Walter Isaacson Books in Order

Walter Isaacson is a renowned author, biographer, and CEO of the Aspen Institute. He has also served as chairman of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine. Isaacson's notable works include "Steve Jobs", "Einstein: His Life and Universe", "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life", and "Kissinger: A Biography", as well as coauthoring "The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made". His in-depth biographies have garnered widespread acclaim, offering unique insights into the lives of influential figures. Isaacson's writing career is marked by a commitment to storytelling that illuminates the complexities of human achievement. He currently resides in Washington, DC.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Walter Isaacson

  • #1
    Hawking (By: Joel Levy)(2018)
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  • #2
    Einstein(2018)
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  • #3
    Darwin (By: John van Wyhe)(2018)
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  • #4
    Freud (By: Ruth Sheppard)(2019)
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  • #5
    Tesla (By: Richard Dr. Gunderman)(2019)
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  • #6
    Genius Inventions (By: Jack Challoner)(2019)
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  • #7
    Curie (By: Richard Gunderman)(2020)
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  • #8
    New Orleans & The World: 1718-2018 Tricentennial Anthology(2017)
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  • #9
    The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream(2021)
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  • #1
    The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (With: Evan Thomas)(1986)
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  • #2
    Kissinger(1992)
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  • #3
    People of the Century: One Hundred Men & Women Who Shaped the Last One Hundred Years(1999)
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  • #4
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life(2003)
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  • #5
    A Benjamin Franklin Reader (With: Benjamin Franklin)(2005)
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  • #6
    Einstein: His Life and Universe(2007)
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  • #7
    Einstein: The Life of a Genius(2009)
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  • #8
    American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane(2009)
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  • #9
    Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness(2010)
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  • #10
    Steve Jobs(2011)
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  • #11
    The Innovators: How a Group ofHackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution(2014)
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  • #12
    Leonardo da Vinci(2017)
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  • #13
    Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos (With: Jeff Bezos)(2020)
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  • #14
    The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race(2021)
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  • #15
    Albert Einstein(2021)
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  • #16
    Elon Musk(2023)
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  • #17
    The Greatest Sentence Ever Written(2025)
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About Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is a renowned author, biographer, and CEO of the Aspen Institute. He has also served as chairman of CNN and managing editor of Time magazine. Isaacson's notable works include "Steve Jobs", "Einstein: His Life and Universe", "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life", and "Kissinger: A Biography", as well as coauthoring "The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made". His in-depth biographies have garnered widespread acclaim, offering unique insights into the lives of influential figures. Isaacson's writing career is marked by a commitment to storytelling that illuminates the complexities of human achievement. He currently resides in Washington, DC.

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