Max Hennessy Books in Order
26 books are credited to Max Hennessy, published between 1971 and 2022; 8 of them appeared after Max Hennessy's death in 1991. The first book is The Fledglings (1971) and the newest is Flawed Banner (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
Max Hennessy is the pen name of John Harris. Max Hennessy also publishes as Mark Hebden books in order. Mark Hebden books in order are published under that pen name.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1971–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,198 in 7 of 26 books
Max Hennessy was a pen name of John Harris (1916-1991), a British novelist who also wrote as Mark Hebden and under his own name. The Harris output includes crime novels featuring Inspector Pel; his 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them was filmed in 1954. Under the Hennessy name this listing gathers 26 books dated 1971 to 2022, taking in both world wars, air pilots, cavalry and British naval operations, in sequences such as the Martin Falconer Thrillers, Captain Kelly Maguire and the RAF Trilogy.
How many Max Hennessy books are there?
Max Hennessy has 26 books, released between 1971 and 2022. 8 of them were published after Max Hennessy's death in 1991. They include 7 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Max Hennessy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Max Hennessy 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.
- 11971–1/4
- 2The Mustering of the Hawks1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 31973–1/4
- 41975–1/4
- 519773201/4
- 61977–1/4
- 71978–1/4
- 81978–1/4
- 919793491/4
- 101980–1/4
- 1119813521/4
- 1219823201/4
- 1319822471/4
- 141983–1/4
- 1519833181/4
- 1619842921/4
- 171985–1/4
- 181988–1/4
- 192019–1/4
- 202019–1/4
- 212021–1/4
- 222021–1/4
- 232022–1/4
- 242022–1/4
- 252022–1/4
Max Hennessy 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.
Martin Falconer Thrillers in order
5 booksCaptain Kelly Maguire in order
3 booksGoff Family in order
3 booksRAF Trilogy in order
3 booksWWII Italian Collection
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Shadows of War Collection
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
By Air, By Land, By Sea in order
2 booksBoer War in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 Max Hennessy title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Max Hennessy books in order?
You only need to read Max Hennessy books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Max Hennessy
Start with The Fledglings (1971), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Max Hennessy book?
Flawed Banner (2022) is the newest Max Hennessy book released so far.
Is there a new Max Hennessy book coming?
No next Max Hennessy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Max Hennessy at a glance
- Died
- Max Hennessy died in 1991, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Max Hennessy are still being published after Max Hennessy's death in 1991; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Max Hennessy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,198 pages across the 7 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Max Hennessy books, 9 of 26, were published in the 1980s.
What the Max Hennessy books are about
7 of the 26 Max Hennessy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: war & military is tagged on 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- War & military 6 of 7 books
- Great Britain 4 of 7 books
- World War, 1914-1918 3 of 7 books
- Air pilots 2 of 7 books
- History 2 of 7 books
- Maguire, kelly (fictitious character) 2 of 7 books