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Raymond Benson Complete Bibliography

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Start with the series reading order for any connected books, then use the chronological list on this page for the full Raymond Benson bibliography.

Browse books by Raymond Benson in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 90 books / 14 series

American author Raymond Benson is best known for his official James Bond continuation novels, having written six original 007 thrillers. His books have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Raymond Benson books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

Books by Raymond Benson in Publication Order

1965 The James Bond Dossier(By: Kingsley Amis) POoJBNB / 1 Buy

1968 Colonel Sun(By: Kingsley Amis) POoJBB / 1 Buy

1973 The Authorized Biography of 007(By: John George Pearson) POoJBB / 2 Buy

1981 License Renewed(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 3 Buy

1982 For Special Services(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 4 Buy

1983 Icebreaker(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 5 Buy

1984 The James Bond Bedside Companion POoJBNB / 2 Buy

1984 Role of Honor(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 6 Buy

1986 Nobody Lives Forever(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 7 Buy

1987 No Deals, Mr. Bond(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 8 Buy

1988 Scorpius(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 9 Buy

1989 Licence to Kill(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 10 Buy

1989 Win, Lose or Die(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 11 Buy

1990 Brokenclaw(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 12 Buy

1991 The Man from Barbarossa(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 13 Buy

1992 Death Is Forever(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 14 Buy

1993 Never Send Flowers(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 15 Buy

1994 SeaFire(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 16 Buy

1995 GoldenEye(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 17 Buy

1996 Cold Fall(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 18 Buy

1997 Zero Minus Ten POoJBB / 19 Buy

1997 Tomorrow Never Dies POoJBB / 20 Buy

1998 The Facts of Death POoJBB / 21 Buy

1999 Midsummer Nights Doom(By: John Gardner) POoJBB / 22 Buy

1999 The World is Not Enough POoJBB / 23 Buy

1999 High Time to Kill POoJBB / 24 Buy

2000 Doubleshot POoJBB / 25 Buy

2001 Evil Hours POoSN / 1 Buy

2001 Never Dream of Dying POoJBB / 26 Buy

2002 Jethro Tull POoNB / 1 Buy

2002 The Man With the Red Tattoo POoJBB / 27 Buy

2002 Die Another Day POoJBB / 28 Buy

2003 Face Blind POoSN / 2 Buy

2004 Splinter Cell(As:David Michaels) POoTCSCB / 1 Buy

2005 Operation Barracuda(As:David Michaels) POoTCSCB / 2 Buy

2006 Checkmate(As:David Michaels) POoTCSCB / 3 Buy

2006 Sweetie's Diamonds POoSN / 3 Buy

2007 Enemy Within(By: William C. Dietz) POoHB / 1 Buy

2007 Fallout(As:David Michaels) POoTCSCB / 4 Buy

2008 Metal Gear Solid POoMGSB / 1 Buy

2008 Ghost Recon(As:David Michaels) POoTCGRB / 1 Buy

2008 EndWar(As:David Michaels) POoTCEB / 1 Buy

2008 A Hard Day's Death POoSBB / 1 Buy

2008 Guns of the Patriots(By: Project Itoh) POoMGSB / 2 Buy

2008 Devil May Care(By: Sebastian Faulks) POoJBB / 29 Buy

2009 Hunt at the Well of Eternity(By: James Reasoner) POoGHB / 1 Buy

2009 Dark Side of the Morgue POoSBB / 2 Buy

2009 Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear(By: Charles Ardai) POoGHB / 2 Buy

2009 Hunt at World's End(By: Nicholas Kaufmann) POoGHB / 3 Buy

2009 On the Threshold of a Death POoSBB / 3 Buy

2009 H.A.W.X. POoSN / 4 Buy

2009 Conviction(As:David Michaels) POoTCSCB / 5 Buy

2009 Endgame(As:David Michaels) POoTCSCB / 6 Buy

2010 Thumbs Down POoSS / 1 Buy

2010 Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire(By: Christa Faust) POoGHB / 4 Buy

