Mark Kurlansky Books in Order

Mark Kurlansky is a prolific author, editor, and contributor, with a diverse body of work that spans over twenty books translated into twenty-five languages and recognized with numerous prestigious awards. His critically acclaimed books, including the best-selling narratives <em>Cod</em>, <em>Salt</em>, <em>1968</em>, and <em>The Food of a Younger Land</em>, have consistently topped the <em>New York Times</em> best-seller list. With each new publication, Kurlansky continues to captivate readers with his unique blend of historical insight, engaging storytelling, and thought-provoking commentary, solidifying his reputation as a masterful chronicler of our world's most fascinating stories.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Mark Kurlansky

  • #1
    Medallions (By: Diana Kuprel,Zofia Nalkowska)(1946)
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  • #2
    Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (By: Robert Gottlieb)(2010)
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  • #3
    Moses Mendelssohn (By: Shmuel Feiner)(2010)
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  • #4
    Emma Goldman (By: Vivian Gornick)(2011)
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  • #5
    Hank Greenberg(2011)
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  • #6
    Solomon (By: Steven Weitzman)(2011)
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  • #7
    Leon Trotsky (By: Joshua Rubenstein)(2011)
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  • #8
    Franz Kafka (By: Saul Friedländer)(2012)
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  • #9
    Walther Rathenau (By: Shulamit Volkov)(2012)
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  • #10
    Moshe Dayan (By: Mordechai Bar-On)(2012)
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  • #11
    Jacob (By: Yair Zakovitch)(2012)
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  • #12
    Bernard Berenson (By: Rachel Lara Cohen)(2013)
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  • #13
    Primo Levi (By: Berel Lang)(2013)
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  • #14
    Becoming Freud (By: Adam Phillips)(2014)
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  • #15
    Lillian Hellman (By: Dorothy Gallagher)(2014)
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  • #16
    Rav Kook (By: Yehudah Mirsky)(2014)
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  • #17
    Jabotinsky (By: Hillel Halkin)(2014)
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  • #18
    David (By: David J. Wolpe)(2014)
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  • #19
    Leonard Bernstein (By: Allen Shawn)(2014)
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  • #20
    Ben-Gurion (By: Anita Shapira)(2014)
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  • #21
    Mark Rothko (By: Annie Cohen-Solal)(2015)
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  • #22
    Einstein (By: Steven Gimbel)(2015)
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  • #23
    Léon Blum (By: Pierre Birnbaum)(2015)
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  • #24
    Peggy Guggenheim (By: Francine Prose)(2015)
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  • #25
    Proust (By: Benjamin Taylor)(2015)
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  • #26
    Groucho Marx (By: Lee Siegel)(2016)
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  • #27
    Disraeli (By: David Cesarani)(2016)
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  • #28
    Barbra Streisand (By: Neal Gabler)(2016)
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  • #29
    Louis D. Brandeis (By: Jeffrey Rosen)(2016)
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  • #30
    Moses (By: Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg)(2016)
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  • #31
    Warner Bros (By: David Thomson)(2017)
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  • #32
    Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films (By: Molly Haskell)(2017)
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  • #33
    Hayim Nahman Bialik (By: Avner Holtzman)(2017)
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  • #34
    Yitzhak Rabin (By: Itamar Rabinovich)(2017)
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  • #35
    Rabbi Akiva (By: Barry W. Holtz)(2017)
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  • #36
    Julius Rosenwald (By: Hasia R. Diner)(2017)
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  • #37
    Harvey Milk (By: Lillian Faderman)(2018)
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  • #38
    Gershom Scholem (By: David Biale)(2018)
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  • #39
    Menasseh ben Israel (By: Steven Nadler)(2018)
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  • #40
    Jerome Robbins (By: Wendy Lesser)(2018)
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  • #41
    Ben Hecht (By: Adina Hoffman)(2019)
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  • #42
    Martin Buber (By: Paul Mendes-Flohr)(2019)
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  • #43
    Alfred Stieglitz (By: Phyllis Rose)(2019)
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  • #44
    Karl Marx (By: Shlomo Avineri)(2019)
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  • #45
    Irving Berlin (By: James Kaplan)(2019)
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  • #46
    Theodor Herzl (By: Derek J. Penslar)(2020)
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  • #47
    Houdini (By: Adam Begley)(2020)
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  • #48
    Stan Lee (By: Liel Leibovitz)(2020)
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  • #49
    Stanley Kubrick (By: David Mikics)(2020)
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  • #50
    Heinrich Heine (By: George Prochnik)(2020)
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  • #51
