Dr Alex Gregory Book 1: Imposter What seems not widely known: there is a vast difference between the books and the movies. I consider the books actually as good literature. And the storyline of the movies has little to do with the books, sometimes blending several books and adding lotsa’ fancy additions. The second, rather spookily resonant, feature of the plot is the attempted termination of Russian agents, an exotic activity that once again seems to be flavour of the month. It is hard to look at Fleming's work as a risible period piece when poor old Alexander Litvinenko has just received a dose of thallium on these shores. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Book 9: Splinter the Silence Casino Royale, written by Ian Fleming and published in 1953, was the first James Bond novel. It led, eventually, to a massive franchise including dozens of books, films and games.