2010 Hunt Through Napoleon's Web POoGHB / 5 Buy

2010 Torment POoSN / 5 Buy

2010 Hunt Among the Killers of Men(By: David J. Schow) POoGHB / 6 Buy

2010 The Plagiarist POoSN / 6 Buy

2011 The Black Stiletto: The First Diary POoBSB / 1 Buy

2011 The Hunted(As:David Michaels) POoTCEB / 2 Buy

2011 Combat Ops(As:David Michaels) POoTCGRB / 2 Buy

2011 Sons of Liberty POoMGSB / 3 Buy

2011 Metal Gear Solid 2 POoMGSB / 4 Buy

2011 Homefront: The Voice of Freedom(With: John Milius) POoSN / 7 Buy

2011 Artifact of Evil POoSN / 8 Buy

2011 Carte Blanche(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoJBB / 30 Buy

2012 Damnation POoHB / 2 Buy

2012 Black & White POoBSB / 2 Buy

2012 Choke Point(By: Peter Telep) POoTCGRB / 3 Buy

2013 The Missing(By: Peter Telep) POoTCEB / 3 Buy

2013 Stars & Stripes POoBSB / 3 Buy

2013 Aftermath(By: Peter Telep) POoTCSCB / 7 Buy

2013 Solo(By: William Boyd) POoJBB / 31 Buy

2014 Secrets & Lies POoBSB / 4 Buy

2014 Endings & Beginnings POoBSB / 5 Buy

2015 12 + 1 POoSSC / 1 Buy

2015 Dying Light: Nightmare Row POoSN / 9 Buy

2015 Trigger Mortis(By: Anthony Horowitz) POoJBB / 32 Buy

2017 The MacGuffin POoSS / 2 Buy

2017 Dark Waters(By: Richard Dansky) POoTCGRB / 4 Buy

2017 The Secrets on Chicory Lane POoSN / 10 Buy

2018 In the Hush of the Night POoSN / 11 Buy

2018 Forever and a Day(By: Anthony Horowitz) POoJBB / 33 Buy

2019 Blues in the Dark POoSN / 12 Buy

2022 Firewall(By: James Swallow) POoTCSCB / 8 Buy

2022 The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way POoSN / 13 Buy

2022 With a Mind to Kill(By: Anthony Horowitz) POoJBB / 34 Buy

2023 Dragonfire(By: James Swallow) POoTCSCB / 9 Buy

2026 The Hook and the Eye POoSN / 14 Buy

Complete Raymond Benson Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Black Stiletto Reading Order 5 books / 2011-2014

01 The Black Stiletto: The First Diary 2011 Buy

02 Black & White 2012 Buy

03 Stars & Stripes 2013 Buy

04 Secrets & Lies 2014 Buy

05 Endings & Beginnings 2014 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas Reading Order 2 books / 2010-2017

01 Thumbs Down 2010 Buy

02 The MacGuffin 2017 Buy

Non-Fiction Reading Order 1 book / 2002

01 Jethro Tull 2002 Buy

James Bond Non-Fiction Reading Order 2 books / 1965-1984

01 The James Bond Dossier(By: Kingsley Amis) 1965 Buy

02 The James Bond Bedside Companion 1984 Buy

Metal Gear Solid Reading Order 4 books / 2008-2011

01 Metal Gear Solid 2008 Buy

02 Guns of the Patriots(By: Project Itoh) 2008 Buy

03 Sons of Liberty 2011 Buy

04 Metal Gear Solid 2 2011 Buy

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Reading Order 4 books / 2008-2017

01 Ghost Recon(As:David Michaels) 2008 Buy

02 Combat Ops(As:David Michaels) 2011 Buy

03 Choke Point(By: Peter Telep) 2012 Buy

04 Dark Waters(By: Richard Dansky) 2017 Buy

Tom Clancy's EndWar Reading Order 3 books / 2008-2013

01 EndWar(As:David Michaels) 2008 Buy

02 The Hunted(As:David Michaels) 2011 Buy

03 The Missing(By: Peter Telep) 2013 Buy

Hitman Reading Order 2 books / 2007-2012

01 Enemy Within(By: William C. Dietz) 2007 Buy

02 Damnation 2012 Buy

Spike Berenger Reading Order 3 books / 2008-2009

01 A Hard Day's Death 2008 Buy

02 Dark Side of the Morgue 2009 Buy

03 On the Threshold of a Death 2009 Buy

Gabriel Hunt Reading Order 6 books / 2009-2010

01 Hunt at the Well of Eternity(By: James Reasoner) 2009 Buy

02 Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear(By: Charles Ardai) 2009 Buy

