C.S. Forester audiobooks in order
Everything C.S. Forester has on this site: 1 series, 11 books published 1937–1967.
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Where to start
Chronological order below, which is how the books are now sold: The Happy Return was written first but sits in the middle of Hornblower's career. Hornblower and the Crisis is the fragment Forester left unfinished at his death, so expect it to stop short.
Series in order
Every book, in order
All 11 books across 1 series. Each links to its Audible listing.
- 1Mr Midshipman Hornblower (1950)
- 2Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
- 3Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
- 4Hornblower and the Crisis (1967)
- 5Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
- 6The Happy Return (1937)
- 7A Ship of the Line (1938)
- 8Flying Colours (1938)
- 9The Commodore (1945)
- 10Lord Hornblower (1946)
- 11Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Who reads C.S. Forester
Christian Rodska.
Other authors
Agatha Christie2 series
Andrzej Sapkowski1 series
Ann Cleeves2 series- Anthony Horowitz1 series
Anthony Trollope2 series
Arthur Conan Doyle1 series
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