Hammond Innes Reading Order

1 book (1974–1974)

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1	Sea Tales of Terror 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (1960–2008)

The LIFE World Library is a six-book series of travel and cultural guides published between 1960 and 2008, with each volume exploring a different region of the world. Contributors include notable writers such as D.W. Brogan, Elizabeth Bishop, Stanley Karnow, Colin MacInnes, and Hugh Thomas, bringing literary and journalistic perspectives to their respective subjects. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with France and progressing through Brazil, Southeast Asia, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, and Spain. This complete series offers a mid-twentieth-century snapshot of global cultures and geography through the lens of accomplished writers.

Start with France(By: D.W. Brogan), the first of 6 books in the LIFE World Library series.

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1	France(By: D.W. Brogan) 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Brazil(By: Elizabeth Bishop) 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Southeast Asia(By: Stanley Karnow) 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Scandinavia 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Australia and New Zealand(By: Colin MacInnes) 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Spain(By: Hugh Thomas) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1960–2002)

Hammond Innes wrote eight non-fiction books between 1960 and 2002, exploring diverse subjects from travel and geography to art and personal meetings with notable figures. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Harvest of Journeys. Innes's characteristic blend of adventure and exploration infuses these works, which range from studies of historical conquests and island geography to regional portraits and encounters with influential personalities. Two of the later entries were published under the pseudonym Ralph Hammond.

Start with Harvest of Journeys, the first of 8 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	Harvest of Journeys 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sea and Islands 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Conquistadors 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Hammond Innes Introduces Australia 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hammond Innes' East Anglia 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Far Horizons 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Vincent Van Gogh(As:Ralph Hammond) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Personal Encounters(As:Ralph Hammond) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1978–1978)

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1	Selected Works 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

37 books (1937–2016)

Hammond Innes wrote 37 standalone novels spanning from 1937 to 2016, each offering independent stories within the mystery, thriller, and adventure genres. These books should be read in publication order beginning with Air Disaster, though each novel functions as a complete story requiring no knowledge of the others. The series encompasses early works like Wreckers Must Breathe and The Blue Ice through later entries such as Cocos Gold, representing a comprehensive collection of Innes's standalone fiction across decades of his prolific writing career.

Start with Air Disaster, the first of 37 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Air Disaster 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Doppelganger 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Sabotage Broadcast 1938Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	All Roads Lead to Friday 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Trojan Horse 1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Wreckers Must Breathe / Trapped 1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Attack Alarm 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dead and Alive 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Killer Mine 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Lonely Skier / Fire in the Snow 1947Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Maddon's Rock / Gale Warning 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Blue Ice 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The White South / The Survivors 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Cocos Gold(As: Ralph Hammond) 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Angry Mountain 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Air Bridge 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Campbell's Kingdom 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Black Gold on the Double Diamond(As: Ralph Hammond) 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Strange Land / The Naked Land 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Wreck of the Mary Deare 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Land God Gave to Cain 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Doomed Oasis 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Atlantic Fury 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Strode Venturer 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Levkas Man 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Golden Soak 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	North Star 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Big Footprints 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Last Voyage 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Solomons Seal 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	The Black Tide 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	High Stand 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Medusa 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Isvik 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Target Antarctica 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Delta Connection 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Lonely Skier 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible