Vivian V.A. Stuart Books in Order

Vivian V.A. Stuart has written 78 books, published between 1953 and 2021. The first book is Along Came Ann (1953) and the newest is A Trick of the Light (As:William Stuart Long) (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
78
Published
1953–2021
Pages on record
16,151 in 56 of 78 books
Reading time
269–404 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,151 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 56 of 78 titles with a page count on record.

Vivian V.A. Stuart has 78 catalogued books, beginning with Along Came Ann (1953), and several carry the names Alex Stuart and William Stuart Long. Early titles include The Captain's Table (1953), Ship's Nurse (1954) and Doctor in the Tropics (1955). Romance, doctors in fiction, the Royal Navy, naval history and the Crimean War appear among the subjects. The two series are Phillip Hazard and Alexander Sheridan.

How many Vivian V.A. Stuart books are there?

Vivian V.A. Stuart has 78 books, released between 1953 and 2021. They include 2 series and 49 titles listed outside any series.

Vivian V.A. Stuart Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 78 Vivian V.A. Stuart 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
    Along Came Ann1953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953
  2. 2
    The Captain's Table (As:Alex Stuart)1953 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953192
  3. 3
    The Unlit Heart1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954
  4. 4
    Ship's Nurse (As:Alex Stuart)1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954
  5. 5
    Gay Cavalier (As:Alex Stuart)1955 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955368
  6. 61955
  7. 7
    Lover Betrayed1955 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955352
  8. 8
    Doctor in the Tropics (As:Alex Stuart)1955 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1955176
  9. 9
    Doctor Lucy (As: Barbara Allen)1956 · confirmed 1/4
    1956
  10. 101956
  11. 11
    A Cruise for Cinderella (As:Alex Stuart)1956 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956352
  12. 12
    Huntsman's Folly (As:Alex Stuart)1956 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956304
  13. 13
    No Single Star (As:Alex Stuart)1956 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1956176
  14. 14
    Return to Love (As: Alex Stuart)1957 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957192
  15. 15
    Garrison Hospital (As:Alex Stuart)1957 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957352
  16. 16
    Master of Guise (As:Alex Stuart)1957 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957352
  17. 171957
  18. 18
    The Last of the Logans (As:Alex Stuart)1957 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1957400
  19. 19
    Daughters of the Governor (As:Alex Stuart)1958 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958206
  20. 20
    Someone Else's Heart (As:Barbara Allen)1958 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958192
  21. 21
    Life Is the Destiny (As:Alex Stuart)1958 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958173
  22. 221959
  23. 23
    The Peacock Pagoda (As:Alex Stuart)1959 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1959384
  24. 241960487
  25. 251961
  26. 261961
  27. 27
    Sister Margarita (As:Alex Stuart)1961 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961189
  28. 28
    The Summer's Flower (As:Alex Stuart)1961 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961176
  29. 29
    Spencer's Hospital1961 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961400
  30. 30
    The Dedicated (As:Alex Stuart)1962 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1962352

Vivian V.A. Stuart series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Vivian V.A. Stuart 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.

Australians in order

12 books
  1. 1. The Exiles
  2. 2. The Settlers
  3. 3. The Traitors
  4. 4. The Explorers
  5. 5. The Adventurers
  6. 6. The Colonists
  7. 7. The Gold Seekers
  8. 8. The Gallant / The Patriots
  9. 9. The Empire Builders
  10. 10. The Seafarers
  11. 11. The Nationalists
  12. 12. The Imperialists

Alexander Sheridan in order

7 books
  1. 1. Like Victors and Lords / Victors and Lords
  2. 2. Massacre at Cawnpore
  3. 3. The Heroic Garrison
  4. 4. The Sepoy Mutiny / Mutiny in Meerut / Mutiny at Dawn
  5. 5. Cannons of Lucknow
  6. 6. Captain of Cavalry
  7. 7. Battle for Lucknow

Black Door Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

49 books

49 Vivian V.A. Stuart titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Vivian V.A. Stuart books in order?

You only need to read Vivian V.A. Stuart 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 Vivian V.A. Stuart

Start with the first book of the Vivian V.A. Stuart series you want to read: Phillip Hazard starts with The Valiant Sailors (1965) and Philip Hazard starts with The Valiant Sailors (1965). The earliest catalogued title overall is Along Came Ann (1953).

What is the newest Vivian V.A. Stuart book?

A Trick of the Light (As:William Stuart Long) (2021) is the newest Vivian V.A. Stuart book released so far.

Is there a new Vivian V.A. Stuart book coming?

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

Vivian V.A. Stuart at a glance

Paused
No new Vivian V.A. Stuart title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Vivian V.A. Stuart books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
16,151 pages across the 56 of 78 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Vivian V.A. Stuart books, 23 of 78, were published in the 1950s.

What the Vivian V.A. Stuart books are about

64 of the 78 Vivian V.A. Stuart books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romance is tagged on 36 of 64. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Romance 36 of 64 books
  • Contemporary Fiction 31 of 64 books
  • 1950s 20 of 64 books
  • History 20 of 64 books
  • British 12 of 64 books
  • 1960s 11 of 64 books
  • Doctors in Fiction 10 of 64 books
  • Great Britain 9 of 64 books
  • Naval history 9 of 64 books
  • Great Britain. Royal Navy 8 of 64 books
  • Officers 8 of 64 books
  • Crimean War, 1853-1856 7 of 64 books