10 Best fiction books like Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian

Cover of Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian

Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as…

"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

If you liked the fiction plot in Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6) by Bernard Cornwell

1. Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

In 1809, Napoleon's army sweeps across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"I could tell you tales of priestly behavior that would make you shudder."

-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

"– Помните ту ночь, в крепости? – В голосе Луизы звучала мольба, словно для девушки было чрезвычайно важно, чтобы Шарп ее понял. – Помните? Когда дон Блас показал нам хоругвь и рассказал легенду о пос…"

-Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Rifles (Sharpe, #6)

Cover of Commodore Hornblower by C.S. Forester

2. Commodore Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1812 and the fate of Europe lies in the hands of newly appointed Commodore Hornblower. Dispatched t… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • literature
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies by C.S. Forester

3. Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

By: C.S. Forester

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Horatio Hornblower, now Admiral, sails over seas as challenging as any in his victorious career. As… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Hornblower and the Atropos

By: C.S. Forester

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Horn… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester

5. Beat to Quarters

By: C.S. Forester

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua-a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty h… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • historical fiction
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6. Sharpe's Triumph (Sharpe, #2)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803 India, 1803. Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnes… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. Lord Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Weary of the war that he has waged nearly his entire life, Hornblower finds himself assigned an esp… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • historical fiction
Cover of Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester

8. Lieutenant Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

In this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his … read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
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  • historical fiction
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9. Hornblower and the Hotspur

By: C.S. Forester

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

April 1803. The Peace of Amiens is breaking down. Napoleon is building ships and amassing an army j… read more

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  • adventure
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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.25

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

As the British army fights its way through India toward a diabolical trap, young private Richard Sh… read more

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11. A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

By: Dean King , John B. Hattendorf , J. Worth Estes

4.12

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

This comprehensive lexicon provides definitions of nautical terms, historical entries describing th… read more

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12. Sharpe's Fortress (Sharpe, #3)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.27

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Promoted for his gallantry in the war against India's rebellious Mahratta confederacy, Richard Shar… read more

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13. Sharpe's Trafalgar (Sharpe, #4)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.61

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

From New York Timesbestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback--bestselling his… read more

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14. Hornblower During the Crisis

By: C.S. Forester

3.85

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Although unfinished at the time of C. S. Forester's death, Hornblower During the Crisis delivers a … read more

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15. Ship of the Line

By: C.S. Forester

3.66

Format: 325 pages, Paperback

May 1810, seventeen years deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in com… read more

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16. Flying Colours

By: C.S. Forester

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Forced to surrender his ship, the Sutherland, after a long and bloody battle, Captain Horatio Hornb… read more

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17. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

By: C.S. Forester

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Here we meet Horatio Hornblower, a young man of 17, in this Volume #1 of what becomes the 11 volume… read more

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18. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

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  • war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

Cover of Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian

19. Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

By: Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as… read more

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  • classics
  • adventure
  • literature
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
"Most men find [peace] entirely unlike what they had expected - like love..."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"How wonderfully strange,' he thought, 'to be upset by this trifle; yet I am upset."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

"What's wrong with (Captain) Jack Aubrey?" "Everything, since he has a command and I have not."

-Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

Cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

20. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

By: David Grann

4.19

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story o… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • adventure
Cover of All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World by Will  Sofrin

21. All Hands on Deck: A Modern-Day High Seas Adventure to the Far Side of the World

By: Will Sofrin

3.96

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A maritime adventure memoir that follows a crew of misfits hired by Hollywood to sail an 18th-centu… read more

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  • audiobook
  • adventure

5 best-selling audiobook books like Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian

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Bernard Cornwell

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Commodore Hornblower

C.S. Forester

4.25

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Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)

Patrick O'Brian

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

4.19

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10 best-selling fiction books like Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S. Forester

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The Yellow Admiral (Aubrey & Maturin, #18)

Patrick O'Brian

4.37

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The Thirteen-Gun Salute (Aubrey & Maturin, #13)

Patrick O'Brian

4.40

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The Wine-Dark Sea

Patrick O'Brian

4.05

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Hornblower and the Hotspur

C.S. Forester

3.66

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