Series
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Al Perkins, Albert G. Miller, Georgess McHargue, Ian Fleming, Jean Lewis & William Johnston · 5 novels · 5 short stories · 1964–2013
Ian Fleming's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964) follows the Pott family and their magical car -- able to fly and turn into a hovercraft -- as it helps them foil criminals across the English Channel; Fleming, best known for James Bond, wrote it while recovering from a heart attack and drew on his own love of vintage racing cars. Decades later, Frank Cottrell-Boyce wrote three further Chitty novels (2011-2013) continuing the car's adventures with a new family.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
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Stats
By decade
- 1960s7
- 1970s0
- 1980s0
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s3
Shape
5 novels · 5 short stories
7 authors
reads like:fantasymagical artifactsour worldcontemporarywhimsicalchildren
Mood
Bright and intense: 80% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 10 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bangdarkest · most intense
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bangbrightest · calmest