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Modern Library Chronicles Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Modern Library Chronicles 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 Modern Library Chronicles series? Start with "California (By: Kevin Starr)" (1980) and follow publication order through all 32 books.
The complete Modern Library Chronicles reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
California (By: Kevin Starr)
1980
Communism (By: Richard Pipes)
1994
London (By: A.N. Wilson)
1995
The Balkans (By: Mark Mazower)
2000
The German Empire (By: Michael Sturmer)
2000
The Catholic Church (By: Hans Küng)
2001
Peoples and Empires (By: Anthony Pagden)
2001
Hitler and the Holocaust (By: Robert S. Wistrich)
2001
Law in America (By: Lawrence M. Friedman)
2002
The American Revolution (By: Gordon S. Wood)
2002
Inventing Japan (By: Ian Buruma)
2003
The Americas (By: Felipe Fernández-Armesto)
2003
The Boys' Crusade (By: Paul Fussell)
2003
The Reformation (By: Patrick Collinson)
2003
The Company (By: Adrian Wooldridge,John Micklethwait)
2003
The Age of Shakespeare (By: Frank Kermode)
2004
The Age of Napoleon (By: Alistair Horne)
2004
Infinite Ascent (By: David Berlinski)
2004
Evolution
2004
Nazism and War (By: Richard Bessel)
2004
The City (By: Joel Kotkin)
2005
A Short History of Medicine (By: F. González-Crussí)
2006
Storm from the East (By: Milton Viorst)
2006
Baseball (By: George Vecsey)
2006
The Hellenistic Age (By: Peter Green)
2007
Prehistory (By: Colin Renfrew)
2007
The Renaissance (By: Paul Johnson)
2007
Islam (By: Karen Armstrong)
2007
The Christian World (By: Martin E. Marty)
2008
Dangerous Games (By: Margaret MacMillan)
2008
The Romantic Revolution (By: Timothy C.W. Blanning)
2010
The Korean War (By: Bruce Cumings)
2010
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