Order of Horatio Hornblower Books

Horatio Hornblower is the protagonist in a series of naval adventure novels by English novelist C.S. Forester. The series is set during the Napoleonic Wars. Horatio begins the series as a junior captain with the Royal Navy on a secret mission to Central America. As the series goes on, he moves up the ranks of the Royal Navy. Winston Churchill once said that he found the character “admirable.”

C.S. Forester began the Horatio Hornblower series in 1937 with the novel The Happy Return. The series lasted 12 novels until Hornblower and the Crisis, published in 1967. Below is a list of C.S. Forester’s Horiatio Hornblower books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Horatio Hornblower Books

The Happy Return/Beat to Quarters	(1937)
Ship of the Line	(1938)
Flying Colours	(1938)
The Commodore/Commodore Hornblower	(1945)
Lord Hornblower	(1946)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	(1950)
Lieutenant Hornblower	(1952)
Hornblower and the Atropos	(1953)
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies	(1957)
Hornblower and the Hotspur	(1962)
Hornblower During the Crisis	(1967)

Chronological Order of Horatio Hornblower Books

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower	(1950)
Lieutenant Hornblower	(1952)
Hornblower and the Hotspur	(1962)
Hornblower and the Atropos	(1953)
The Happy Return/Beat to Quarters	(1937)
Ship of the Line	(1938)
Flying Colours	(1938)
The Commodore/Commodore Hornblower	(1945)
Lord Hornblower	(1946)
Hornblower During the Crisis	(1967)
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies	(1957)

Publication Order of Horatio Hornblower Collections

Captain Hornblower R.N.

(1965)

Publication Order of Horatio Hornblower Non-Fiction Books

The Hornblower Companion

(1964)

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