A Book in Order

Series · 40 books

David Downing Books in Order

The complete David Downing reading order — 40 books from 1854–2010.

  1. 01 Walden 1854 Amazon — buy Walden Bookshop — buy Walden ThriftBooks — buy Walden eBooks.com — buy Walden
  2. 02 The British Museum is falling down 1965 Amazon — buy The British Museum is falling down Bookshop — buy The British Museum is falling down ThriftBooks — buy The British Museum is falling down eBooks.com — buy The British Museum is falling down
  3. 03 Watership Down 1972 Amazon — buy Watership Down Bookshop — buy Watership Down ThriftBooks — buy Watership Down eBooks.com — buy Watership Down
  4. 04 The devil's virtuosos 1977 Amazon — buy The devil's virtuosos Bookshop — buy The devil's virtuosos ThriftBooks — buy The devil's virtuosos eBooks.com — buy The devil's virtuosos
  5. 05 Moscow Option 1979 Amazon — buy Moscow Option Bookshop — buy Moscow Option ThriftBooks — buy Moscow Option eBooks.com — buy Moscow Option
  6. 06 The Moscow option 1979 Amazon — buy The Moscow option Bookshop — buy The Moscow option ThriftBooks — buy The Moscow option eBooks.com — buy The Moscow option
  7. 07 Jack Nicholson 1983 Amazon — buy Jack Nicholson Bookshop — buy Jack Nicholson ThriftBooks — buy Jack Nicholson eBooks.com — buy Jack Nicholson
  8. 08 Marlon Brando 1984 Amazon — buy Marlon Brando Bookshop — buy Marlon Brando ThriftBooks — buy Marlon Brando eBooks.com — buy Marlon Brando
  9. 09 A dreamer of pictures 1994 Amazon — buy A dreamer of pictures Bookshop — buy A dreamer of pictures ThriftBooks — buy A dreamer of pictures eBooks.com — buy A dreamer of pictures
  10. 10 The way of the superior man 1997 Amazon — buy The way of the superior man Bookshop — buy The way of the superior man ThriftBooks — buy The way of the superior man eBooks.com — buy The way of the superior man
  11. 11 The Best of Enemies 2000 Amazon — buy The Best of Enemies Bookshop — buy The Best of Enemies ThriftBooks — buy The Best of Enemies eBooks.com — buy The Best of Enemies
  12. 12 John F. Kennedy 2001 Amazon — buy John F. Kennedy Bookshop — buy John F. Kennedy ThriftBooks — buy John F. Kennedy eBooks.com — buy John F. Kennedy
  13. 13 Benito Mussolini (Leading Lives) 2001 Amazon — buy Benito Mussolini (Leading Lives) Bookshop — buy Benito Mussolini (Leading Lives) ThriftBooks — buy Benito Mussolini (Leading Lives) eBooks.com — buy Benito Mussolini (Leading Lives)
  14. 14 The Great Depression (20th Century Perspectives) 2001 Amazon — buy The Great Depression (20th Century Perspectives) Bookshop — buy The Great Depression (20th Century Perspectives) ThriftBooks — buy The Great Depression (20th Century Perspectives) eBooks.com — buy The Great Depression (20th Century Perspectives)
  15. 15 Leading Lives 2002 Amazon — buy Leading Lives Bookshop — buy Leading Lives ThriftBooks — buy Leading Lives eBooks.com — buy Leading Lives
  16. 16 Capitalism (Political and Economic Systems) 2002 Amazon — buy Capitalism (Political and Economic Systems) Bookshop — buy Capitalism (Political and Economic Systems) ThriftBooks — buy Capitalism (Political and Economic Systems) eBooks.com — buy Capitalism (Political and Economic Systems)
  17. 17 Fascism (Political and Economic Systems) 2002 Amazon — buy Fascism (Political and Economic Systems) Bookshop — buy Fascism (Political and Economic Systems) ThriftBooks — buy Fascism (Political and Economic Systems) eBooks.com — buy Fascism (Political and Economic Systems)
  18. 18 Emmeline Pankhurst (Leading Lives) 2002 Amazon — buy Emmeline Pankhurst (Leading Lives) Bookshop — buy Emmeline Pankhurst (Leading Lives) ThriftBooks — buy Emmeline Pankhurst (Leading Lives) eBooks.com — buy Emmeline Pankhurst (Leading Lives)
  19. 19 Joseph Stalin 2002 Amazon — buy Joseph Stalin Bookshop — buy Joseph Stalin ThriftBooks — buy Joseph Stalin eBooks.com — buy Joseph Stalin
  20. 20 Benito Mussolini 2002 Amazon — buy Benito Mussolini Bookshop — buy Benito Mussolini ThriftBooks — buy Benito Mussolini eBooks.com — buy Benito Mussolini
  21. 21 Communism (Political and Economic Systems) 2002 Amazon — buy Communism (Political and Economic Systems) Bookshop — buy Communism (Political and Economic Systems) ThriftBooks — buy Communism (Political and Economic Systems) eBooks.com — buy Communism (Political and Economic Systems)
