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Icons of America Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Icons of America books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Icons of America series? Start with "Inventing a Nation" (2003) and follow publication order through all 23 books.
The complete Icons of America reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Inventing a Nation
2003
Wall Street (By: Steve Fraser)
2008
The Hamburger: A History (By: Josh Ozersky)
2008
No Such Thing as Silence (By: Kyle Gann)
2009
Alger Hiss and the Battle for History (By: Susan Jacoby)
2009
Frankly, My Dear: "Gone with the Wind" Revisited (By: Molly Haskell)
2009
King's Dream (By: Eric Sundquist)
2009
Gypsy: The Art of the Tease (By: Rachel Shteir)
2009
Andy Warhol (By: Arthur C. Danto)
2009
The Big House (By: Stephen Cox)
2009
The Liberty Bell (By: Gary B. Nash)
2010
Unwarranted Influence (By: James Ledbetter)
2011
Joe DiMaggio (By: Jerome Charyn)
2011
The Hollywood Sign (By: Leo Braudy)
2011
Bob Dylan (By: David Yaffe)
2011
Renegade (By: Frederick Turner)
2012
Jackson Pollock (By: Evelyn Toynton)
2012
The Statue of Liberty (By: Edward Berenson)
2012
The Gateway Arch (By: Tracy Campbell)
2013
Deadly Sins
1994
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
2009
Citing Atheists: Quotes of Agnosticism, Non-Theism, Skepticism, Irreligion, Free Thought, and Philosophy
2015
Vidal died in 2012 at the age of 86.
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