Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Cold Warriors: Eisenhower's Generation and the Making of American Foreign Policy
Buy on Amazon1988
India and the United States: The Cold Peace
Buy on Amazon1990
The Specter of Neutralism: The United States and the Emergence of the Third World, 1947-1960
Buy on Amazon1990
Inside the Cold War: Loy Henderson and the Rise of the American Empire 1918 - 1961
Buy on Amazon1991
Bound to Empire: The United States and the Philippines
Buy on Amazon1992
The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War
Buy on Amazon1993
Into The Labyrinth: The U.S. And The Middle East 1945-1993
Buy on Amazon1993
The Reckless Decade: America in the 1890s
Buy on Amazon1995
The Wages of Globalism: Lyndon Johnson and the Limits of American Power
Buy on Amazon1995
Since Vietnam: The United States in World Affairs, 1973-1995
Buy on Amazon1995
T.R.: The Last Romantic
Buy on Amazon1997
What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy
Buy on Amazon1998
The Foreign Policies of Lyndon Johnson: Beyond Vietnam
Buy on Amazon1999
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Buy on Amazon2000
The Strange Death of American Liberalism
Buy on Amazon2001
The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt
Buy on Amazon2001
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
Buy on Amazon2002
Woodrow Wilson
Buy on Amazon2003
Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - And Changed America
Buy on Amazon2003
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
Buy on Amazon2005
The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar
Buy on Amazon2006
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Buy on Amazon2008
American Dreams: The United States Since 1945
Buy on Amazon2009
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
Buy on Amazon2010
Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
Buy on Amazon2011
The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
Buy on Amazon2011
America Since 1945 [with MySearchLab & eText Access Code]
Buy on Amazon2011
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
Buy on Amazon2012
Theodore Roosevelt and His Sagamore Hill Home: Historic Resource Study Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (With: Kathleen Dalton,Lewis L. Gould)
Buy on Amazon2012
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace
Buy on Amazon2012
Revel for American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined -- Access Card
Buy on Amazon2014
Reagan: The Life
Buy on Amazon2015
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
Buy on Amazon2016
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
Buy on Amazon2018
Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
Buy on Amazon2019
Haiku History: The American Saga Three Lines at a Time
Buy on Amazon2020
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
Buy on Amazon2020
Gus M. Hodges: An Oral History Interview
Buy on Amazon2021
Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
Buy on Amazon2021
The Last Campaign
Buy on Amazon2022
Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
Buy on Amazon2023
America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
Buy on Amazon2024
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. Cold Warriors: Eisenhower's Generation and the Making of American Foreign Policy (1988), 2. India and the United States: The Cold Peace (1990), 3. The Specter of Neutralism: The United States and the Emergence of the Third World, 1947-1960 (1990), 4. Inside the Cold War: Loy Henderson and the Rise of the American Empire 1918 - 1961 (1991), 5. Bound to Empire: The United States and the Philippines (1992), and 37 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Non-Fiction series by H.W. Brands contains 42 books. The series began in 1988 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Non-Fiction series is written by H.W. Brands. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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