Aubrey-Maturin series

The Aubrey–Maturin series, also known as the Aubreyad, is a sequence of 20 historical novels by Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centering on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, who is also a physician, naturalist, and secret agent. The 21st novel of the series, left unfinished by O'Brian's death in 2000, was published in late 2004.

The series in order

This is a list of the works in the series. This list is in both publication order and internal chronological order. Unlike some other fictional series, the books were published in the same order as the events they describe take place.

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• Master and Commander (1970)
• Post Captain (1972)
• HMS Surprise (1973)
• The Mauritius Command (1977)
• Desolation Island (1978)
• The Fortune of War (1979)
• The Surgeon's Mate (1980)
• The Ionian Mission (1981)
• Treason's Harbour (1983)
• The Far Side of the World (1984)
• The Reverse of the Medal (1986)
• The Letter of Marque (1988)
• The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989)
• The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)
• Clarissa Oakes (1993)
  (The Truelove in the USA)
• The Wine-Dark Sea (1993)
• The Commodore (1995)
• The Yellow Admiral (1996)
• The Hundred Days (1998)
• Blue at the Mizzen (1999)
• The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey (2004)
  (21 in the USA)