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@dan_dassow​ Thanks.

@TheOldJalapenoman​

Does that include just the fourteen Ian Fleming authored books, which is impressive in itself, or the scary amount that includes the post-Fleming James Bond continuation novels too?

@urbanemovies​ I have three full shelves of James Bond books.  This starts with the Fleming novels.  I then have the one by Robert Markham/Kingsley Amis, followed by the 14 or so books by John Gardner.  After that, about a dozen authors wrote authorized Bond novels.  There is also a series of Young James Bond novels from when he was a teenager and a series of Miss Moneypenny novels.  The books are in my living room on a shelf and I can't get their now, but I'm guessing it totals about 60 to 75 books.  Yes, I have read them all (and some of them many times).

Goodnight appears in a couple of the Fleming books, as well as various books here and there.  She is more prominent in the Moneypenny books as a friend of that character.

Where possible, I have everything in hardback (though some were only printed in paperback).  My research from a few years ago showed that I am only missing one book (the most recent one printed).

@TheOldJalapenoman​ Like I said, that is quite an accomplishment, especially in a age when 5% of the American population is reading 95% of the books.

@urbanemovies​   I recently had a personal library of over 4000 books.  I had read all of them except the reference books cover to cover.  With my health, I have started to give away books to family members  (for example, my daughter and granddaughter took seven boxes of books home with them this summer),  

While this board has its superfans for LOTR and superhero movies, maybe I should be considered more than just a classic movie guy.  Maybe I'm also the James Bond guy.

@TheOldJalapenoman​,

Nice, it is good to see that you are passing on your love for books.

This probably not news to you, but the number of book in a home, inspires a love for learning and determines a child's success in life, trumping every other socio-economic factor in importance (parent's education, parent's wealth, etc.). [www.bookdash.org/research-and-evidence-base]

@urbanemovies​   My father also had a huge personal library (but not as big as mine).  He raised me and my siblings that if we wanted a toy from the store, he generally said "no" if it wasn't Christmas or birthday time.  If we wanted a book, however, he generally said yes.  I tried to raise my kids the same way.

My father's parents were not great readers because they couldn't afford to spend a lot of money on books.  That grandmother, however, did have a nearly eidetic memory and was the state Scrabble champion several times in her state.