Order of Alistair MacLean Books
Alistair MacLean (1922-1987) was a Scottish novelist of thrillers and adventures. His novels The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare were all adapted into successful films. His novels do not include much sex or romance because he believed it would slow down the action.
His first four novels (H.M.S. Ulysses up to The Last Frontier) were third-persona narratives, mostly set during WWII and were somewhat epic in tone. His next four (or six if you include his Ian Stuart novels; starting with Night Without End up to Ice Station Zebra) were first person narratives set in contemporary times. The next six (When Eight Bells Toll to Bear Island) were not consistent in theme but were considered to be high quality work. His last twelve (starting with The Way to Dusty Death) were weak, considered to be lazy and too reliant on dialogue. Below is a list of Alistair MacLean’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Guns of Navarone Books
The Guns of Navarone | (1957) | |
Force 10 from Navarone | (1968) |
Publication Order of Alistair MacLean’s UNACO Books
Hostage Tower | (1980) | |
Air Force One Is Down | (1981) | |
Death Train | (1988) | |
Alistair MacLean’s Death Train | (1988) | |
Night Watch | (1989) | |
Red Alert | (1990) | |
Time of the Assassins | (1991) | |
Dead Halt | (1992) | |
Code Breaker | (1993) | |
Rendezvous | (1995) | |
Prime Target | (1997) | |
Borrowed Time | (1998) | |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
H.M.S. Ulysses | (1955) | |
South by Java Head | (1958) | |
The Last Frontier / The Secret Ways | (1959) | |
Night Without End | (1960) | |
Ice Station Zebra | (1960) | |
Fear is the Key | (1961) | |
The Black Shrike / The Dark Crusader | (1961) | |
The Golden Rendezvous | (1962) | |
The Satan Bug | (1962) | |
When Eight Bells Toll | (1966) | |
Where Eagles Dare | (1967) | |
Puppet on a Chain | (1969) | |
Caravan to Vaccares | (1970) | |
Bear Island | (1971) | |
The Way to Dusty Death | (1973) | |
Breakheart Pass | (1974) | |
Circus | (1975) | |
The Golden Gate | (1975) | |
Goodbye, California | (1977) | |
Seawitch | (1977) | |
Athabasca | (1980) | |
River of Death | (1981) | |
Partisans | (1982) | |
Floodgate | (1983) | |
San Andreas | (1984) | |
Santorini | (1986) |
Publication Order of Alastair MacLean Short Story Collections
The Lonely Sea | (1985) |
Publication Order of Alastair MacLean Non-Fiction Books
Lawrence of Arabia | (1962) | |
Captain Cook | (1972) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
War Stories | (1987) |
Notes: The Last Frontier is also titled The Secret Ways. The Dark Crusaders was also published under the title The Black Shrike. The novels Death Train, Night Watch, Red Alert, Time of the Assassins, Dead Halt, Code Breaker and Rendezvous were co-authored by Alastair MacNeill. Hostage Train and Air Force One is Down were co-authored by John Denis. Prime Target and Borrowed Time was co-authored by Hugh Miller.