B.E.F. Ships before, at and after Dunkirk
John de S. Winser
Publisher: World Ship Society
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0-905617-91-6
Incorporates a detailed list of Dunkirk Vessels
BOOK LIST
This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but it details many of the better-known books covering the Dunkirk retreat and evacuation from various perspectives. While many make some reference to specific Little Ships, those that attempt to provide lists, comprehensive or otherwise, are noted.
Dunkirk
A.D.Divine
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 1945/2018
ISBN: 978-0-571-34257-0
Facsimile publication in 2018. Also published as The Nine Days of Dunkirk (1959)
Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-0-670-91082-3
No list of Vessels
The Ships Involved in Operation Dynamo
Jean Poirrez & Keith Batchelor
Publisher: Dunkirk Historical Society
Publication Date: 2018
ISSN: 0769-4539
Probably the most extensive list of vessels published to date
Dunkirk and the Little Ships
Philip Weir
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78442-375-9
Describes many ADLS Vessels
Their Greatest Hour
Philip Watson
Publisher: Helion & Company
Publication Date: 2023
ISBN: 978-1-8045-1496-2
No list of vessels
Dunkirk: From Disaster to Deliverance
Sinclair McKay
Publisher: Aurum Press
Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78131-293-3
No list, but mention of specific actions of several vessels
Dunkirk Little Ships
Nigel Sharp
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4456-4750-0
ADLS 2015 return. Details ADLS vessels that took part
Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory
Julian Thompson
Publisher: Sidgewick & Jackson, Pan Books
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-330-43796-7
No Information
Escape From Catastrophe: 1940 Dunkirk
David J Knowles
Publisher: Knowles Publishing
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 09534358-2-2
Relatively brief list of vessels
Forgotten Voices Dunkirk
Joshua Levine
Publisher: Ebury Press
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0091-932-221-3
No list of vessels
The Little Ships of Dunkirk
Nicolas Leach
Publisher: Kelsey Media
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-909786-98-1
ADLS 2015 return. Details many of the vessels that took part
The Nine Days Wonder
John Masefield
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Publication Date: 1941
ISBN: N/A
No list, but mention of specific actions by a few vessels
The Ships That Saved and Army
Russell Plummer
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 1-85260-210-4
Incorporates a detailed list of Dunkirk Vessels
The Evacuation From Dunkirk
WJR Gardner
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2000
ISBN: 0-7146-8150-4
Royal Naval account of Operation Dynamo
Dunkirk: One Rescue Nine Days 340,000 Lives Saved
N/A
Publisher: Time Inc. Books
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-68330-192-9
Primarily a pictorial record. No Vessels Listed
The Epic of Dunkirk
Edward Keble Chatterton
Publisher: Hurst & Blackett
Publication Date: 1940
ISBN: N/A
Lists around 420 vessels
Royal Motor Yacht Club: First 100 Years
Roger Gutteridge
Publisher: The Royal Motor Yacht Club
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: N/A
Pages 127-129 discusses member vessels that took part in Operation Dynamo
Dunkirk: The Great Escape
A J Barker
Publisher: JM Dent & Son
Publication Date: 1977
ISBN: 978-0460120203
No information
Dunkirk: The Real Story in Photographs
Tim Lynch
Publisher: The History Press
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-0-7509-8273-3
No information regarding the Little Ships
Dunkirk: The Necessary Myth
Nicolas Harman
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0-340-24299-X
Specific information regarding a few Little Ships
The Little Ships of Dunkitk
Christian Brann
Publisher: Collectors Books Ltd
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0-946604-02-9
Published to coincide with the 1990 ADLS " Return". Lists ADLS Vessels
Dunkirk: The British Evacuation
Robert Jackson
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 978-0304-3596-84
No Information
Gentlemen of Dunkirk
J L Hodson
Publisher: Cherry Tree Books
Publication Date: 1940
ISBN: N/A
Contemporary account by a journalist with the BEF in France
Retreat & Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940
Jerry Murland
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Publication Date: 2016
ISBN: 978-1473-8236-62
No Information
Dunkirk and After
Gordon Beckles
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co
Publication Date: 1940
ISBN: N/A
No Information
The Tigris of Dunkirk
Stephen Alan Hastings
Publisher: Independent Publication
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-9739-2824-9
No Information
Dunkirk Evacuation: Operation Dynamo
John Graham & Alexander Nicoll
Publisher: Frontline Books
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5267-7035-6
No Information
Troubled Waters
Nigel Sharp
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4456-5160-6
No Information
Sailing Barges: The Dunkirk Story
Barbera Butler
Publisher: Independent Publication
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN: 978-0-9926-1820-9
No Information
The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation
Jerry Murland
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Publication Date: 2019
ISBN: 978-1-47385223-5
No Information
Operation Aerial
David Worsfold
Publisher: Sabrestorm Publishing
Publication Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-7812-2022-1
No Information
Dunkirchen 1940
Robert Kershaw
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Publication Date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4728-5437-7
No Information
The Dunkirk Evacuation in 100 Objects
Martin Mace
Publisher: Frontline Books
Publication Date: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5267-0990-5
No Information
The Royal Navy at Dunkirk
Martin Mace
Publisher: Frontline Books
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4738-8672-8
No Information
Dunkirk: The Epic Story of History's most Extraordinary Evacuation
John Harris
Publisher: Canelo
Publication Date: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-8003-2561-6
No Information
Dunkirk 1940: Operation Dynamo
Douglas Dildy
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-8460-3457-2
No Information
Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind
Sean Longdon
Publisher: Constable
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-8452-9977-4
No Information
After Dunkirk: Churchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division
Saul David
Publisher: Independently Published
Publication Date: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-9829-6480-1
No Information
Useless Mouths: The British Army's Battles in France after Dunkirk
Peter Whelan
Publisher: Helion and Company
Publication Date: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-9123-9090-8
No Information
The Aftermath of Dunkirk
Stephen Wynn
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5267-3869-1
No Information
Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day
Brian Izzard
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Publication Date: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-6120-0838-7
No Information
Air Battle for Dunkirk
Norman Franks
Publisher: Grub Street
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-9106-9047-5
No Information
Restoring a Dunkirk Little Ship: Caronia
Peter DRaper
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4456-7558-9
No Information
Destination Dunkirk: The Story of Gort's Army
Gregory Blaxland
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Publication Date: 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5267-3523-2
No Information
Return from Dunkirk: Railways to the Rescue
Peter Tatlow
Publisher: The Oakwood Press
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8536-1697-9
No Information
Dunkirk 1940: Through a German Lens
Alan Ranger
Publisher: Status
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-8-3652-8172-2
No Information
Assault Landing Craft
Brian Lavery
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-8483-2050
No Information
Dunkirk 1939-1945
Serge Blanckaert
Publisher: Jean Bart Publications
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: -87789-007-4
No Information
Bluebird: A Dream of a Boat in Six Acts
Martin Summers
Publisher: Collectors Books
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 978-0-9466-0403-6
No Information
Blue Bird: Seven Decades at Sea
Tom Cunliffe
Publisher: Kos Picture Source Ltd
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-9540-7971-0
No Information
Hillyard: The Man, His Boats and their Sailors
Nicolas Grey
Publisher: Lodestar Books
Publication Date: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-9072-0654-2
No Information