  22. 22 Democracy (Political & Economic Systems) 2002 Amazon — buy Democracy (Political & Economic Systems) Bookshop — buy Democracy (Political & Economic Systems) ThriftBooks — buy Democracy (Political & Economic Systems) eBooks.com — buy Democracy (Political & Economic Systems)
  23. 23 Mohandas Gandhi 2002 Amazon — buy Mohandas Gandhi Bookshop — buy Mohandas Gandhi ThriftBooks — buy Mohandas Gandhi eBooks.com — buy Mohandas Gandhi
  24. 24 Africa 2003 Amazon — buy Africa Bookshop — buy Africa ThriftBooks — buy Africa eBooks.com — buy Africa
  25. 25 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2003 Amazon — buy Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Bookshop — buy Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ThriftBooks — buy Vladimir Ilyich Lenin eBooks.com — buy Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
  26. 26 Che Guevara (Leading Lives) 2003 Amazon — buy Che Guevara (Leading Lives) Bookshop — buy Che Guevara (Leading Lives) ThriftBooks — buy Che Guevara (Leading Lives) eBooks.com — buy Che Guevara (Leading Lives)
  27. 27 Yasser Arafat 2003 Amazon — buy Yasser Arafat Bookshop — buy Yasser Arafat ThriftBooks — buy Yasser Arafat eBooks.com — buy Yasser Arafat
  28. 28 Saddam Hussain and Iraq (Troubled World) 2003 Amazon — buy Saddam Hussain and Iraq (Troubled World) Bookshop — buy Saddam Hussain and Iraq (Troubled World) ThriftBooks — buy Saddam Hussain and Iraq (Troubled World) eBooks.com — buy Saddam Hussain and Iraq (Troubled World)
  29. 29 Conflict 2003 Amazon — buy Conflict Bookshop — buy Conflict ThriftBooks — buy Conflict eBooks.com — buy Conflict
  30. 30 Apartheid in South Africa 2004 Amazon — buy Apartheid in South Africa Bookshop — buy Apartheid in South Africa ThriftBooks — buy Apartheid in South Africa eBooks.com — buy Apartheid in South Africa
  31. 31 Pan Am 103 And Statesponsored Terrorism (Terrorism in Today's World) 2005 Amazon — buy Pan Am 103 And Statesponsored Terrorism (Terrorism in Today's World) Bookshop — buy Pan Am 103 And Statesponsored Terrorism (Terrorism in Today's World) ThriftBooks — buy Pan Am 103 And Statesponsored Terrorism (Terrorism in Today's World) eBooks.com — buy Pan Am 103 And Statesponsored Terrorism (Terrorism in Today's World)
  32. 32 Mcgraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words 2006 Amazon — buy Mcgraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words Bookshop — buy Mcgraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words ThriftBooks — buy Mcgraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words eBooks.com — buy Mcgraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words
  33. 33 Origins of the Holocaust (World Almanac Library of the Holocaust) 2006 Amazon — buy Origins of the Holocaust (World Almanac Library of the Holocaust) Bookshop — buy Origins of the Holocaust (World Almanac Library of the Holocaust) ThriftBooks — buy Origins of the Holocaust (World Almanac Library of the Holocaust) eBooks.com — buy Origins of the Holocaust (World Almanac Library of the Holocaust)
  34. 34 Zoo Station 2007 Amazon — buy Zoo Station Bookshop — buy Zoo Station ThriftBooks — buy Zoo Station eBooks.com — buy Zoo Station
  35. 35 History of the Middle East 2007 Amazon — buy History of the Middle East Bookshop — buy History of the Middle East ThriftBooks — buy History of the Middle East eBooks.com — buy History of the Middle East
  36. 36 Terrorism 2007 Amazon — buy Terrorism Bookshop — buy Terrorism ThriftBooks — buy Terrorism eBooks.com — buy Terrorism
  37. 37 Silesian station 2008 Amazon — buy Silesian station Bookshop — buy Silesian station ThriftBooks — buy Silesian station eBooks.com — buy Silesian station
  38. 38 Stettin Station 2009 Amazon — buy Stettin Station Bookshop — buy Stettin Station ThriftBooks — buy Stettin Station eBooks.com — buy Stettin Station
  39. 39 Sealing Their Fate 2009 Amazon — buy Sealing Their Fate Bookshop — buy Sealing Their Fate ThriftBooks — buy Sealing Their Fate eBooks.com — buy Sealing Their Fate
  40. 40 Potsdam station 2010 Amazon — buy Potsdam station Bookshop — buy Potsdam station ThriftBooks — buy Potsdam station eBooks.com — buy Potsdam station

