Order of Patrick O’Brian Books
Patrick O’Brian is the nom de plume of English novelist Richard Patrick Russ (1914-2000). O’Brian is best known for his Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin series that spanned 21 novels and was adapted into the motion picture Master and Commander. Besides the Aubrey/Maturin books, he also wrote a few standalone novels and short story collections.
O’Brian began his literary career with Caesar in 1930 (when he was merely 16). The book led him to be labelled by critics as the boy-Thoreau, as a reference to American author Henry David Thoreau. Below is a list of Patrick O’Brian’s novels in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Aubrey/Maturin Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Caesar | (1930) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hussein | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Testimonies | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Catalans | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Road to Samarcand | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Ocean | (1956) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Unknown Shore | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Richard Temple | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| No Pirates Nowadays | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Noughts and Crosses | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Two’s Company | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Chian Wine | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Rendezvous and Other Stories | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Collected Short Stories | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Pirates Nowadays and Other Stories: Three Nautical Tales | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beasts Royal: Twelve Tales of Adventure | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Uncertain Land and Other Poems | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Men-of-War | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Picasso | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Joseph Banks | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| High Seas: Stories of Battle and Adventure from the Age of Sail | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Great Modern Stories | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Clarissa Oakes was published as The Truelove in the USA. The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey was published as 21 in the United States. Testimonies was published as Three Bear Witness in the UK. The Catalans was published as The Frozen Flame in the United Kingdom.
Where is the list of his books in story order, not publication date order? Your website said it was available when I searched it. Thanks.
In most cases, this is the same order. When it is different, we will make note of it.
Please see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series#Internal_Chronology