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All Book Series by Max Hastings
Barricades in Belfast: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland
Book 2 of 33 · published 1970
Country Fair: Tales Of The Countryside, Shooting And Fishing
Book 12 of 33 · published 2005
Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable
Book 16 of 33 · published 2010
The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers, and Guerrillas, 1939-1945
Book 21 of 33 · published 2015
Operation Chastise: The RAF's Most Brilliant Attack of World War II
Book 24 of 33 · published 2019
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet That Battled to Malta, 1942
Book 26 of 33 · published 2021
Men at War: Tales of Their Triumphs and Tragedies Across the Ages
Book 28 of 33 · published 2021
Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire
Latest in the series · book 33 of 33 · published 2025
The Dam Busters
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1951 Anthology · Paul Brickhill
The Battle for the Falklands
Book 3 of 5 · published 1983 Co-authored · Simon Jenkins
The Drama Of The Scharnhorst
Series opener · book 1 of 33 · published 1951 Anthology · Fritz-Otto Busch
The Struggle for Europe
Book 2 of 33 · published 1952 Anthology · Chester Wilmot
The Generalship of Alexander the Great
Book 6 of 33 · published 1958 Anthology · J.F.C. Fuller
Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses
Book 9 of 33 · published 1966 Anthology · A.L. Rowse
A Concise History of Warfare
Book 10 of 33 · published 1972 Anthology · Bernard Montgomery
Queen Victoria's Little Wars
Book 11 of 33 · published 1972 Anthology · Byron Farwell
The Hussar General: The Life of Blücher, Man of Waterloo
Book 14 of 33 · published 1975 Anthology · Roger Parkinson
The Great Anglo-Boer War
Book 17 of 33 · published 1976 Anthology · Byron Farwell
The English Civil War
Book 19 of 33 · published 1976 Anthology · Peter Young,Richard Holmes
Rommel: The Trail of the Fox
Book 20 of 33 · published 1977 Anthology · David Irving
Flying Colours: The Epic Story Of Douglas Bader
Book 23 of 33 · published 1981 Anthology · Laddie Lucas
The Military Experience In The Age Of Reason
Book 25 of 33 · published 1987 Anthology · Christopher Duffy
The 1916 Battle of the Somme Reconsidered
Book 26 of 33 · published 1988 Anthology · Peter H. Liddle
Business In Great Waters
Book 27 of 33 · published 1989 Anthology · John Terraine
A Dictionary of Napoleonic Wars
Book 28 of 33 · published 1993 Anthology · David G. Chandler
Aramada the Planning the Battle and After
Book 30 of 33 · published 1998 Anthology · Robert Milne Tyte
Slim: The Standardbearer: A Biography of Field-Marshal the Viscount Slim
Book 31 of 33 · published 1999 Anthology · Ronald Lewin
Guide to the Battlefields of Europe
Latest in the series · book 33 of 33 · published 2007 Anthology · David Chandler
Never Surrender: The Second World War
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2023
The Battle for the Falklands by Hastings, Max, Jenkins, Simon(June 1, 1983) Hardcover
Series opener · book 1 of 47 · published 1602
Ulster 1969: the fight for civil rights in Northern Ireland
Book 5 of 47 · published 1970
DAS REICH, THE MARCH OF THE 2ND SS PANZER DIVISION THROUGH FRANCE
Book 11 of 47 · published 1981
Overlord D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, 1944
Book 14 of 47 · published 1984
"Daily Telegraph" Record of the Second World War Month by Month, 1939-45
Book 18 of 47 · published 1989
La guerra segreta. Spie, codici e guerriglieri (1939-1945)
Book 40 of 47 · published 2016
THE SECRET WAR SPIES, CODES AND GUERRILLAS 1939-45
Book 41 of 47 · published 2017
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Max Hastings?
Max Hastings has 121 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1602–2025, across 2 named series.
Which Max Hastings series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Wordsworth Military Library series, the earliest of Max Hastings's multi-book series: it opens with The Drama Of The Scharnhorst (1951) and runs to 33 books across 1951–2007, ending with Guide to the Battlefields of Europe (2007). Max Hastings's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Max Hastings written?
Max Hastings has 121 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1602 and 2025. 38 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Wordsworth Military Library series with 33 books — and 83 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Max Hastings's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Max Hastings's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Wordsworth Military Library (1951–2007, 33 books) and Pan Military Classics (1951–1987, 5 books).
How are Max Hastings's books organised into series?
This guide splits Max Hastings's 121 books into 2 named series and 83 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Wordsworth Military Library (33 books, 1951–2007); Pan Military Classics (5 books, 1951–1987).