Order of Patrick O’Brian Books

Patrick O’Brian is the pen name of English novelist Richard Patrick Russ (1914-2000). He is most renowned for his Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin series, which consists of 21 novels and was adapted into the film Master and Commander. In addition to the Aubrey/Maturin series, he authored several standalone novels and short story collections. O’Brian started his literary career with Caesar in 1930 at the age of just 16. This book earned him the label of the boy-Thoreau from critics, referencing American author Henry David Thoreau. Below is a list of Patrick O’Brian’s novels in the order of their original publication.

Patrick O’Brian became a published novelist in 1930 with the novel Caesar. Below is a list of Patrick O’Brian's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Caesar	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hussein	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Testimonies	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Catalans	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Road to Samarcand	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golden Ocean	(1956)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Unknown Shore	(1959)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Richard Temple	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Aubrey/Maturin Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Master and Commander	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Post Captain	(1972)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
H.M.S. Surprise	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Mauritius Command	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Desolation Island	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fortune of War	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Surgeon's Mate	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ionian Mission	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Treason's Harbour	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Far Side of the World	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Reverse of the Medal	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Letter of Marque	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Thirteen-Gun Salute	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Nutmeg of Consolation	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Truelove / Clarissa Oakes	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wine-Dark Sea	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Commodore	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Yellow Admiral	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hundred Days	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blue at the Mizzen	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
No Pirates Nowadays	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Noughts and Crosses	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two’s Company	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Chian Wine	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rendezvous and Other Stories	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Collected Short Stories	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Pirates Nowadays and Other Stories: Three Nautical Tales	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Beasts Royal: Twelve Tales of Adventure	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Uncertain Land and Other Poems	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Men-of-War	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Picasso	(1976)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Joseph Banks	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
High Seas: Stories of Battle and Adventure from the Age of Sail	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Modern Stories	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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