G.A. Henty Books in Order

G.A. Henty has written 109 books, published between 1867 and 2002. The first book is A Search for a Secret (1867) and the newest is The Plague Ship (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
109
Published
1867–2002
Pages on record
24,583 in 86 of 109 books
Reading time
410–615 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 24,583 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 86 of 109 titles with a page count on record.

G.A. Henty wrote historical adventure stories for young readers. The catalogue holds 109 Henty titles, opening with A Search for a Secret (1867) and closing at The Plague Ship (2002). War, military history and the conduct of life are the recurring subjects, and much of the work sits in England and the wider British past. Early titles include The March to Magdala (1868), Out on the Pampas (1870) and The Young Franc Tireurs (1872).

How many G.A. Henty books are there?

G.A. Henty has 109 books, released between 1867 and 2002.

G.A. Henty Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 109 G.A. Henty 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.

  1. 1
    A Search for a Secret1867 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1867292
  2. 2
    The March to Magdala1868 · 440 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1868440
  3. 3
    All But Lost Vol. I1869 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1869296
  4. 4
    All But Lost Vol. II1869 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1869284
  5. 5
    All But Lost Vol. III1869 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1869300
  6. 6
    Out on the Pampas1870 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1870301
  7. 7
    The Young Franc Tireurs1872 · 194 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1872194
  8. 8
    The March to Coomassie1874 · confirmed 1/4
    1874
  9. 9
    The Young Buglers1880 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1880300
  10. 10
    In Times of Peril1881 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1881222
  11. 11
    Facing Death1882 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1882156
  12. 121882
  13. 13
    Friends Though Divided1883 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1883240
  14. 14
    By Sheer Pluck1884 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1884168
  15. 15
    With Clive in India1884 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1884240
  16. 16
    The Dragon and the Raven1885 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1885238
  17. 17
    In Freedom's Cause1885 · confirmed 1/4
    1885
  18. 18
    The Lion of the North1885 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1885152
  19. 19
    The Young Colonists1885 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1885326
  20. 20
    For Name and Fame1886 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1886240
  21. 21
    Through the Fray1886 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1886258
  22. 22
    Queen Victoria1887 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887284
  23. 23
    The Sovereign Reader1887 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887284
  24. 24
    The Bravest of the Brave1887 · confirmed 1/4
    1887
  25. 25
    A Final Reckoning1887 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887368
  26. 26
    With Wolfe in Canada1887 · confirmed 1/4
    1887
  27. 27
    The Young Carthaginian1887 · 430 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1887430
  28. 28
    Bonnie Prince Charlie1888 · confirmed 1/4
    1888
  29. 29
    For the Temple1888 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1888210
  30. 30
    Gabriel Allen M.P.1888 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1888286

G.A. Henty 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.

Standalone books

109 books

109 G.A. Henty titles here are not listed as part of any series.

G.A. Henty Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the G.A. Henty books run from A Search for a Secret (1867) to The Plague Ship (2002), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for G.A. Henty in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read G.A. Henty books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 109 G.A. Henty books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with G.A. Henty

Start with A Search for a Secret (1867), the earliest published title.

What is the newest G.A. Henty book?

The Plague Ship (2002) is the newest G.A. Henty book released so far.

Is there a new G.A. Henty book coming?

No next G.A. Henty book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

G.A. Henty at a glance

No recent titles
The newest G.A. Henty title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
G.A. Henty books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
24,583 pages across the 86 of 109 books with a recorded length, a median of 291 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most G.A. Henty books, 40 of 109, were published in the 1890s.

What the G.A. Henty books are about

72 of the 109 G.A. Henty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 56 of 72. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.