Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bluejacket’s Manual | 1902 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 2 | Division Officer’s Guide, 12th Edition | 1972 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 3 | Command at Sea | 1998 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 4 | Dutton’s Nautical Navigation | 2003 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 5 | A Sailor’s History of the U.S. Navy | 2004 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 6 | Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations | 2004 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 7 | NavCivGuide | 2008 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 8 | The Citizen’s Guide to the U.S. Navy | 2013 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 9 | Saltwater Leadership | 2013 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 10 | Naval Innovation for the 21st Century | 2013 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 11 | International Law for Seagoing Officers, 7th Edition | 2014 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 12 | Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations | 2018 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 13 | General Naval Tactics | 2020 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 14 | Fighting the Fleet | 2020 | James Stavridis | Buy |
| 15 | Developing the Naval Mind | 2021 | James Stavridis | Buy |
The Blue & Gold Professional Library is a fifteen-volume naval reference series spanning over a century, from The Bluejacket’s Manual (first published in 1902) through to Developing the Naval Mind in 2021. The titles cover a wide range of naval subjects: navigation (Dutton’s Nautical Navigation), leadership (Saltwater Leadership, Command at Sea), tactics (Fleet Tactics and Naval Operations, General Naval Tactics), law (International Law for Seagoing Officers), and history (A Sailor’s History of the U.S. Navy).
The series also includes practical reference works like the Division Officer’s Guide, Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations, and the NavCivGuide, making the library a broad resource rather than a single-thread narrative. Several titles were added in the 2010s and 2020s — including Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) and Fighting the Fleet (2020) — reflecting the library’s ongoing expansion to cover contemporary naval subjects.