Young Bond Books in Order
There are 12 Young Bond books, published between 2005 and 2018: 11 in the Young Bond series and 1 related title. The first book is SilverFin (2005) and the newest main-line book is A Hard Man To Kill (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2005–2018
- Confirmed
- 3 of 12 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,825 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 30–46 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,825 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Young Bond is a young adult spy adventure series about James Bond, with 12 books catalogued from 2005 to 2018. SilverFin (2005) opens the run, followed by Blood Fever (2006), Double or Die (2007), Hurricane Gold (2007), By Royal Command (2008) and Danger Society (2009). Charlie Higson is credited with 9 of the books, and Steve Cole with Shoot to Kill (2014), Heads You Die (2016) and Strike Lightning (2016). A Hard Man To Kill (2018) is the newest entry, and a graphic novel of SilverFin appeared in 2008. Eton College, boarding schools and intelligence officers appear in the subject tags.
How many Young Bond books are there?
Young Bond has 12 books, released between 2005 and 2018. 11 of them belong to the Young Bond series, and 1 related title sit outside it: graphic novels.
Young Bond Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Young Bond books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120053522/4
- 22006–2/4
- 320074002/4
- 42007–3/4
- 520081602/4
- 620083532/4
- 720092402/4
- 82014–2/4
- 92016–2/4
- 102016–2/4
- 1120173203/4
- 122018–3/4
Do you have to read Young Bond books in order?
You should read the Young Bond series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Young Bond book also stands alone.
Where to start with Young Bond
Start with SilverFin (2005), the earliest published book in the Young Bond series.
What is the newest Young Bond book?
A Hard Man To Kill (2018) is the newest book in the Young Bond series.
Is there a new Young Bond book coming?
No next Young Bond book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Young Bond at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Young Bond title on record is A Hard Man To Kill (2018), 8 years ago.
- Release pace
- Young Bond books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,825 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Young Bond books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 12 titles, 9 are credited to Charlie Higson and 3 to Steve Cole.
What the Young Bond books are about
8 of the 12 Young Bond books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: spies is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Spies 7 of 8 books
- Children's fiction 5 of 8 books
- Adventure stories 4 of 8 books
- Criminals 4 of 8 books
- Boarding schools 2 of 8 books
- Eton College 2 of 8 books
- History 2 of 8 books
- James Bond (Fictitious character) 2 of 8 books
- Espionage 2 of 8 books
- Young adult fiction 2 of 8 books