With a drought on the Bond film front, why is everyone not quenching their thirst with the Bond books? Perhaps it's because, with more than 50 continuation stories published in the sixty years since Fleming's death, it can be hard knowing where to start. Setting each other the mission of proving the case that there's a Bond book for every mood and every taste, Licence to Queer's David Lowbridge-Ellis and Mark Edlitz, author of James Bond After Fleming, have each curated a list of seven 007 continuation novels.

Here they share their picks and why they selected them. David and Mark each choose...

The one to read in one sitting

The one to read when you're in the mood to squirm in your seat

The one to read when you want something fantastical

The one to read on the beach

The one to read when you want something psychological

The one to read when you want to see Bond from a different angle

The one to read when you want something fresh and original

*There are slight spoilers for the opening chapters of some of the books but nothing significant about the plots.*