Nation Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Nation books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Los Gusanos (By: John Sayles)
Buy on Amazon1991
The Best of The Nation (By: Victor Navasky,vanden Heuvel, Katrina)
Buy on Amazon2000
The Betrayal of America (By: Vincent Bugliosi)
Buy on Amazon2001
Dreaming War (By: Gore Vidal)
Buy on Amazon2002
Unsustainable (By: Eamonn Fingleton)
Buy on Amazon2003
The Red and the Blacklist (By: Norma Barzman)
Buy on Amazon2003
Napoleon's Glance (By: William Duggan)
Buy on Amazon2003
Shaking the Foundations (By: Pete Hamill,Bruce Shapiro)
Buy on Amazon2003
A Prayer for America (By: Dennis Kucinich)
Buy on Amazon2003
Taking Back America (By: Katrina Vanden Heuvel,Robert L. Borosage)
Buy on Amazon2004
A Hole in the World (By: Jonathan Schell)
Buy on Amazon2004
The Truth About Camp David (By: Clayton E. Swisher)
Buy on Amazon2004
The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita (With: Mickey Knox)
Buy on Amazon2004
Murdered by Capitalism (By: John Ross)
Buy on Amazon2004
Imperial America (By: Gore Vidal)
Buy on Amazon2004
Killed (By: David Wallis)
Buy on Amazon2004
Love, Poverty, and War (By: Christopher Hitchens)
Buy on Amazon2004
The High Times Reader (By: Ann Nocenti,Paul Krassner,Ruth Baldwin)
Buy on Amazon2004
Deserter from Death (By: Howard Zinn,Daniel Singer)
Buy on Amazon2005
Blood, Class and Empire (By: Christopher Hitchens)
Buy on Amazon2009
Genocide of the Mind (By: Vine Deloria Jr.)
Buy on Amazon2009
This Was Your War
Buy on Amazon1960
We Accuse
Buy on Amazon1965
The Cosmos Reader
Buy on Amazon1971
Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction
Buy on Amazon1971
Unknown California
Buy on Amazon1985
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Buy on Amazon1994
Writing Los Angeles
Buy on Amazon2002
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
Buy on Amazon2009
UNION: 50 Years of Writing from Singapore and 15 Years of Drunken Boat
Buy on Amazon2015
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Nation series is publication order: 1. Los Gusanos (By: John Sayles) (1991), 2. The Best of The Nation (By: Victor Navasky,vanden Heuvel, Katrina) (2000), 3. The Betrayal of America (By: Vincent Bugliosi) (2001), 4. Dreaming War (By: Gore Vidal) (2002), 5. Unsustainable (By: Eamonn Fingleton) (2003), and 25 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Nation series by Norman Mailer contains 30 books. The series began in 1991 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Nation series is written by Norman Mailer. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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