In the James Bond original series which book did Ian Fleming write first?

Ian Fleming (28 May 1908-12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer. While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels. Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. Eleven Bond novels and two collections of short-stories followed between 1953 and 1966.

Published/Made into a Movie:

Casino Royale (1953) 1967 and 2006
Live and Let Die (1954) 1973
Moonraker (1955) 1979
Diamonds Are Forever (1956) 1971
From Russia, with Love (1957) 1963
Dr. No (1958) 1962
Goldfinger (1959) 1964
For Your Eyes Only (1960) 1981
Thunderball (1961) 1965
The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) 1977
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) 1969
You Only Live Twice (1964) 1967
The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) 1974
Octopussy (1966) 1983
The Living Daylights (1966) 1999

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Julie Allen

Also 1st film made in 1967. It was a comedy which starred David Niven and although very dated now is still my favourite 007 film.

Stepho

Do you mean Casino Royale? Both are now films

Alan Waites

WOW I never realised they were made out of sequence, that is going to be an interesting viewing schedule now

Louise C.

I have never read any of the James Bond novels nor have I ever watched any of the films, maybe that makes me the odd one out but then I regard myself as odd 😁

filmnut

I started reading Ian Fleming as a teenager ( Playboy Magazine). I then began reading the novels in order. I was instructed, by two different teachers, not to submit book reports on Ian Fleming novels as they were “pornographic”. This was in 1964 & 1965 and I was reading “Casino Royals” and “Live and Let Die”. Neither one had been released as films yet.