Anderson Cooper Books in Order
Anderson Cooper has written 4 books, published between 2006 and 2023. The first book is Dispatches From The Edge (2006) and the newest is Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2006–2023
Anderson Cooper, born in 1967, is an American broadcast journalist who anchors CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and spent two decades as a correspondent on CBS News's 60 Minutes. He has four books to his name: the reporting memoir Dispatches From The Edge (2006), The Rainbow Comes and Goes (2016) with his mother, and two histories of American money, Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (2021) and Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (2023).
How many Anderson Cooper books are there?
Anderson Cooper has 4 books, released between 2006 and 2023.
Anderson Cooper Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Anderson Cooper books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Dispatches From The Edge2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 2The Rainbow Comes and Goes2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 3Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 4Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Anderson Cooper 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.
Standalone books
4 books4 Anderson Cooper titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Anderson Cooper books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 4 Anderson Cooper books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Anderson Cooper
Start with Dispatches From The Edge (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Anderson Cooper book?
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (2023) is the newest Anderson Cooper book released so far.
Is there a new Anderson Cooper book coming?
No next Anderson Cooper book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Anderson Cooper at a glance
- Paused
- No new Anderson Cooper title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Anderson Cooper books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anderson Cooper books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2020s.
What the Anderson Cooper books are about
1 of the 4 Anderson Cooper books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- United states, history, 19th century 1 of 1 books
- United states, history, 20th century 1 of 1 books