The Golden TypewriterIan Fleming editions explained
The current UK editions of the Bond books are the 2023 paperbacks from Ian Fleming Publications, with hardbacks following from 2024. Here is how to tell them apart and what each contains.
The current paperbacks
Ian Fleming Publications reissued all fourteen Bond books in paperback in 2023. These are the editions most shops stock, and their ISBNs are listed below. Some of these reissues include wording changes made after a sensitivity review; see the content guide.
The hardbacks
A set of hardbacks from the same publisher began in 2024. We list hardback ISBNs for the first five books below; for the others, ask the shop.
| Book | Paperback ISBN | Hardback ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| Casino Royale | 9781906772758 | 9781915797223 |
| Live and Let Die | 9781906772765 | 9781915797230 |
| Moonraker | 9781906772772 | 9781915797247 |
| Diamonds Are Forever | 9781906772789 | 9781915797254 |
| From Russia with Love | 9781906772796 | 9781915797261 |
| Dr. No | 9781906772802 | – |
| Goldfinger | 9781906772819 | – |
| For Your Eyes Only | 9781906772826 | – |
| Thunderball | 9781906772833 | – |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | 9781906772840 | – |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 9781906772857 | – |
| You Only Live Twice | 9781906772864 | – |
| The Man with the Golden Gun | 9781906772871 | – |
| Octopussy and The Living Daylights | 9781906772888 | – |
Two stories or four in Octopussy?
The first edition of Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966) had two stories. "The Property of a Lady" was added in a 1967 paperback and "007 in New York" in a 2002 edition. The 2025 audiobook has all four. If you want the complete set, check the contents list before buying.
The complete box set
Ian Fleming Publications sells a boxed set of all fourteen Bond paperbacks, and its own shop lists a complete audiobook collection.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang editions
John Burningham illustrated the original. A 2024 paperback (ISBN 9781915797506) has new pictures by Thomas Gilbert, and an anniversary hardback with Burningham's art followed in 2025.
Talk of the Devil
This anthology first appeared from Queen Anne Press in 2008. The 2025 hardback (ISBN 9781915797520) is a new edition, not a newly discovered book.