Adam Lebor Books in Order
Adam Lebor has written 18 books, published between 1997 and 2025. The first book is Hitler's Secret Bankers: The Myth of Swiss Neutrality During the Holocaust (1997) and the newest is The Last Days of Budapest (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1997–2025
- Pages on record
- 5,017 in 14 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 84–125 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,017 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Adam LeBor is a British author and journalist who also works as a writing coach and editorial trainer. Born in London, LeBor reported as a foreign correspondent from 1991, mainly on Hungary, central Europe and the Balkans, for The Times, the Independent and the Economist. The catalogue lists 18 books from 1997 to 2025, starting with Hitler's Secret Bankers (1997). Titles include Milosevic: A Biography (2002) and City of Oranges (2006). LeBor's series are Yael Azoulay and Detective Balthazar Kovacs Danube Blues, and The Last Days of Budapest (2025) is the newest entry.
How many Adam Lebor books are there?
Adam Lebor has 18 books, released between 1997 and 2025. They include 2 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
Adam Lebor Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Adam Lebor books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Hitler's Secret Bankers: The Myth of Swiss Neutrality During the Holocaust1997 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/419972611/4
- 2A Heart Turned East: Among the Muslims1997 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/419973221/4
- 3Surviving Hitler: Corruption and Compromise in the Third Reich2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420003041/4
- 4Seduced by Hitler: The Choices of a Nation and the Ethics of Survival2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420003681/4
- 5Milosevic: A Biography2002 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420024481/4
- 6City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa2006 · 423 pages · confirmed 1/420064231/4
- 7"Complicity with Evil": The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420063521/4
- 820092501/4
- 9The Believers: How America Fell for Bernard Madoff's $65 Billion Investment Scam2009 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420092801/4
- 1020133521/4
- 112013–1/4
- 12Tower of Basel: The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World2013 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/420133231/4
- 1320144321/4
- 1420164541/4
- 152017–1/4
- 162019–1/4
- 172021–1/4
- 18The Last Days of Budapest2025 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420254481/4
Adam Lebor books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Yael Azoulay in order
5 booksDetective Balthazar Kovacs Danube Blues in order
3 booksStandalone books
10 books10 Adam Lebor titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Adam Lebor books in order?
You only need to read Adam Lebor books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Adam Lebor
Start with Hitler's Secret Bankers: The Myth of Swiss Neutrality During the Holocaust (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Adam Lebor book?
The Last Days of Budapest (2025) is the newest Adam Lebor book released so far.
Is there a new Adam Lebor book coming?
No next Adam Lebor book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Adam Lebor at a glance
- Still publishing
- Adam Lebor published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Adam Lebor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,017 pages across the 14 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Adam Lebor books, 7 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Adam Lebor books are about
14 of the 18 Adam Lebor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 6 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 6 of 14 books
- United Nations 4 of 14 books
- Officials and employees 3 of 14 books
- Suspense 3 of 14 books
- Espionage 2 of 14 books
- Informers 2 of 14 books
- Moral and ethical aspects 2 of 14 books
- National socialism 2 of 14 books
- Politics and government 2 of 14 books
- Thrillers 2 of 14 books
- Undercover operations 2 of 14 books