Desolation Island (novel)
| Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian |
| Master and Commander (1970) |
| Post Captain (1972) |
| HMS Surprise (1973) |
| The Mauritius Command (1977) |
| Desolation Island (1978) |
| The Fortune of War (1979) |
| The Surgeon's Mate (1980) |
| The Ionian Mission (1981) |
| Treason's Harbour (1983) |
| The Far Side of the World (1984) |
| The Reverse of the Medal (1986) |
| The Letter of Marque (1988) |
| The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989) |
| The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991) |
| Clarissa Oakes (1993) |
| (called The Truelove in the USA) |
| The Wine-Dark Sea (1993) |
| The Commodore (1995) |
| The Yellow Admiral (1996) |
| The Hundred Days (1998) |
| Blue at the Mizzen (1999) |
| 21 (2004) |
| (called The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey outside the USA) |
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Desolation Island (1978) is a novel by Patrick O'Brian, the fifth in the Aubrey–Maturin series. The story charts the voyage of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin to Australia and the East Indies aboard HMS Leopard. On board are a number of prisoners bound for the colonies. After a close encounter with a Dutch warship the 'Leopard' is badly damaged by an iceberg in the Southern Ocean and makes a last-ditch landfall on a desolate island.