Adam Hardy Books in Order
Adam Hardy has written 20 books, published between 1972 and 2017. The first book is The Press Gang (1972) and the newest is 'Ware Mines! (2017). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 20 books listed here are in the Fox series, which has its own page: Fox books in order.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1972–2017
- Pages on record
- 1,980 in 14 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 33–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,980 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Adam Hardy is a shared pen name of the British writers Kenneth Bulmer and Terry Harknett. Under that name the pair wrote the Fox series about George Abercrombie Fox, who enters the Royal Navy as a powder monkey in 1775. The catalogue holds 20 books, opening with The Press Gang (1972) and Prize Money (1973), and also lists Strike Force Falklands. 'Ware Mines! (2017) is the newest entry.
How many Adam Hardy books are there?
Adam Hardy has 20 books, released between 1972 and 2017. They include 2 separate series.
Adam Hardy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Adam Hardy books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119721401/4
- 21973–1/4
- 319731441/4
- 41973–1/4
- 519741261/4
- 619741241/4
- 71974–1/4
- 819741381/4
- 91974–1/4
- 101975–1/4
- 1119751401/4
- 1219751841/4
- 1319751121/4
- 141976–1/4
- 1519771481/4
- 1620171441/4
- 1720171441/4
- 1820171501/4
- 1920171461/4
- 2020171401/4
Adam Hardy series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Fox books in order 14 books
Adam Hardy books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Strike Force Falklands in order
6 books- 1. Operation exocet
- 2. Raider's Dawn
- 3. Red Alert
- 4. Recce Patrol
- 5. Covert Op
- 6. 'Ware Mines!
Do you have to read Adam Hardy books in order?
You only need to read Adam Hardy books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Adam Hardy
Start with The Press Gang (1972), the first Fox book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Adam Hardy book?
'Ware Mines! (2017) is the newest Adam Hardy book released so far.
Is there a new Adam Hardy book coming?
No next Adam Hardy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Adam Hardy at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Adam Hardy title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Adam Hardy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,980 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 142 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Adam Hardy books, 15 of 20, were published in the 1970s.
What the Adam Hardy books are about
1 of the 20 Adam Hardy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fiction in English 1 of 1 books