Prolific writer of intricate and surprising thrillers as well as WW2 fare. This is a partial list of his novels.
- H.M.S. Ulysses 1955
- The Guns of Navarone 1956
- Night Without End 1960
- The Black Shrike 1962
- The Satan Bug 1963
- Ice Station Zebra 1963
- In 1963 MacLean retired from writing and purchased some pubs. Although they did well financially, three years later he came out of retirement and continued writing.
- When Eight Bells Toll 1966
- Where Eagles Dare 1967
- Force 10 From Navarone 1968
- Puppet On A Chain1969
- Bear Island 1971
- The Golden Gate 1976
- River Of Death 1981
- San Andreas 1984
- Other books are Athabasca,Breakheart Pass,Caravan to Vaccares,Circus,Fear is the Key,Floodgate,The Golden Rendezvous,Goodbye California,Partisans,Seawitch,The Secret Ways,South by Java Head, The Way To Dusty Death, and Santorini. He also has a few posthumous "collaborations" which I have avoided reading, as such things are abominations.