Louis Auchincloss Books in Order
Louis Stanton Auchincloss is a renowned American novelist, historian, and essayist. He has penned multi-generational sagas that have captivated readers, including The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, and East Side Story. His notable novels showcase his sharp insight into the lives of the elite, such as The Rector of Justin, a thought-provoking tale of a headmaster navigating the complexities of change, and The Embezzler, a gripping exploration of white-collar crime. Auchincloss's work is marked by his meticulous attention to the intricacies of old New York and New England society, offering readers a glimpse into the lives of the privileged classes. Through his writing, Auchincloss has established himself as a masterful chronicler of the American aristocracy.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Louis Auchincloss
- #1AmazonCases and Materials On Law of Contracts(1960)
- #2AmazonReflections of a Jacobite(1961)
- #3AmazonEllen Glasgow(1964)
- #4AmazonThe World of Henry James(1964)
- #5AmazonPioneers and Caretakers(1965)
- #6AmazonMotiveless Malignity(1970)
- #7AmazonRichelieu(1972)
- #8AmazonReading Henry James(1975)
- #9AmazonIntroduction to Anglo-American law(1977)
- #10AmazonA Writer's Capital(1979)
- #11AmazonPersons of Consequence(1979)
- #12AmazonLife, Law and Letters(1979)
- #13AmazonThree Perfect Novels(1981)
- #14AmazonMaverick in Mauve(1983)
- #15AmazonA Writer's Use of Fact in Fiction(1984)
- #16AmazonFalse Dawn(1984)
- #17AmazonThe Vanderbilt Era(1989)
- #18AmazonThe Hone and Strong Diaries of Old Manhattan(1989)
- #19AmazonJ.P. Morgan(1990)
- #20AmazonLove Without Wings(1991)
- #21AmazonThe Style's the Man(1994)
- #22AmazonNewport Remembered(1994)
- #23AmazonLa Gloire(1996)
- #24AmazonThe Man Behind the Book(1996)
- #25AmazonTheodore Roosevelt(2002)
- #26AmazonForging a New Nation(2002)
- #27AmazonHawthorne Revisited(2004)
- #28AmazonWriters and Personality(2005)
- #29AmazonWoodrow Wilson: A Life(2009)
- #30AmazonA Voice from Old New York(2010)
- #31AmazonThe Injustice Collectors(1951)
- #32AmazonThe Romantic Egotists(1954)
- #33AmazonThe Unholy Three(1955)
- #34AmazonPowers of Attorney(1963)
- #35AmazonTales of Manhattan(1967)
- #36AmazonSecond Chance(1970)
- #37AmazonThe Partners(1974)
- #38AmazonThe Winthrop Covenant(1976)
- #39AmazonNarcissa and Other Fables(1983)
- #40AmazonSkinny Island(1987)
- #41AmazonFalse Gods(1992)
- #42AmazonThree Lives(1993)
- #43AmazonTales of Yesteryear(1994)
- #44AmazonThe Collected Stories of Louis Auchincloss(1994)
- #45AmazonThe Atonement(1997)
- #46AmazonCivil Wars(1999)
- #47AmazonThe Anniversary(1999)
- #48AmazonManhattan Monologues(2002)
- #49AmazonThe Young Apollo(2006)
- #50AmazonThe Friend of Women(2007)
- #1AmazonHenry James (By: Leon Edel)(1960)
- #2AmazonEdith Wharton(1961)
- #3AmazonNathanael West (By: )(1962)
- #4AmazonSinclair Lewis (By: Mark Schorer)(1963)
- #5AmazonFlannery O’Connor (By: )(1966)
- #6AmazonHenry D. Thoreau (By: Leon Edel)(1970)
