The Aubrey/Maturin series includes eighteen tides, all published in 1994: Master and Commander, Post Captain, H.M.S.

Surprise, The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island, The Fortune of War, The Surgeon's Mate, The Ionian Mission, Treason's Harbor, The Far Side of the World, The Reverse of the Medal, The Letter of Marque, The Thirteen-Gun Salute, The Nutmeg of Consolation, The Truelove, The Wine-Dark Sea, The Commodore, and The Yellow Admiral. A nineteenth volume in this series is expected in 1998. O'Brian is also the author of two additional seafaring historical novels, The Golden Ocean (1996), and The Fatal Shore, both designed for young adult readers.