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C.S. Forester Books in Order

Find every C.S. Forester book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 53 books / 7 series

British author best known for the Horatio Hornblower naval series. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide and are celebrated for their historical accuracy and gripping adventure. This page provides the C.S. Forester books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All C.S. Forester Books in Chronological Order

1924 The Paid Piper POoSN / 1 Buy
1924 Napoleon and His Court POoNB / 1 Buy
1924 A Pawn Among Kings POoSN / 2 Buy
1925 Josephine, Napoleon's Empress POoNB / 2 Buy
1926 Payment Deferred POoSN / 3 Buy
1927 Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy POoNB / 3 Buy
1927 The Wonderful Week POoSN / 4 Buy
1927 Love Lies Dreaming POoSN / 5 Buy
1928 Louis XIV: King of France and Navarre POoNB / 4 Buy
1928 The Shadow of the Hawk / The Daughter of the Hawk POoSN / 6 Buy
1929 Lord Nelson / Nelson POoNB / 5 Buy
1929 The Voyage of the Annie Marble POoNB / 6 Buy
1929 Single-Handed POoSN / 7 Buy
1929 Brown on Resolution POoSN / 8 Buy
1930 Plain Murder POoSN / 9 Buy
1931 Two-and-twenty POoSN / 10 Buy
1932 Rifleman Dodd / Death to the French POoSN / 11 Buy
1933 The Gun POoSN / 12 Buy
1934 The Peacemaker POoSN / 13 Buy
1935 The African Queen POoSN / 14 Buy
1935 The Pursued POoSN / 15 Buy
1936 Marionettes at home POoSN / 16 Buy
1936 The General POoSN / 17 Buy
1937 The Happy Return / Beat To Quarters POoHHB / 1 Buy
1938 Ship Of The Line POoHHB / 2 Buy
1938 Flying Colours POoHHB / 3 Buy
1940 The Earthly Paradise POoSN / 18 Buy
1941 The Captain from Connecticut POoSN / 19 Buy
1943 The Ship POoSN / 20 Buy
1945 The Commodore / Commodore Hornblower POoHHB / 4 Buy
1946 Lord Hornblower POoHHB / 5 Buy
1948 The Sky and the Forest POoSN / 21 Buy
1950 Mr. Midshipman Hornblower POoHHB / 6 Buy
1950 Randall and the River Of Time POoSN / 22 Buy
1952 Lieutenant Hornblower POoHHB / 7 Buy
1953 Hornblower And The Atropos POoHHB / 8 Buy
1954 The Nightmare POoSSC / 1 Buy
1954 The Adventures of John Wetherell POoNB / 7 Buy
1955 The Good Shepherd / Greyhound POoSN / 23 Buy
1956 The Barbary Pirates POoSN / 24 Buy
1957 The Age of Fighting Sail POoNB / 8 Buy
1957 Admiral Hornblower In The West Indies / Hornblower In The West Indies POoHHB / 9 Buy
1958 Hunting the Bismarck / Sink the Bismarck / The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck POoNB / 9 Buy
1962 Hornblower And The Hotspur POoHHB / 10 Buy
1964 The Hornblower Companion(With: Samuel Bryant) POoHHC / 1 Buy
1965 Captain Hornblower R.N. POoHHC / 2 Buy
1967 Long Before Forty POoNB / 10 Buy
1967 Hornblower During The Crisis / Hornblower And The Crisis POoHHB / 11 Buy
1968 Poo-Poo and the Dragons POoCB / 1 Buy
1968 Fatal Fascination: A Choice of Crime(With: Christopher Sykes,Eric Linklater,Nigel Balchin) POoNB / 11 Buy
1969 Man in the Yellow Raft POoSSC / 2 Buy
1970 Gold from Crete POoSSC / 3 Buy
2020 U 97 POoP / 1 Buy

C.S. Forester Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Nightmare 1954 Buy
02 Man in the Yellow Raft 1969 Buy
03 Gold from Crete 1970 Buy
01 Poo-Poo and the Dragons 1968 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 24 books / 1924-1956
01 The Paid Piper 1924 Buy
02 A Pawn Among Kings 1924 Buy
03 Payment Deferred 1926 Buy
04 The Wonderful Week 1927 Buy
05 Love Lies Dreaming 1927 Buy
06 The Shadow of the Hawk / The Daughter of the Hawk 1928 Buy
07 Single-Handed 1929 Buy
08 Brown on Resolution 1929 Buy
09 Plain Murder 1930 Buy
10 Two-and-twenty 1931 Buy
11 Rifleman Dodd / Death to the French 1932 Buy
12 The Gun 1933 Buy
13 The Peacemaker 1934 Buy
14 The African Queen 1935 Buy
15 The Pursued 1935 Buy
16 Marionettes at home 1936 Buy
17 The General 1936 Buy
18 The Earthly Paradise 1940 Buy
19 The Captain from Connecticut 1941 Buy
20 The Ship 1943 Buy
21 The Sky and the Forest 1948 Buy
22 Randall and the River Of Time 1950 Buy
23 The Good Shepherd / Greyhound 1955 Buy
24 The Barbary Pirates 1956 Buy
01 The Hornblower Companion(With: Samuel Bryant) 1964 Buy
02 Captain Hornblower R.N. 1965 Buy
01 The Happy Return / Beat To Quarters 1937 Buy
02 Ship Of The Line 1938 Buy
03 Flying Colours 1938 Buy
04 The Commodore / Commodore Hornblower 1945 Buy
05 Lord Hornblower 1946 Buy
06 Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 1950 Buy
07 Lieutenant Hornblower 1952 Buy
08 Hornblower And The Atropos 1953 Buy
09 Admiral Hornblower In The West Indies / Hornblower In The West Indies 1957 Buy
10 Hornblower And The Hotspur 1962 Buy
11 Hornblower During The Crisis / Hornblower And The Crisis 1967 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 11 books / 1924-1968
01 Napoleon and His Court 1924 Buy
02 Josephine, Napoleon's Empress 1925 Buy
03 Victor Emmanuel II and the Union of Italy 1927 Buy
04 Louis XIV: King of France and Navarre 1928 Buy
05 Lord Nelson / Nelson 1929 Buy
06 The Voyage of the Annie Marble 1929 Buy
07 The Adventures of John Wetherell 1954 Buy
08 The Age of Fighting Sail 1957 Buy
09 Hunting the Bismarck / Sink the Bismarck / The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck 1958 Buy
10 Long Before Forty 1967 Buy
11 Fatal Fascination: A Choice of Crime(With: Christopher Sykes,Eric Linklater,Nigel Balchin) 1968 Buy
01 U 97 2020 Buy

Where to start with C.S. Forester

What is the best order to read C.S. Forester books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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