| 1. | ** | Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. | Mutiny on the Bounty | [Novel] |
| 2. | ** | Peter H. Salus. | A Quarter Century of Unix | [History] |
| 3. | *** | Simson Garfinkel. | PGP: Pretty Good Privacy | [Computers] |
| 4. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | Master and Commander | [Novel] |
| 5. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | Post Captain | [Novel] |
| 6. | **** | Gerald Durrell. | My Family and Other Animals | [Autobiography] |
| 7. | ***** | Patrick O'Brian. | H. M. S. Surprise | [Novel] |
| 8. | *** | Paul Hoffman. | The Spell of the Vienna Woods | [Travel] |
| 9. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Mauritius Command | [Novel] |
| 10. | U | Martin Gilbert. | The First World War | [History] |
| 11. | ***** | Patrick O'Brian. | Desolation Island | [Novel] |
| 12. | **** | Dave DeWitt and Arthur Pais. | A World of Curries | [Cookery] |
| 13. | *** | Kenneth Roberts. | Rabble in Arms | [Novel] |
| 14. | *** | John Biggins. | A Sailor of Austria | [Novel] |
| 15. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Fortune of War | [Novel] |
| 16. | **** | Rudy Rucker. | The Fourth Dimension | [Science] |
| 17. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Surgeon's Mate | [Novel] |
| 18. | ** | Ellis K. Meacham. | On the Company's Service | [Novel] |
| 19. | *** | James Fenimore Cooper. | The Pathfinder | [Novel] |
| 20. | **** | George MacDonald Fraser. | Flashman and the Angel of the Lord | [Novel] |
| 21. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Ionian Mission | [Novel] |
| 22. | **** | Austin Tappan Wright. | Islandia | [Novel] |
| 23. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | Treason's Harbour | [Novel] |
| 24. | ** | William Poundstone. | Biggest Secrets | [Non-fiction] |
| 25. | ***** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Far Side of the World | [Novel] |
| 26. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Reverse of the Medal | [Novel] |
| 27. | *** | Sterling North. | Captured by the Mohawks | [History] |
| 28. | *** | Bernard Cornwell. | Sharpe's Gold | [Novel] |
| 29. | U | Patrick O'Brian. | Joseph Banks: A Life | [Biography] |
| 30. | **** | John Calvin Batchelor. | Father's Day | [Novel] |
| 31. | * | Matty Simmons. | If You Don't Buy This Book, We'll Kill This Dog | [Non-fiction] |
| 32. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Letter of Marque | [Novel] |
| 33. | * | Michael Mott. | Master Entrick | [Novel] |
| 34. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Thirteen Gun Salute | [Novel] |
| 35. | ** | Kendal Burt and James Leasor. | The One That Got Away | [Non-fiction] |
| 36. | **** | Philip Ziegler. | London at War | [History] |
| 37. | *** | John Christopher. | The White Mountains | [Novel] |
| 38. | *** | John Christopher. | The City of Gold and Lead | [Novel] |
| 39. | *** | John Christopher. | The Pool of Fire | [Novel] |
| 40. | ***** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Nutmeg of Consolation | [Novel] |
| 41. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Truelove | [Novel] |
| 42. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Commodore | [Novel] |
| 43. | *** | Nicholas Monsarrat. | The Cruel Sea | [Novel] |
| 44. | *** | Ruth Brandon. | The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini | [Biography] |
| 45. | **** | Patrick O'Brian. | The Unknown Shore | [Novel] |
| 46. | **** | Lennard Bickel. | The Deadly Element | [Science] |
| 47. | **** | Rory Nugent. | Drums Along the Congo: On the Trail of Mokele-Mbembe, the Last Living Dinosaur | [Travel] |
| 48. | *** | Malcolm Brown. | The Imperial War Museum Book of the First World War | [History] |
| 49. | *** | Geoffrey Jenkins. | The Disappearing Island | [Novel] |
| 50. | *** | John Biggins. | The Emperor's Coloured Coat | [Novel] |
| 51. | **** | Lennard Bickel. | Shackleton's Forgotten Argonauts | [Novel] |
| 52. | ** | Arthur Conan Doyle. | A Study in Scarlet | [Novel] |
| 53. | **** | P. G. Wodehouse. | Leave It To Psmith | [Novel] |
| 54. | **** | Benson Bobrick. | Labyrinths of Iron | [History] |
| 55. | *** | Larry Gonick. | The Cartoon History of the Universe II | [History] |
| 56. | ***** | Peter Hopkirk. | Like Hidden Fire: The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire | [History] |