Patrick O'Brian

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

Patrick O'Brian

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

Books by Patrick O'Brian

  • The Nutmeg of Consolation

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2022

    "[The series shows] a joy in language that jumps from every page…You're in for a wonderful voyage." —Cutler Durkee, People
  • The Wine-Dark Sea

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 16, E Book, 2011

    The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States.
  • The Truelove

    Patrick O'Brian

    Book 15, E Book, 2011

    “The Aubrey-Maturin series . . . ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart."—Ken Ringle, Washington Post
  • The Truelove

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2022

    “The Aubrey-Maturin series . . . ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart."—Ken Ringle, Washington Post
  • The Wine-Dark Sea

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2022

    The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States.
  • The Commodore

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2022

    The seventeenth novel in the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series of naval tales, which the New York Times Book Review has described as "the best historical novels ever written."
  • The Yellow Admiral

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2022

    "There are those already planning this afternoon's trip to the bookstore. Their only reaction is: Thank god, Patrick O'Brian is still writing. To you, I say, not a moment to lose."—John Balzar, Los...
  • The Hundred Days

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2022

    "One of the best novelists since Jane Austen....The Hundred Days may be the best installment yet....I give O'Brian's fans joy of it."—Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Blue at the Mizzen

    Patrick O'Brian

    Paperback, 2023

    "The old master has us again in the palm of his hand."—Los Angeles Times (a Best Book of 1999)
  • The Unknown Shore

    Patrick O'Brian

    E Book, 2012

    Inspired by the Wagerdisaster, The Unknown Shoreis an immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series that displays all the splendid prose and attention to detail that...