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.
- 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.
Source: Open Library
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 November 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 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.
Fox in order
14 books- 1. The Press Gang
- 2. Prize Money
- 3. Siege
- 4. Treasure Map
- 5. Powder Monkey / Sailor's Blood
- 6. Blood for Breakfast / Sea of Gold
- 7. Court Martial
- 8. Battle Smoke
- 9. Cut and Thrust
- 10. Boarders Away
- 11. The Fireship
- 12. Blood Beach
- and 2 more in the table above
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 earliest published 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.
When Adam Hardy books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Adam Hardy titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 15 titles.
20 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
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