{"subjects": ["Detective and mystery stories", "Fiction", "James Bond (Fictitious character)", "Bond, james (fictitious character), fiction", "Fiction, mystery & detective, general", "Jamaica, fiction", "Fiction, thrillers, espionage", "Spy stories", "Adventure stories", "Fiction, espionage", "Fiction, thrillers", "Great britain, fiction", "Fiction, thrillers, general", "Open Library Staff Picks", "British", "English Spy stories", "Serie:James_Bond", "collection:Serie:James_Bond", "English fiction", "espionage", "Espionage/Intrigue", "Fiction - Espionage / Thriller", "Fiction, action & adventure", "Fiction, general", "Intelligence service", "Mystery fiction", "Secret service", "thriller", "Intelligence officers", "Murder", "Spies", "spy", "Suspense fiction", "Thrillers", "Children's stories", "Espionage & spy thriller", "Modern fiction", "Technological", "Unabridged Audio - Fiction/General", "Audio Adult: Books On Tape", "Audiobooks", "Audio - Fiction - General", "Fiction / Thrillers"], "key": "/works/OL85736W", "title": "Doctor No", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL29227A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [6491664, 11649854, 14459531, 1118774, 106493, 11622781, 8640811, 108148, 13768510, 6822426, 5540819, 11933679, 3104202, 14947298, 11646139, 13268407, 539598, 1890379], "first_publish_date": "1981", "description": "The sixth James Bond thriller from Ian Fleming\u2019s typewriter.\r\n\r\nDispatched by M to investigate the mysterious disappearance of MI6\u2019s Jamaica station chief, Bond was expecting a holiday in the sun. But when he discovers a deadly centipede placed in his hotel room, the vacation is over.\r\n\r\nOn this island, all suspicious activity leads inexorably to Dr Julius No, a reclusive megalomaniac with steel pincers for hands. To find out what the good doctor is hiding, 007 must enlist the aid of local fisherman Quarrel and alluring beachcomber Honeychile Rider.\r\n\r\nTogether they will combat a local legend the natives call \u2018the Dragon,\u2019 before Bond alone must face the most punishing test of all: an obstacle course-designed by the sadistic Dr No himself-that measures the limits of the human body\u2019s capacity for agony.", "subject_people": ["James Bond (Fictitious character)", "Julius No", "Honeychile Rider", "007", "James Bond"], "subject_places": ["Jamaica"], "identifiers": {"wikidata": ["Q26541"], "librarything": ["22512"]}, "series": [{"series": {"key": "/series/OL330480L"}, "position": "6"}], "latest_revision": 18, "revision": 18, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-10-17T08:18:55.483183"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-05-19T22:49:19.019866"}}