- #7AmazonWilliam Styron (By: Richard Pearce)(1971)
- #8AmazonHenry Adams(1971)
- #1AmazonAbraham Lincoln (By: Thomas Keneally)(1960)
- #2AmazonMao Zedong: A Life (By: Jonathan D. Spence)(1999)
- #3AmazonMozart: A Life (By: Peter Gay)(1999)
- #4AmazonMarcel Proust (By: Edmund White)(1999)
- #5AmazonCrazy Horse (By: Larry McMurtry)(1999)
- #6AmazonSaint Augustine (By: Garry Wills)(1999)
- #7AmazonJames Joyce (By: Edna O'Brien)(1999)
- #8AmazonRosa Parks (By: Douglas Brinkley)(2000)
- #9AmazonVirginia Woolf (By: Nigel Nicolson)(2000)
- #10AmazonWoodrow Wilson(2000)
- #11AmazonHerman Melville (By: Elizabeth Hardwick)(2000)
- #12AmazonLeonardo da Vinci: A Life (By: Sherwin B. Nuland)(2000)
- #13AmazonDante (By: R.W.B. Lewis)(2001)
- #14AmazonJane Austen: A Life (By: Carol Shields)(2001)
- #15AmazonBuddha (By: Karen Armstrong)(2001)
- #16AmazonSimone Weil (By: Francine du Plessix Gray)(2001)
- #17AmazonAndy Warhol: A Biography (By: Wayne Koestenbaum)(2001)
- #18AmazonMartin Luther King, Jr.: A Life (By: Marshall Frady)(2001)
- #19AmazonJoseph Smith (By: Robert V. Remini)(2002)
- #20AmazonWinston Churchill: A Life (By: John Keegan)(2002)
- #21AmazonPope John XXIII (By: Thomas Cahill)(2002)
- #22AmazonCharles Dickens (By: Jane Smiley)(2002)
- #23AmazonElvis Presley (By: Bobbie Ann Mason)(2002)
- #24AmazonSaint Therese of Lisieux (By: Kathryn Harrison)(2003)
- #25AmazonRobert E. Lee (By: Roy Blount Jr.)(2003)
- #26AmazonFrank Lloyd Wright: A Life (By: Ada Louise Huxtable)(2004)
- #27AmazonGeorge Herbert Walker Bush (By: Tom Wicker)(2004)
- #28AmazonNapoleon (By: Paul Johnson)(2006)
- #29AmazonJulia Child (By: Laura Shapiro)(2007)
- #30AmazonJoan of Arc (By: Mary Gordon)(2008)
- #31AmazonMartin Luther (By: Martin E. Marty)(2008)
- #32AmazonBranch Rickey: A Life (By: Jimmy Breslin)(2011)
- #1AmazonThe Indifferent Children(1947)
- #2AmazonSybil(1952)
- #3AmazonLaw for the Lion(1953)
- #4AmazonThe Great World and Timothy Colt(1957)
- #5AmazonVenus in Sparta(1958)
- #6AmazonPursuit of the Prodigal(1959)
- #7AmazonThe House of Five Talents(1960)
- #8AmazonWatchfires(1960)
- #9AmazonPortrait in Brownstone(1962)
- #10AmazonThe Rector of Justin(1964)
- #11AmazonThe Embezzler(1966)
- #12AmazonWorld of Profit(1969)
- #13AmazonI Come As a Thief(1972)
- #14AmazonThe Book Class(1974)
- #15AmazonThe Dark Lady(1977)
- #16AmazonThe Country Cousin(1978)
- #17AmazonThe House of the Prophet(1980)
- #18AmazonThe Cat and the King(1981)
- #19AmazonExit Lady Masham(1983)
- #20AmazonHonorable Men(1985)
- #21AmazonDiary of a Yuppie(1986)
- #22AmazonFellow Passengers(1988)
- #23AmazonThe Golden Calves(1988)
- #24AmazonLady of Situations(1990)
- #25AmazonThe Education of Oscar Fairfax(1995)
- #26AmazonHer Infinite Variety(2000)
- #27AmazonThe Scarlet Letters(2003)
- #28AmazonEast Side Story(2004)
- #29AmazonThe Headmaster's Dilemma(2007)
- #30AmazonLast of the Old Guard(2008)
- #1AmazonTheodore Roosevelt(2002)
- #2AmazonJames Madison (By: Garry Wills)(2002)
- #3AmazonBill Clinton (By: Hal Marcovitz)(2002)
