8 Best action books like Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4) by John Gardner

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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…

If you liked the action plot in Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4) by John Gardner , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Facts of Death (James Bond, #2)

By: Raymond Benson

3.66

Format: 290 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The murder of Britain's "Goodwill Ambassador to the World" leads James Bond on a desperate search f… read more

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  • espionage
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • spy thriller
  • collections
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • novels
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2. 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 John Gardner's Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • spy thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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)

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

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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)

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4. Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

By: Ian Fleming

3.63

Format: 229 pages, Paperback

How is this for an evocative passage from the second Bond novel? "Her hair was black and fell to… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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  • action
"Don't lose faith in your stars."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Hm,' said Bond. 'Bogeyman stuff."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"Those who deserve to die, die the death they deserve."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

"You start to die the moment you are born. The whole of life is cutting through the pack with death. So take it easy."

-Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

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

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)

By: Ian Fleming

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Hardcover

The Man with the Golden Gun is the 13th novel written by Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional Briti… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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  • mystery
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7. Zero Minus Ten

By: Raymond Benson

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

The clock is ticking for Hong Kong. On July 1, 1997, the British Crown Colony will be handed over t… read more

Similar categories in Raymond Benson's Zero Minus Ten book and John Gardner's Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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  • spy thriller
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Cover of The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10) by Ian Fleming

8. The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond, #10)

By: Ian Fleming

4.10

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

'He was about six feet tall, slim and fit. The eyes in the lean , slightly tanned face were a very … read more

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  • espionage
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • mystery
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9. For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)

By: Ian Fleming

3.66

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: this entry relates to the collection of short stories under the title of "For You… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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"I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone,…"

-Ian Fleming, For Your Eyes Only (James Bond, #8)

10. The Man With the Red Tattoo (Raymond Benson's Bond, #6)

By: Raymond Benson

3.65

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In Tokyo, a fatal strain of West Nile virus has infected-and killed-the head of the world's largest… read more

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11. 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

Similar categories in John Gardner's Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4) book and John Gardner's Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4)

  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • adventure
  • spy thriller
  • collections
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • action
  • novels

12. High Time to Kill (Raymond Benson's Bond, #3)

By: Raymond Benson

3.36

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this bestselling phenomenon, James Bond scales new heights of adventure--on one of the world's h… read more

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

  • espionage
  • thriller
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  • action
  • novels

14. Doctor No (James Bond, #6)

By: Ian Fleming

3.85

Format: None pages,

James Bond travels to the Caribbean to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a secret service… read more

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15. Doubleshot (James Bond, #4)

By: Raymond Benson

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Seeing double makes life twice as dangerous for James Bond -- when an organized crime group makes h… read more

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16. Thunderball (James Bond, #9)

By: Ian Fleming

4.34

Format: 168 pages,

"The girl looked him up and down. He had dark, rather cruel good looks and very clear, blue-grey ey… read more

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17. Devil May Care

By: Sebastian Faulks , Rodrigo Corral , None

3.45

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

Bond is back. With a vengeance. "Devil May Care" is a masterful continuation of the James Bond lega… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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18. 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

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
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19. On His Majesty’s Secret Service

By: Charlie Higson

3.49

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

It's just two days before the Coronation of King Charles Ill and Bond must stop an attempt at disru… read more

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  • spy thriller
  • espionage
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Cover of With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz

20. With a Mind to Kill

By: Anthony Horowitz

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and wh… read more

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  • espionage
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Double or Nothing (Double O, #1) by Kim Sherwood

21. Double or Nothing (Double O, #1)

By: Kim Sherwood

3.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The start of a brand-new trilogy following MI6’s Double 0 agents with a license to kill, that blows… read more

Similar categories in Kim Sherwood's Double or Nothing (Double O, #1) book and John Gardner's Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4)

  • espionage
  • thriller
  • adventure
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16 must-read fiction books like Role of Honor (John Gardner's Bond, #4) by John Gardner

Transform Your Habits

The Facts of Death (James Bond, #2)

Raymond Benson

3.66

Transform Your Habits

You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

Ian Fleming

3.75

Transform Your Habits

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

Ian Fleming

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Live and Let Die (James Bond, #2)

Ian Fleming

3.63

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17 best-selling fiction books like Colonel Sun (James Bond, #15) by Kingsley Amis, Robert Markham

Transform Your Habits

Scorpius (John Gardner's Bond, #7)

John Gardner

3.54

Transform Your Habits

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

John Gardner

3.35

Transform Your Habits

Diamonds Are Forever (James Bond, #4)

Ian Fleming

3.64

Transform Your Habits

You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)

Ian Fleming

3.75

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