The Hornblower Saga Series
by C.S. Forester (Author)
Reading level: Ages 12 and up
Books in series: 12
Read in order: Yes
Next book: Finished
Tags: seafaring adventure historical classic war
As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of seasickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's Navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. In 1793, on the eve of the Napoleon Wars, the young Midshipman receives his first command...Books in series: 12
Read in order: Yes
Next book: Finished
Tags: seafaring adventure historical classic war
Please Note: The Hornblower Saga is presented here in order of the narrative's chronology rather than the order in which the books were published.
Hornblower Saga Series Books in Order
Print series book list1. Mr Midshipman Hornblower (1950)
2. Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
3. Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
4. Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)
5. Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
6. The Happy Return (1937)
7. A Ship of the Line (1938)
8. Flying Colours (1938)
9. Commodore Hornblower (1945)
10. Lord Hornblower (1946)
11. Hornblower in the West Indies (1957)
+ Hornblower Companion (1964)