Historical Fiction

Aubrey-Maturin

Patrick O'Brian

20 books

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this masterful series follows the friendship between Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin — naturalist, spy, and man of contradictions — across the world's oceans.

Reading Order

  1. 1.

    Master and Commander

    Start here — the beginning of one of literature's great friendships.

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  2. 2.

    Post Captain

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  3. 3.

    HMS Surprise

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  4. 4.

    The Mauritius Command

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  5. 5.

    Desolation Island

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  6. 6.

    The Fortune of War

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  7. 7.

    The Surgeon's Mate

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  8. 8.

    The Ionian Mission

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  9. 9.

    Treason's Harbour

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  10. 10.

    The Far Side of the World

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  11. 11.

    The Reverse of the Medal

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  12. 12.

    The Letter of Marque

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  13. 13.

    The Thirteen Gun Salute

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  14. 14.

    The Nutmeg of Consolation

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  15. 15.

    Clarissa Oakes

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  16. 16.

    The Wine-Dark Sea

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  17. 17.

    The Commodore

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  18. 18.

    The Yellow Admiral

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  19. 19.

    The Hundred Days

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  20. 20.

    Blue at the Mizzen

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