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Read# TitleYear Date finished
1 Walden 1854
2 The British Museum is falling down 1965
3 Watership Down 1972
4 The devil's virtuosos 1977
5 Moscow Option 1979
6 The Moscow option 1979
7 Jack Nicholson 1983
8 Marlon Brando 1984
9 A dreamer of pictures 1994
10 The way of the superior man 1997
11 The Best of Enemies 2000
12 John F. Kennedy 2001
13 Benito Mussolini (Leading Lives) 2001
14 The Great Depression (20th Century Perspectives) 2001
15 Leading Lives 2002
16 Capitalism (Political and Economic Systems) 2002
17 Fascism (Political and Economic Systems) 2002
18 Emmeline Pankhurst (Leading Lives) 2002
19 Joseph Stalin 2002
20 Benito Mussolini 2002
21 Communism (Political and Economic Systems) 2002
22 Democracy (Political & Economic Systems) 2002
23 Mohandas Gandhi 2002
24 Africa 2003
25 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2003
26 Che Guevara (Leading Lives) 2003
27 Yasser Arafat 2003
28 Saddam Hussain and Iraq (Troubled World) 2003
29 Conflict 2003
30 Apartheid in South Africa 2004
31 Pan Am 103 And Statesponsored Terrorism (Terrorism in Today's World) 2005
32 Mcgraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words 2006
33 Origins of the Holocaust (World Almanac Library of the Holocaust) 2006
34 Zoo Station 2007
35 History of the Middle East 2007
36 Terrorism 2007
37 Silesian station 2008
38 Stettin Station 2009
39 Sealing Their Fate 2009
40 Potsdam station 2010

David Downing reading order — abookinorder.com

Where to start

Begin with Walden (1854). The list above follows publication order, which is how most readers approach David Downing — later books assume you know what happened in earlier ones.

Frequently asked

How many David Downing books are there?

40 to date, spanning 1854–2010.

What is the newest David Downing book?

Potsdam station, published in 2010.