    Bugsy Siegel (By: Michael Shnayerson)(2021)
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  • #52
    Man Ray (By: Arthur Lubow)(2021)
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  • #53
    Judah Benjamin (By: James Traub)(2021)
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  • #54
    Abraham Joshua Heschel (By: Julian E. Zelizer)(2021)
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  • #55
    Admiral Hyman Rickover (By: Marc Wortman)(2022)
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  • #56
    Becoming Elijah (By: Daniel C. Matt)(2022)
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  • #57
    Ruth (By: Ilana Pardes)(2022)
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  • #58
    Sidney Reilly (By: Benny Morris)(2022)
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  • #59
    Arthur Miller (By: John Lahr)(2022)
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  • #60
    Mel Brooks (By: Jeremy Dauber)(2023)
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  • #61
    Maimonides (By: Alberto Manguel)(2023)
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  • #62
    Elie Wiesel (By: Joseph Berger)(2023)
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  • #63
    Amos Oz (By: Robert Alter)(2023)
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  • #64
    Henrietta Szold (By: Francine Klagsbrun)(2024)
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  • #1
    A Continent of Islands(1992)
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  • #2
    A Chosen Few(1994)
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  • #3
    Cod(1997)
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  • #4
    The Last Fish Tale(1998)
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  • #5
    The Basque History of the World(1999)
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  • #6
    Choice Cuts(2002)
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  • #7
    Salt(2002)
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  • #8
    Nonviolence(2006)
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  • #9
    The Eastern Stars(2010)
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  • #10
    Birdseye(2012)
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  • #11
    Ready for a Brand New Beat(2013)
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  • #12
    International Night(2014)
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  • #13
    Frozen in Time(2014)
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  • #14
    Paper(2016)
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  • #15
    Havana(2017)
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  • #16
    Milk!(2018)
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  • #17
    Bugs In Danger(2019)
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  • #18
    Salmon(2020)
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  • #19
    The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing(2021)
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  • #20
    The Importance of Not Being Ernest(2022)
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  • #21
    Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media (With: Eric Zelz)(2022)
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  • #22
    The Core of an Onion(2023)
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  • #23
    The Boston Way(2025)
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  • #1
    The Cod's Tale(1997)
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  • #2
    The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi(2005)
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  • #3
    The Story of Salt(2006)
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  • #4
    World Without Fish(2011)
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  • #1
    The Big Oyster(2005)
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  • #2
    Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue(2005)
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  • #3
    Battle Fatigue(2011)
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  • #4
    Cheesecake(2025)
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  • #5
    The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories(2000)
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  • #6
    Edible Stories(2010)
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  • #7
    City Beasts(2015)
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  • #1
    The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food(2009)
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  • #2
    The Food of a Younger Land: The South Eats(2009)
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  • #3
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Far West Eats(2009)
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  • #4
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Middle West Eats(2009)
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  • #5
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Southwest Eats(2009)
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  • #6
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Northeast Eats(2009)
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About Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky is a prolific author, editor, and contributor, with a diverse body of work that spans over twenty books translated into twenty-five languages and recognized with numerous prestigious awards. His critically acclaimed books, including the best-selling narratives <em>Cod</em>, <em>Salt</em>, <em>1968</em>, and <em>The Food of a Younger Land</em>, have consistently topped the <em>New York Times</em> best-seller list. With each new publication, Kurlansky continues to captivate readers with his unique blend of historical insight, engaging storytelling, and thought-provoking commentary, solidifying his reputation as a masterful chronicler of our world's most fascinating stories.

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