21 Top espionage books like The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007 by Raymond Benson

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The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

By: Raymond Benson

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Benson is the author of "The James Bond Bedside Companion," an encyclopedic work on the 007…

If you liked the espionage plot in The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007 by Raymond Benson , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of Trigger Mortis by Ian Fleming, Anthony Horowitz

1. Trigger Mortis

By: Ian Fleming , Anthony Horowitz

3.78

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming, New York Time… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Scorpius (John Gardner's Bond, #7) by John  Gardner

2. Scorpius (John Gardner's Bond, #7)

By: John Gardner

3.54

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Master spy 007 faces the most sinister archvillian of his career, Vladimir Scorpius, a bizarre reli… read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's Scorpius (John Gardner's Bond, #7) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3. The Phantom of the Opera

By: Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in French as a serial in 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that re… read more

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  • fiction
"He laid at my feet his immense, tragic love."

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)"

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"My lies were as hideous as the monster that had inspired them"

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

"I sing only for you! Tonight I gave you my soul, and I'm dead!"

-Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

Cover of SeaFire (John Gardner's Bond, #14) by John  Gardner

4. SeaFire (John Gardner's Bond, #14)

By: John Gardner

3.47

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sir Maxwell Tarn is missing. The self-made tycoon, mastermind of a global empire that embraces some… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Cold Fall (John Gardner's Bond, #16) by John  Gardner

5. Cold Fall (John Gardner's Bond, #16)

By: John Gardner

3.35

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

When a British-owned aircraft is destroyed at Dulles Airport, killing all 439 passengers on board, … read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12) by Ian Fleming

6. You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

By: Ian Fleming

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Ian Fleming’s twelfth James Bond novel. The tragic end to James Bond’s last mission – courtesy o… read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
"You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face"

-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

"I've found that one must try and teach people that there's no top limit to disaster-that, so long as breath remains in your body, you've got accept the miseries of life. They will often seem infinite…"

-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

"007: Be an angle, Penny, and ring down to Mary and tell her she's got to get out of whatever she's doing tonight. I'm taking her out to dinner. Scotts. Tell her we'll have our first roast grouse of t…"

-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

"He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out tho…"

-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

Cover of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11) by Ian Fleming

7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

By: Ian Fleming

3.97

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Description: A Lancia Spyder with its hood down tore past him, cut in cheekily across his bonnet an… read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
"The World Is Not Enough"

-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

"When the odds are hopeless, when all seems to be lost, then is the time to be calm, to make a show of authority – at least of indifference"

-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

"She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me."

-Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

Cover of Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14) by Ian Fleming

8. Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14)

By: Ian Fleming

3.57

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note #1: this entry is for one of the editions that includes the fourth story, "007 in … read more

Similar categories in Ian Fleming's Octopussy and the Living Daylights (James Bond, #14) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark

9. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score

By: Darwyn Cooke , Richard Stark

4.30

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A high-octane trip across America, The Score finds Parker assembling the best caper men he can find… read more

Similar categories in Darwyn Cooke's Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • fiction
Cover of Brokenclaw (John Gardner's Bond, #10) by John  Gardner

10. Brokenclaw (John Gardner's Bond, #10)

By: John Gardner

3.34

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

On holiday in Victoria, British Columbia, Bond becomes intrigued Lee Fu-Chu, a half-Blackfoot, half… read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's Brokenclaw (John Gardner's Bond, #10) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10) by Michael    Connelly

11. City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)

By: Michael Connelly

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Trade Paperback

Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old murder case - with an explosive ending that leave al… read more

Similar categories in Michael Connelly's City of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #10) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • fiction
Cover of The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

12. The Hellbound Heart

By: Clive Barker

4.07

Format: 164 pages, Paperback

In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. … read more

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  • fiction
"She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Allí el placer era dolor, y viceversa. Y él lo conocía tan bien que era como sentirse en casa."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas"

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

"Todas las cosas se cansan con el tiempo y comienzan a buscar algún oponente que las salve de sí mismas."

-Clive Barker, The Hellbound Heart

Cover of No Deals, Mr. Bond (John Gardner's Bond, #6) by John  Gardner

13. No Deals, Mr. Bond (John Gardner's Bond, #6)

By: John Gardner

3.55

Format: 317 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are mur… read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's No Deals, Mr. Bond (John Gardner's Bond, #6) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of For Special Services (John Gardner's Bond, #2) by John  Gardner

14. For Special Services (John Gardner's Bond, #2)

By: John Gardner

3.58

Format: 295 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On loan to the U.S. government, James Bond teams up with Cedar, daughter of Felix Leiter, an old fr… read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's For Special Services (John Gardner's Bond, #2) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Licence to Kill (John Gardner's Bond, #9) by John  Gardner

