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Hammond Innes Books in Order

47 books are credited to Hammond Innes, published between 1937 and 2016; 2 of them appeared after Hammond Innes's death in 1998. The first book is Air Disaster (1937) and the newest is The Lonely Skier (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
47
Published
1937–2016
Pages on record
7,957 in 25 of 47 books
Reading time
133–199 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,957 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 47 titles with a page count on record.

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Hammond Innes, full name Ralph Hammond Innes, was a British novelist born on 15 July 1913 who died on 10 June 1998. Innes wrote more than 30 novels, plus books for children and travel writing. Catalogue subjects include thrillers, espionage, sea stories, adventure and the Second World War. Early titles listed are Air Disaster and The Doppelganger (both 1937), Sabotage Broadcast (1938) and The Trojan Horse (1940).

How many Hammond Innes books are there?

Hammond Innes has 47 books, released between 1937 and 2016. 2 of them were published after Hammond Innes's death in 1998.

Hammond Innes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 47 Hammond Innes 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. Cover of Attack Alarm by Hammond Innes (1941)
  2. Cover of Dead and Alive by Hammond Innes (1946)
  3. Cover of The Lonely Skier / Fire in the Snow by Hammond Innes (1947)
  4. Cover of Maddon's Rock / Gale Warning by Hammond Innes (1948)
  5. Cover of The White South / The Survivors by Hammond Innes (1949)
  6. Cover of The Angry Mountain by Hammond Innes (1950)
  7. Cover of Cocos Gold (As: Ralph Hammond) by Hammond Innes (1950)
  8. Cover of Air Bridge by Hammond Innes (1951)
  9. Cover of The Strange Land / The Naked Land by Hammond Innes (1954)
  10. Cover of The Wreck of the Mary Deare by Hammond Innes (1956)
  11. Cover of The Strode Venturer by Hammond Innes (1965)
  12. Cover of Hammond Innes Introduces Australia by Hammond Innes (1971)
  13. Cover of Golden Soak by Hammond Innes (1973)
  14. Cover of The Big Footprints by Hammond Innes (1977)
  15. Cover of Selected Works by Hammond Innes (1978)
  16. Cover of The Last Voyage by Hammond Innes (1978)
  17. Cover of Solomons Seal by Hammond Innes (1980)
  18. Cover of The Black Tide by Hammond Innes (1982)
  19. Cover of Hammond Innes' East Anglia by Hammond Innes (1986)
  20. Cover of Personal Encounters (As:Ralph Hammond) by Hammond Innes (2002)
  1. 1
    Air Disaster1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937–
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  2. 2
    The Doppelganger1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937–
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  3. 3
    Sabotage Broadcast1938 · confirmed 2/4
    1938–
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  4. 4
    All Roads Lead to Friday1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  5. 5
    The Trojan Horse1940 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940242
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  6. 6
    Wreckers Must Breathe / Trapped1940 · 191 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940191
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  7. 7
    Attack Alarm1941 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941304
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  8. 8
    Dead and Alive1946 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946160
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  9. 9
    The Killer Mine1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  10. 10
    The Lonely Skier / Fire in the Snow1947 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1947176
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  11. 11
    The Blue Ice1948 · 429 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948429
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  12. 12
    Maddon's Rock / Gale Warning1948 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948336
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  13. 13
    The White South / The Survivors1949 · confirmed 2/4
    1949–
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  14. 14
    The Angry Mountain1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  15. 15
    Cocos Gold (As: Ralph Hammond)1950 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950256
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  16. 16
    Air Bridge1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  17. 17
    Campbell's Kingdom1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  18. 18
    Black Gold on the Double Diamond (As: Ralph Hammond)1953 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953192
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  19. 19
    The Strange Land / The Naked Land1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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  20. 20
    The Wreck of the Mary Deare1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  21. 21
    The Land God Gave to Cain1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958–
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  22. 22
    Harvest of Journeys1960 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960286
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  23. 23
    The Doomed Oasis1960 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960288
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  24. 24
    Atlantic Fury1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  25. 25
    ScandinaviaLIFE World Library #41963 · confirmed 2/4
    1963–
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  26. 26
    The Strode Venturer1965 · 434 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965434
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  27. 27
    Sea and Islands1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  28. 28
    The Conquistadors1969 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969336
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  29. 29
    Hammond Innes Introduces Australia1971 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971207
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  30. 30
    Levkas Man1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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Hammond Innes 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.

LIFE World Library in order

1 book
  1. 4. Scandinavia

Standalone books

46 books

46 Hammond Innes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Hammond Innes books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 47 Hammond Innes books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Hammond Innes

Start with Air Disaster (1937), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hammond Innes book?

The Lonely Skier (2016) is the newest Hammond Innes book released so far.

Is there a new Hammond Innes book coming?

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

Hammond Innes at a glance

Died
Hammond Innes died in 1998, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Hammond Innes are still being published after Hammond Innes's death in 1998; the newest appeared in 2016.
Release pace
Hammond Innes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
7,957 pages across the 25 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 287 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hammond Innes books, 9 of 47, were published in the 1940s.

What the Hammond Innes books are about

34 of the 47 Hammond Innes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 13 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.