Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Search for a Secret | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 2 | The March to Magdala | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 3 | All But Lost Vol. I | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 4 | All But Lost Vol. II | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 5 | All But Lost Vol. III | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 6 | Out on the Pampas | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 7 | The Young Franc Tireurs | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 8 | The March to Coomassie | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 9 | The Young Buglers | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 10 | In Times of Peril | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 11 | Facing Death | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 12 | Winning His Spurs / The Boy Knight | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 13 | Friends Though Divided | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 14 | By Sheer Pluck | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 15 | With Clive in India | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 16 | The Dragon and the Raven | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 17 | In Freedom’s Cause | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 18 | The Lion of the North | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 19 | The Young Colonists | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 20 | For Name and Fame | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 21 | Through the Fray | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 22 | The Bravest of the Brave | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 23 | A Final Reckoning | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 24 | With Wolfe in Canada | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 25 | The Young Carthaginian | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 26 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 27 | For the Temple | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 28 | Gabriel Allen M.P. | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 29 | In the Reign of Terror | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 30 | Orange and Green | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 31 | Sturdy and Strong | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 32 | Captain Bayley’s Heir | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 33 | The Cat of Bubastes | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 34 | The Curse of Carne’s Hold | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 35 | By England’s Aid | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 36 | By Pike and Dyke | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 37 | The Lion of Saint Mark | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 38 | A Chapter of Adventures | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 39 | By Right of Conquest | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 40 | A Hidden Foe | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 41 | The Dash for Khartoum | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 42 | Held Fast For England | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 43 | Redskin and Cow-Boy | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 44 | Beric the Briton | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 45 | Condemned as a Nihilist | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 46 | In Greek Waters | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 47 | Dorothy’s Double | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 48 | One of the 28th | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 49 | Through the Sikh War | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 50 | A Jacobite Exile | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 51 | Rujub, the Juggler | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 52 | In the Heart of the Rockies | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 53 | St. Bartholomew’s Eve | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 54 | A Woman of the Commune | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 55 | Wulf the Saxon | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 56 | A Knight of the White Cross | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 57 | Through Russian Snows | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 58 | At Agincourt | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 59 | The Cornet of Horse | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 60 | A March on London | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 61 | The Queen’s Cup | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 62 | With Cochrane the Dauntless | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 63 | Colonel Thorndyke’s Secret | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 64 | With Frederick the Great | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 65 | At Aboukir and Acre | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 66 | Both Sides the Border | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 67 | The Golden Canyon | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 68 | Jack Archer | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 69 | The Lost Heir | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 70 | Among Malay Pirates | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 71 | Won by the Sword | - | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 72 | In the Hands of the Cave Dwellers | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 73 | No Surrender! | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 74 | Out With Garibaldi | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 75 | A Roving Commission | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 76 | Saint George for England | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 77 | The Tiger of Mysore | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 78 | True to the Old Flag | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 79 | With Lee in Virginia | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 80 | With Moore at Corunna | 1900 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 81 | At the Point of the Bayonet | 1901 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 82 | In the Irish Brigade | 1901 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 83 | John Hawke’s Fortune | 1901 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 84 | With Buller In Natal | 1901 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 85 | With Roberts to Pretoria | 1901 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 86 | Maori and Settler | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 87 | On the Irrawaddy | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 88 | To Herat And Cabul | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 89 | Under Drake’s Flag | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 90 | When London Burned | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 91 | With Kitchener in the Soudan | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 92 | With the British Legion | 1902 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 93 | Through Three Campaigns | 1903 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 94 | The Treasure of the Incas | 1903 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 95 | With the Allies to Pekin | 1904 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 96 | By Conduct and Courage | 1904 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 97 | Redskins and Colonists | 1905 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 98 | Under Wellington’s Command | 1905 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 99 | The Young Midshipman | 1912 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 100 | A Tale of the Western Plains | 1997 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 101 | Through Afghan Passes | 2002 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
| 102 | The Plague Ship | 2002 | G.A. Henty | Buy |
G.A. Henty wrote a staggering 102 standalone novels. Many of the titles point to specific historical periods and locations, such as With Clive in India, With Lee in Virginia, With Wolfe in Canada, In the Reign of Terror, and Under Drake’s Flag. The pattern is clear: Henty placed young characters into real historical conflicts and settings from across the globe.
The books with recorded publication dates range from 1900 through 2002, though many of the earlier titles in the list predate 1900 and were reprinted later. Because these are standalone novels, each one can be read independently. With titles spanning ancient Rome (Beric the Briton), medieval England (At Agincourt, Wulf the Saxon), colonial wars (The Tiger of Mysore, The Dash for Khartoum), and the American frontier (Redskin and Cow-Boy, In the Heart of the Rockies), the collection covers an enormous range of settings.
Readers can pick up any title that interests them without needing to read the others first. The sheer number of books means there is something here for anyone drawn to historical fiction with an adventure focus.