The naval adventure series is one of the oldest continuous forms in English fiction. These are the major examples.
Series in Reading Order
- Jack Aubrey / Stephen Maturin by Patrick O'Brian — 10 books · 1969–1984
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin; twenty completed novels, 1969-1999. - Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer — 10 books · 2002–2012
Young-adult series about a girl serving aboard a Royal Navy ship. - Hornblower by C. S. Forester
Horatio Hornblower; eleven novels, 1937-1962. - The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
Comic pirate novel, 1983. - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
1883; the source for most pirate conventions.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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