Bibliography
The Hornblower canon by Forester consists of eleven novels (one unfinished) and five short stories. In addition, The Hornblower Companion includes maps showing where the action took place in the ten complete novels plus Forester's notes on how they were written.
| UK Title | Story Dates | UK Date of First Publication | UK Publisher | US Title | US Date of First Publication | US Publisher | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Return, The The Happy Return | 01808-06-01Jun 1808–01808-10-01Oct 1808 | 01937-02-04Feb 4, 1937 | Michael Joseph | Beat to Quarters | 01937-04-06Apr 6, 1937 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Ship of the Line, A A Ship of the Line | 01810-05-01May 1810–01810-10-01Oct 1810 | 01938-04-04Apr 4, 1938 | Michael Joseph | Ship of the Line | 01938-03-18Mar 18, 1938 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Flying Colours | 01810-11-01Nov 1810–01811-06-01Jun 1811 | 01938-11-01Nov 1, 1938 | Michael Joseph | Flying Colours | 01939-01-03Jan 3, 1939 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Hornblower and His Majesty | 01812-01-011812 | 01941-03-01Mar 1941 | Argosy (UK) | Hornblower and His Majesty | 01940-03-23Mar 23, 1940 | Collier's | Short story | |
| Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny | 01796-10-01Oct 1796–01796-12-01Dec 1796 | 01941-04-01Apr 1941 | Argosy (UK) | Hand of Destiny, The The Hand of Destiny | 01940-11-23Nov 23, 1940 | Collier's | Short story | |
| Hornblower's Charitable Offering | 01810-06-01Jun 1810 | 01941-05-01May 1941 | Argosy (UK) | Bad Samaritan, The The Bad Samaritan | 01941-01-18Jan 18, 1941 | Argosy (US) | Short story that reads like a chapter of A Ship of the Line | |
| Commodore, The The Commodore | 01812-04-01Apr 1812–01812-12-01Dec 1812 | 01945-03-12Mar 12, 1945 | Michael Joseph | Commodore Hornblower | 01945-05-21May 21, 1945 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Lord Hornblower | 01813-10-01Oct 1813–01814-06-01Jun 1814 | 01946-06-11Jun 11, 1946 | Michael Joseph | Lord Hornblower | 01946-09-24Sep 24, 1946 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Mr. Midshipman Hornblower | 01794-01-01Jan 1794–01798-03-01Mar 1798 | 01950-05-22May 22, 1950 | Michael Joseph | Mr. Midshipman Hornblower | 01950-03-13Mar 13, 1950 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Hornblower and the Big Decision | 01799-01-011799 | 01951-04-01Apr 1951 | Argosy (UK) | Hornblower's Temptation | 01950-12-09Dec 9, 1950 | The Saturday Evening Post | Short story subsequently published as Hornblower and the Widow McCool in Hornblower and the Crisis | |
| Lieutenant Hornblower | 01800-05-01May 1800–01803-03-01Mar 1803 | 01952-02-11Feb 11, 1952 | Michael Joseph | Lieutenant Hornblower | 01952-03-27Mar 27, 1952 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Hornblower and the Atropos | 01805-12-01Dec 1805–01808-01-01Jan 1808 | 01953-11-09Nov 9, 1953 | Michael Joseph | Hornblower and the Atropos | 01953-09-10Sep 10, 1953 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Hornblower in the West Indies | 01821-05-01May 1821–01823-10-01Oct 1823 | 01958-09-29Sep 29, 1958 | Michael Joseph | Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies | 01958-08-28Aug 28, 1958 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Hornblower and the Hotspur | 01803-04-01Apr 1803–01805-07-01Jul 1805 | 01962-07-27Jul 27, 1962 | Michael Joseph | Hornblower and the Hotspur | 01962-08-01Aug 1, 1962 | Little Brown | Novel | |
| Hornblower Companion, The The Hornblower Companion | 99999 | 01964-12-04Dec 4, 1964 | Michael Joseph | Hornblower Companion, The The Hornblower Companion | 01964-12-06Dec 6, 1964 | Little Brown | Supplementary book comprising "The Hornblower Atlas" and "Some Personal Notes" | |
| Hornblower and the Crisis | 01805-08-01Aug 1805–01805-12-01Dec 1805 | 01967-06-04Jun 4, 1967 | Michael Joseph | Hornblower During the Crisis | 01967-11-08Nov 8, 1967 | Little Brown | Novel (unfinished) plus Hornblower and the Widow McCool and The Last Encounter | |
| Last Encounter, The The Last Encounter | 01848-11-01Nov 1848 | 01967-06-04Jun 4, 1967 | Michael Joseph | Last Encounter, The The Last Encounter | 01967-04-01Apr 1967 | Argosy (US) | Short story subsequently published in Hornblower During the Crisis |
Another short story, "The Point and the Edge," is included only as an outline in The Hornblower Companion.
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