Bond encounters Major Anya Amasova—KGB agent Triple X—his rival to recover the microfilm plans.


Thunderball. Poster of the 1965 movie and cover of the 1961 book
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Thunderball
Ian Fleming, 1961
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Terence Young, 1965

SPECTRE operative Emilio Largo devises a plan to hold NATO to ransom by hijacking two atomic bombs from a Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan strategic jet bomber during a training exercise. To facilitate Largo’s plans, SPECTRE operative Count Lippe recruits Angelo Palazzi to oversee the theft of the bombs, and with help from SPECTRE agent Fiona Volpe, has him surgically alter his face to match that of French Air Force pilot François Derval.


Live and Let Die. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the 1954 book
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Live and Let Die
Ian Fleming, 1954
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Guy Hamilton, 1973

Three MI6 agents are killed under mysterious circumstances within 24 hours in the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New Orleans, and the small Caribbean nation of San Monique, while monitoring the operations of the island’s dictator, Dr. Kananga. After Bond arrives, his driver is shot dead by Whisper, one of Kananga’s men, while taking Bond to Felix Leiter of the CIA.


The Man with the Golden Gun. Poster of the 1974 movie and cover of the 1965 book, The Man With the Golden Gun
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The Man With the Golden Gun
Ian Fleming, 1965
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Guy Hamilton, 1974

In London, a golden bullet with James Bond’s codename’007′ etched into its surface is received by MI6. Seeing Andrea Anders, Scaramanga’s mistress, collecting the shipment of golden bullets at a casino, Bond follows her to Hong Kong and, in her Peninsula Hotel room, pressures Anders to expose information about Scaramanga, his appearance and his plans; she directs him to the Bottoms Up Club.


A Christmas Carol. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1843 book
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 1843
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Moira Armstrong, 1977

On Christmas Eve in London, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly moneylender at a counting house, does not share the merriment of Christmas. In his house, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge to repent or be condemned in the afterlife like he was, informing him that three spirits will visit him during the night.


Diamonds Are Forever. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1956 book
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Diamonds Are Forever
Ian Fleming, 1956
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Guy Hamilton, 1971

James Bond pursues Ernst Stavro Blofeld and eventually finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery. While assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd systematically kill several diamond smugglers, M suspects South African diamonds are being stockpiled to depress prices by dumping, and orders Bond to uncover the smuggling ring.


Moonraker. Poster of the 1979 movie and cover of the 1955 book
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Moonraker
Ian Fleming, 1955
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Lewis Gilbert, 1979

A Drax Industries Moonraker (a VTHL spaceplane based on the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter) on loan to the United Kingdom is hijacked in midair while on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, which is destroyed, but no wreckage of the Shuttle is found. Bond also meets Dr. Holly Goodhead, an astronaut, and survives an assassination attempt while inside a centrifuge chamber.