15. Licence to Kill (John Gardner's Bond, #9)

By: John Gardner

2.50

Format: 62 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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  • espionage
  • fiction

16. The Outfit (Parker, #3)

By: Richard Stark

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but goin… read more

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Cover of Icebreaker (John Gardner's Bond, #3) by John  Gardner

17. Icebreaker (John Gardner's Bond, #3)

By: John Gardner

3.50

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In Icebreaker, as indestructible as ever, Bond is back in another mission—a deadly assignment under… read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's Icebreaker (John Gardner's Bond, #3) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4) by John  Gardner

18. Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4)

By: John Gardner

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For serious infractions, James Bond is drummed out of the British secret service and, as an apparen… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Nobody Lives Forever (John Gardner's Bond, #5) by John  Gardner

19. Nobody Lives Forever (John Gardner's Bond, #5)

By: John Gardner

3.74

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

'Take care 007. Take special care. The continent's a hotbed of villainy these days and you can neve… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction

20. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

By: John Le Carré

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he cr… read more

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Cover of Colonel Sun (James Bond, #15) by Kingsley Amis, Robert Markham

21. Colonel Sun (James Bond, #15)

By: Kingsley Amis , Robert Markham

3.57

Format: None pages, Audiobook

An awe inspiring and suspense filled book! read more

Similar categories in Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun (James Bond, #15) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction

22. Never Send Flowers (John Gardner's Bond, #13)

By: John Gardner

4.16

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

Illusion leads to murder as 007 crosses the globe, tracking down the wrong killer in Gardner's 12th… read more

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23. The Man from Barbarossa (John Gardner's Bond, #11)

By: John Gardner

3.37

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

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24. Win, Lose or Die (John Gardner's Bond, #8)

By: John Gardner

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Cover of License Renewed (John Gardner's Bond, #1) by John  Gardner

25. License Renewed (John Gardner's Bond, #1)

By: John Gardner

3.52

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

In License Renewed, the most famous secret agent in the world pits his nerve and cunning against a … read more

Similar categories in John Gardner's License Renewed (John Gardner's Bond, #1) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz

26. Forever and a Day

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

*THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A spy is dead. A legend is born. Read the explosive new James… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Forever and a Day book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
Cover of The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel by Erin  Macdonald

27. The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel

By: Erin Macdonald

3.93

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Science fiction allows listeners to go places they can only dream of seeing—other worlds, distant s… read more

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Cover of The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007 by Raymond Benson

28. The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

By: Raymond Benson

3.95

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Raymond Benson is the author of "The James Bond Bedside Companion," an encyclopedic work on the 007… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007 book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
  • film
  • reference
Cover of Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) by Mick Herron

29. Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

By: Mick Herron

4.11

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

London's Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Dead Lions (Slough House, #2) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
"It’s a phrase, black swan,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"We don’t like being out of the loop."

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"Arkady Pashkin said “Why aren’t we moving?"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

"I’m sure he’s hard at work on the archive,"

-Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Slough House, #2)

Cover of Slow Horses (Slough House, #1) by Mick Herron

30. Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

By: Mick Herron

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the thrilling and unnervingly prescient world of the slow horses. This team of MI5 agent… read more

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  • espionage
  • fiction
"Half of the future is buried in the past. That was the prevailing Service culture."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"​This is how River Cartwright slipped off the fast track and joined the slow horses."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"Why am I telling you this?' 'So you'll have an excuse to kill me?' 'That's probably it."

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

"God,’ said Jackson Lamb. ‘Is it me, or did all the fun go out of everything round about 1979?"

-Mick Herron, Slow Horses (Slough House, #1)

Cover of Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) by Mick Herron

31. Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

By: Mick Herron

4.28

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Listening Length 10 hours and 50 minutes Slough House is the Intelligence Service outpost for f… read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's Real Tigers (Slough House, #3) book and Raymond Benson's The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007

  • espionage
  • fiction
"Lowell fell backwards as the world span out of control"

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

"Like most forms of corruption, it began with men in suits."

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

"belief was not actually about believing; belief was simply somewhere to shelve hope"

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

"You either cleaned up other people's messes or you didn't--and that was the class system for you, right there."

-Mick Herron, Real Tigers (Slough House, #3)

25 Best fiction books like The James Bond Bedside Companion: All About the World According to 007 by Raymond Benson

Transform Your Habits

Trigger Mortis

Ian Fleming , Anthony Horowitz

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Scorpius (John Gardner's Bond, #7)

John Gardner

3.54

Transform Your Habits

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux , Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

3.96

Transform Your Habits

SeaFire (John Gardner's Bond, #14)

John Gardner

3.47

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Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

Ian Fleming

3.64

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You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

Ian Fleming

3.75

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)

Ian Fleming

3.97

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Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

Ian Fleming

3.63

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