Stephen L. Carter Books in Order

Stephen L. Carter is a renowned author and scholar who has taught as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale since 1982. He has published numerous critically acclaimed nonfiction books, exploring topics such as affirmative action, religion, and politics. Carter's fiction career took off with his bestselling novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park, which debuted in 2002. His subsequent novels, including New England White, released in 2007 by Knopf, have solidified his reputation as a masterful storyteller. A recipient of the prestigious NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Fiction, Carter continues to captivate readers with his thought-provoking works. He resides near New Haven, Connecticut, where he maintains a home.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Stephen L. Carter

  • #1
    The Emperor of Ocean Park(2002)
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  • #2
    New England White(2007)
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  • #3
    Palace Council(2008)
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  • #1
    The Confirmation Mess: Cleaning Up The Federal Appointments Process(1981)
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  • #2
    Leadership and Succession in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China (With: Martin McCauley)(1986)
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  • #3
    Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby(1991)
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  • #4
    The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion(1993)
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  • #5
    Integrity(1996)
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  • #6
    Civility(1999)
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  • #7
    God's Name In Vain: The Wrongs And Rights Of Relgion In Politics(2000)
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  • #8
    The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama(2010)
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  • #9
    Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster(2017)
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  • #1
    Jericho's Fall(2009)
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    The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln(2012)
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  • #3
    Back Channel(2014)
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  • #1
    The American Newness (By: Irving Howe)(1986)
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  • #2
    Highbrow/Lowbrow (By: Lawrence W. Levine)(1988)
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  • #3
    Revolutions (By: David Brion Davis)(1990)
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  • #4
    Playing in the Dark (By: Toni Morrison)(1992)
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  • #5
    The Southern Tradition (By: Eugene D. Genovese)(1994)
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  • #6
    Writing Was Everything (By: Alfred Kazin)(1998)
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  • #7
    The Dissent of the Governed(1998)
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  • #8
    Achieving Our Country (By: Richard M. Rorty)(1999)
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  • #9
    The Real American Dream (By: Andrew Delbanco)(1999)
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  • #10
    To Be the Poet (By: Maxine Hong Kingston)(2002)
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  • #11
    Reporting the Universe (By: E.L. Doctorow)(2003)
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  • #12
    Circles and Lines (By: John Putnam Demos)(2004)
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  • #13
    Architecture as Signs and Systems (By: Robert Venturi)(2004)
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  • #14
    Reshaping the Work-Family Debate (By: Joan C. Williams)(2010)
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  • #15
    Tiger Writing (By: Gish Jen)(2013)
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  • #16
    Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations (By: Greil Marcus)(2015)
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  • #17
    Just a Journalist (By: Linda Greenhouse)(2017)
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  • #18
    Inherit the Dead(2013)
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About Stephen L. Carter

Stephen L. Carter is a renowned author and scholar who has taught as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale since 1982. He has published numerous critically acclaimed nonfiction books, exploring topics such as affirmative action, religion, and politics. Carter's fiction career took off with his bestselling novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park, which debuted in 2002. His subsequent novels, including New England White, released in 2007 by Knopf, have solidified his reputation as a masterful storyteller. A recipient of the prestigious NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature-Fiction, Carter continues to captivate readers with his thought-provoking works. He resides near New Haven, Connecticut, where he maintains a home.

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