03 Hunt at World's End(By: Nicholas Kaufmann) 2009 Buy

04 Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire(By: Christa Faust) 2010 Buy

05 Hunt Through Napoleon's Web 2010 Buy

06 Hunt Among the Killers of Men(By: David J. Schow) 2010 Buy

Standalone Reading Order 14 books / 2001-2026

01 Evil Hours 2001 Buy

02 Face Blind 2003 Buy

03 Sweetie's Diamonds 2006 Buy

04 H.A.W.X. 2009 Buy

05 Torment 2010 Buy

06 The Plagiarist 2010 Buy

07 Homefront: The Voice of Freedom(With: John Milius) 2011 Buy

08 Artifact of Evil 2011 Buy

09 Dying Light: Nightmare Row 2015 Buy

10 The Secrets on Chicory Lane 2017 Buy

11 In the Hush of the Night 2018 Buy

12 Blues in the Dark 2019 Buy

13 The Mad, Mad Murders of Marigold Way 2022 Buy

14 The Hook and the Eye 2026 Buy

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Reading Order 9 books / 2004-2023

01 Splinter Cell(As:David Michaels) 2004 Buy

02 Operation Barracuda(As:David Michaels) 2005 Buy

03 Checkmate(As:David Michaels) 2006 Buy

04 Fallout(As:David Michaels) 2007 Buy

05 Conviction(As:David Michaels) 2009 Buy

06 Endgame(As:David Michaels) 2009 Buy

07 Aftermath(By: Peter Telep) 2013 Buy

08 Firewall(By: James Swallow) 2022 Buy

09 Dragonfire(By: James Swallow) 2023 Buy

Short Story Collections Reading Order 1 book / 2015

01 12 + 1 2015 Buy

James Bond Reading Order 34 books / 1968-2022

01 Colonel Sun(By: Kingsley Amis) 1968 Buy

02 The Authorized Biography of 007(By: John George Pearson) 1973 Buy

03 License Renewed(By: John Gardner) 1981 Buy

04 For Special Services(By: John Gardner) 1982 Buy

05 Icebreaker(By: John Gardner) 1983 Buy

06 Role of Honor(By: John Gardner) 1984 Buy

07 Nobody Lives Forever(By: John Gardner) 1986 Buy

08 No Deals, Mr. Bond(By: John Gardner) 1987 Buy

09 Scorpius(By: John Gardner) 1988 Buy

10 Licence to Kill(By: John Gardner) 1989 Buy

11 Win, Lose or Die(By: John Gardner) 1989 Buy

12 Brokenclaw(By: John Gardner) 1990 Buy

13 The Man from Barbarossa(By: John Gardner) 1991 Buy

14 Death Is Forever(By: John Gardner) 1992 Buy

15 Never Send Flowers(By: John Gardner) 1993 Buy

16 SeaFire(By: John Gardner) 1994 Buy

17 GoldenEye(By: John Gardner) 1995 Buy

18 Cold Fall(By: John Gardner) 1996 Buy

19 Zero Minus Ten 1997 Buy

20 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 Buy

21 The Facts of Death 1998 Buy

22 Midsummer Nights Doom(By: John Gardner) 1999 Buy

23 The World is Not Enough 1999 Buy

24 High Time to Kill 1999 Buy

25 Doubleshot 2000 Buy

26 Never Dream of Dying 2001 Buy

27 The Man With the Red Tattoo 2002 Buy

28 Die Another Day 2002 Buy

29 Devil May Care(By: Sebastian Faulks) 2008 Buy

30 Carte Blanche(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2011 Buy

31 Solo(By: William Boyd) 2013 Buy

32 Trigger Mortis(By: Anthony Horowitz) 2015 Buy

33 Forever and a Day(By: Anthony Horowitz) 2018 Buy

34 With a Mind to Kill(By: Anthony Horowitz) 2022 Buy

Where to start with Raymond Benson

What is the best order to read Raymond Benson books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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