- #4AmazonGrover Cleveland (By: Henry F. Graff)(2002)
- #5AmazonJohn Quincy Adams (By: Robert V. Remini)(2002)
- #6AmazonRutherford B. Hayes (By: Hans L. Trefousse)(2002)
- #7AmazonDwight D. Eisenhower (By: Tom Wicker)(2002)
- #8AmazonThomas Jefferson (By: Joyce Appleby)(2003)
- #9AmazonJames K. Polk (By: John Seigenthaler)(2003)
- #10AmazonWilliam McKinley (By: Kevin Phillips)(2003)
- #11AmazonAbraham Lincoln (By: George S. McGovern)(2003)
- #12AmazonWoodrow Wilson (By: H.W. Brands)(2003)
- #13AmazonJohn Adams (By: John Patrick Diggins)(2003)
- #14AmazonGeorge H. W. Bush (By: Timothy Naftali)(2003)
- #15AmazonFranklin Delano Roosevelt (By: RoyJenkins)(2003)
- #16AmazonWarren G. Harding (By: John W. Dean)(2004)
- #17AmazonJames Buchanan (By: Jean H. Baker)(2004)
- #18AmazonGeorge Washington (By: James MacGregor Burns,Susan Dunn)(2004)
- #19AmazonChester Alan Arthur (By: Zachary Karabell)(2004)
- #20AmazonUlysses S. Grant (By: Josiah Bunting)(2004)
- #21AmazonMartin Van Buren (By: Ted Widmer)(2005)
- #22AmazonBenjamin Harrison (By: Charles W. Calhoun)(2005)
- #23AmazonJames Monroe (By: GaryHart)(2005)
- #24AmazonAndrew Jackson (By: Sean Wilentz)(2005)
- #25AmazonJames A. Garfield (By: Ira Rutkow)(2006)
- #26AmazonCalvin Coolidge (By: David Greenberg)(2006)
- #27AmazonGerald R. Ford (By: Douglas Brinkley)(2007)
- #28AmazonRichard M. Nixon (By: Elizabeth Drew)(2007)
- #29AmazonHerbert Hoover (By: William E. Leuchtenburg)(2008)
- #30AmazonZachary Taylor (By: John S.D. Eisenhower)(2008)
- #31AmazonHarry S. Truman (By: Robert Dallek)(2008)
- #32AmazonJohn Tyler (By: Gary May)(2008)
- #33AmazonAndrew Johnson (By: Annette Gordon-Reed)(2008)
- #34AmazonMillard Fillmore (By: Paul Finkelman)(2009)
- #35AmazonFranklin Pierce (By: Michael F. Holt)(2010)
- #36AmazonLyndon B. Johnson (By: Charles Peters)(2010)
- #37AmazonJohn F. Kennedy (By: Alan Brinkley)(2010)
- #38AmazonJimmy Carter (By: Julian E. Zelizer)(2010)
- #39AmazonWilliam Henry Harrison (By: Gail Collins)(2012)
- #40AmazonWilliam Howard Taft (By: Jeffrey Rosen)(2012)
- #41AmazonGeorge W. Bush (By: James Mann)(2015)
- #42AmazonRonald Reagan (By: Jacob Weisberg)(2016)
About Louis Auchincloss
Louis Stanton Auchincloss is a renowned American novelist, historian, and essayist. He has penned multi-generational sagas that have captivated readers, including The House of Five Talents, Portrait in Brownstone, and East Side Story. His notable novels showcase his sharp insight into the lives of the elite, such as The Rector of Justin, a thought-provoking tale of a headmaster navigating the complexities of change, and The Embezzler, a gripping exploration of white-collar crime. Auchincloss's work is marked by his meticulous attention to the intricacies of old New York and New England society, offering readers a glimpse into the lives of the privileged classes. Through his writing, Auchincloss has established himself as a masterful chronicler of the American aristocracy.
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts!
Be the first to leave a review!

