World Leaders Past & Present Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of World Leaders Past & Present books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
Margaret Thatcher (By: Bernard Garfinkel)
Buy on Amazon1985
Simón Bolívar (By: Dennis Wepman)
Buy on Amazon1985
Joseph Stalin (By: Dorothy Hoobler,Thomas Hoobler)
Buy on Amazon1985
Hitler (By: Dennis Wepman)
Buy on Amazon1985
Napoleon Bonaparte (By: Leslie McGuire)
Buy on Amazon1985
Golda Meir (By: Karen McAuley)
Buy on Amazon1985
George Washington (By: Roger A. Bruns)
Buy on Amazon1986
John Calvin (By: Sally Stepanek)
Buy on Amazon1986
Indira Gandhi (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,Francelia Butler)
Buy on Amazon1986
Thomas Jefferson (By: Roger A. Bruns)
Buy on Amazon1986
Charlemagne (By: Susan Banfield)
Buy on Amazon1986
Pierre Elliott Trudeau (By: Thomas G. Butson)
Buy on Amazon1986
Frederick the Great (By: Mary Kittredge)
Buy on Amazon1986
King Louis XIV (By: Pierre L. Horn)
Buy on Amazon1986
Andrew Jackson (By: Herman J. Viola)
Buy on Amazon1986
Catherine the Great (By: Leslie McGuire)
Buy on Amazon1986
William Gladstone (By: Eric Brand)
Buy on Amazon1986
Dwight D. Eisenhower (By: Peter Lars Sandberg)
Buy on Amazon1986
Oliver Cromwell (By: Lawrence S. Kaplan)
Buy on Amazon1986
Georges-Jacques Danton (By: Frank Dwyer)
Buy on Amazon1987
Muammar El-Qaddafi (By: Benjamin Kyle)
Buy on Amazon1987
Otto von Bismarck (By: Jonathan Rose)
Buy on Amazon1987
Sun Yat-Sen (By: Jeffrey Barlow)
Buy on Amazon1987
Julius Caesar (By: Roger A. Bruns)
Buy on Amazon1987
Woodrow Wilson (By: J. Perry Leavell Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1987
Joan of Arc (By: Susan Banfield)
Buy on Amazon1987
Elizabeth I (By: Catherine Bush)
Buy on Amazon1987
Leon Blum (By: Stephen Eric Bronner)
Buy on Amazon1987
Gandhi (By: Catherine Bush)
Buy on Amazon1987
Juan Perón
Buy on Amazon1987
John F. Kennedy (By: Marta Randall)
Buy on Amazon1987
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Buy on Amazon1987
Richard Nixon (By: C. Peter Ripley)
Buy on Amazon1987
Marc Antony (By: Mary Kittredge)
Buy on Amazon1987
Leonid Brezhnev (By: Ina L. Navazelskis)
Buy on Amazon1987
Benjamin Disraeli (By: Carol McGuirk)
Buy on Amazon1987
Hirohito (By: Karen Severns)
Buy on Amazon1988
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (By: James D. Cockcroft)
Buy on Amazon1988
Ernesto Che Guevara (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,Douglas Kellner)
Buy on Amazon1988
Chiang Kai-Shek (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.,Sean J. Dolan)
Buy on Amazon1988
James I (By: Frank Dwyer)
Buy on Amazon1988
Mother Teresa (By: Joan Graff Clucas)
Buy on Amazon1988
Vladimir Ilich Lenin (By: John Haney)
Buy on Amazon1988
Augustus Caesar (By: Nancy Zinsser Walworth)
Buy on Amazon1988
Judas Maccabeus (By: E.H. Fortier)
Buy on Amazon1988
Henry of Navarre (By: Albert C. Gross)
Buy on Amazon1988
Lyndon Johnson (By: Anthony E. Kaye)
Buy on Amazon1988
Harry S. Truman (By: J. Perry Leavell Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1988
Yasir Arafat (By: Rebecca Stefoff)
Buy on Amazon1988
Klemens von Metternich (By: John Von Der Heide)
Buy on Amazon1988
Willy Brandt (By: Tom Viola)
Buy on Amazon1988
James Madison (By: J. Perry Leavell Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1988
Faisal (By: Rebecca Stefoff)
Buy on Amazon1989
Jimmy Carter (By: Ed Slavin)
Buy on Amazon1989
Lech Walesa (By: Tony Kaye)
Buy on Amazon1989
Marquis de Lafayette (By: Pierre L. Horn)
Buy on Amazon1989
Nelson and Winnie Mandela (By: John J. Vail)
Buy on Amazon1989
James Monroe (By: Charles Wetzel)
Buy on Amazon1989
Peter the Great (By: Kathleen McDermott)
Buy on Amazon1990
Thomas Paine (By: John J. Vail)
Buy on Amazon1990
Wojciech Jaruzelski (By: Lynn Berry)
Buy on Amazon1990
Sadat (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1990
Churchill (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1990
Alexander the Great (By: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.)
Buy on Amazon1990
Pol Pot (By: Rebecca Stefoff)
Buy on Amazon1990
Alexander Dubcek (By: Ina Navazelskis)
Buy on Amazon1991
Robert E. Lee (By: Warren Brown)
Buy on Amazon1992
Ronald Reagan (By: Renee Schwartzberg)
Buy on Amazon1999
Pope John Paul II (By: Timothy Walch)
Buy on Amazon2005
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the World Leaders Past & Present series is publication order: 1. Margaret Thatcher (By: Bernard Garfinkel) (1985), 2. Simón Bolívar (By: Dennis Wepman) (1985), 3. Joseph Stalin (By: Dorothy Hoobler,Thomas Hoobler) (1985), 4. Hitler (By: Dennis Wepman) (1985), 5. Napoleon Bonaparte (By: Leslie McGuire) (1985), and 64 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The World Leaders Past & Present series by John DeChancie contains 69 books. The series began in 1985 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The World Leaders Past & Present series is written by John DeChancie. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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