Reading Order
11 series · 71 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Happy Return / Beat to Quarters | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Ship of the Line | 1938 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Flying Colours | 1938 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Commodore / Commodore Hornblower | 1945 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Lord Hornblower | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Lieutenant Hornblower | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Hornblower and the Atropos | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies / Hornblower in the West Indies | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Hornblower and the Hotspur | 1962 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Hornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Crisis | 1967 | Buy from Amazon |
Horatio Hornblower SeriesChronological
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Happy Return / Beat to Quarters | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Ship of the Line | 1938 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Flying Colours | 1938 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Commodore / Commodore Hornblower | 1945 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Lord Hornblower | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Lieutenant Hornblower | 1952 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Hornblower and the Atropos | 1953 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies / Hornblower in the West Indies | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Hornblower and the Hotspur | 1962 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Hornblower During the Crisis / Hornblower and the Crisis | 1967 | Buy from Amazon |
Horatio Hornblower Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Captain Hornblower R.N. | 1965 | Buy from Amazon |
Horatio Hornblower Non-Fiction
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| 1 | The Hornblower Companion (Short Story) | 1964 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Paid Piper | 1924 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | A Pawn Among Kings | 1924 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Payment Deferred | 1926 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Wonderful Week | 1927 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Love Lies Dreaming | 1927 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Shadow of the Hawk / The Daughter of the Hawk | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Single-Handed | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Brown on Resolution | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Plain Murder | 1930 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Two-and-twenty (Short Story) | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Rifleman Dodd / Death to the French | 1932 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Gun | 1933 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Peacemaker | 1934 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The African Queen | 1935 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Pursued | 1935 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Marionettes at home | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | The General | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | The Earthly Paradise | 1940 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | The Captain from Connecticut | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | The Ship | 1943 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | The Sky and the Forest | 1948 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Randall and the River Of Time | 1950 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | The Good Shepherd / Greyhound | 1955 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | The Barbary Pirates | 1956 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | African Queen (Short Story) | 1980 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Short Story Collections
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| 1 | The Nightmare | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Man in the Yellow Raft | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Gold from Crete | 1970 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Children's Books
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| 1 | Poo-Poo and the Dragons (Short Story) | 1968 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Plays
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| 1 | U 97 | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Non-Fiction
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoleon and His Court | 1924 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Josephine, Napoleon's Empress | 1925 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy | 1927 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Louis XIV: King of France and Navarre | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Lord Nelson / Nelson | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Voyage of the Annie Marble | 1929 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Adventures of John Wetherell | 1954 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Naval War of 1812 / The Age of Fighting Sail | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Age of Fighting Sail | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Hunting the Bismarck / Sink the Bismarck / The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck (Short Story) | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Long Before Forty | 1967 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Fatal Fascination: A Choice of Crime ( With: Christopher Sykes, Eric Linklater, Nigel Balchin) | 1968 | Buy from Amazon |
C.S. Forester Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Stories for the Dead of Night | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | 65 Great Tales Of Horror | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Mysterious Sea Stories | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Fifty Best Mysteries | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | High Seas: Stories of Battle and Adventure from the Age of Sail | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Cecil Scott Forester (29 August 1899 – 2 April 1966) was an English novelist known for his naval fiction, most notably the Horatio Hornblower series. Born in Cairo, Forester developed a passion for writing and sailing from an early age. He served in the Royal Navy during World War I and drew on these experiences for his novels. Forester's breakthrough came with "Brown on Resolution" (1929), the first novel in the Hornblower series. He followed this with numerous other naval tales, including "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (1939) and "The Good Shepherd" (1955). Forester's works received critical acclaim for their vivid depictions of naval warfare, strong characters, and thrilling adventures. He won several awards, including the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Forester's novels remain popular today, inspiring multiple film and television adaptations. He is considered one of the greatest naval fiction authors of all time.