Jill Lepore Books in Order

Jill Lepore is a renowned historian and staff writer at The New Yorker, recognized for her incisive works on American history and culture. As the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History and chair of Harvard's History and Literature Program, Lepore has established herself as a leading voice in her field. Her notable book, The Name of War, won the Bancroft Prize, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, and the Berkshire Prize, solidifying her reputation as a distinguished scholar. Lepore's essays and reviews have appeared in prominent publications, including the New York Times and the Times Literary Supplement, and she has received funding from esteemed institutions, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. A dedicated public intellectual, Lepore has served as a consultant for the National Park Service and currently sits on the boards of the National Portrait Gallery and the Society of American Historians.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Jill Lepore

  • #1
    The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity(1998)
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  • #2
    A is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States(2002)
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  • #3
    New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan(2005)
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  • #4
    The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death(2012)
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  • #5
    The Story of America: Essays on Origins(2012)
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  • #6
    Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin(2013)
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  • #7
    The Secret History of Wonder Woman(2014)
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  • #8
    Joe Gould's Teeth(2016)
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  • #9
    These Truths: A History of the United States(2018)
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  • #10
    This America: The Case for the Nation(2019)
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  • #11
    If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future(2020)
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  • #12
    The Deadline: Essays(2023)
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  • #13
    We the People(2025)
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  • #1
    Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents(1999)
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  • #2
    The Depression and New Deal: A History in Documents (By: Robert S. McElvaine)(1999)
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  • #3
    Revolutionary Russia (By: Robert Weinberg)(2010)
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  • #4
    The Modern Middle East and North Africa: A History in Documents (By: Charles Smith,Julia Clancy-Smith)(2013)
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  • #5
    Think in Public(2019)
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  • #6
    The Best of 2019(2020)
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  • #7
    Too Many Times: How to End Gun Violence in a Divided America(2020)
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  • #8
    The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream(2021)
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  • #9
    January 6 and the Politics of History(2024)
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  • #1
    Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America (By: Andrei S. Markovits)(2007)
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  • #2
    The Politics of the Veil (By: Joan Wallach Scott)(2007)
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  • #3
    The Case for Big Government (By: Jeff Madrick,Ruth O'Brien)(2008)
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  • #4
    The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess (By: Andrei Codrescu)(2009)
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  • #5
    Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (By: Martha C. Nussbaum)(2010)
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  • #6
    The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the Battle Over American History(2010)
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  • #7
    The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe (By: David Marquand)(2011)
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  • #8
    On the Muslim Question (By: Anne Norton)(2013)
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  • #9
    Sex & Secularism (By: Joan Wallach Scott)(2017)
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  • #10
    Renewal (By: Anne-Marie Slaughter)(2021)
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About Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is a renowned historian and staff writer at The New Yorker, recognized for her incisive works on American history and culture. As the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History and chair of Harvard's History and Literature Program, Lepore has established herself as a leading voice in her field. Her notable book, The Name of War, won the Bancroft Prize, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, and the Berkshire Prize, solidifying her reputation as a distinguished scholar. Lepore's essays and reviews have appeared in prominent publications, including the New York Times and the Times Literary Supplement, and she has received funding from esteemed institutions, including the National Endowment for the Humanities. A dedicated public intellectual, Lepore has served as a consultant for the National Park Service and currently sits on the boards of the National Portrait Gallery and the Society of American Historians.

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