Antony Beevor Books in Order
Antony Beevor has written 21 books, published between 1975 and 2026. The first book is The Violent Brink (1975) and the newest is Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1975–2026
- Pages on record
- 7,337 in 17 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 122–183 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,337 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Sir Antony Beevor, born 14 December 1946, is a British military historian. Beevor's popular histories concentrate on the Second World War and the Spanish Civil War, and more recent work covers the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War. After Winchester College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Beevor commanded a tank troop in the 11th Hussars in Germany and left the British Army in 1970 to write. Beevor has been a visiting professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of Kent. The catalogue lists 21 books from The Violent Brink (1975) to Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs (2026), including Stalingrad and Berlin: The Downfall 1945.
How many Antony Beevor books are there?
Antony Beevor has 21 books, released between 1975 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Pocket Penguin 70's series.
Antony Beevor Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Antony Beevor 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.
- 1The Violent Brink1975 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/419752111/4
- 219812311/4
- 3The Spanish Civil War1983 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419833201/4
- 419832081/4
- 5The Enchantment Of Christina Von Retzen1989 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419892241/4
- 6Inside the British Army1990 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419904001/4
- 7Crete: The Battle And The Resistance1991 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/419913831/4
- 8Paris: After the Liberation 1944-19491994 · 479 pages · confirmed 1/419944791/4
- 919994931/4
- 10Berlin: The Downfall 19452002 · 489 pages · confirmed 1/420024891/4
- 11The Mystery of Olga Chekhova2004 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/420043001/4
- 12Christmas at Stalingrad2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 13The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-19392006 · 584 pages · confirmed 1/420065841/4
- 14D-Day: The Battle for Normandy2009 · 591 pages · confirmed 1/420095911/4
- 15The Second World War2012 · 863 pages · confirmed 1/420128631/4
- 16Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble2015 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420154801/4
- 17Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 19442018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 18The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 19The Fall of Berlin 19452020 · 489 pages · confirmed 1/420204891/4
- 20Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-19212022 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/420225921/4
- 21Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Antony Beevor 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.
Collier Spymasters in order
2 booksPocket Penguin 70's in order
1 bookStandalone books
18 books18 Antony Beevor titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Antony Beevor books in order?
You only need to read Antony Beevor books in order within the Pocket Penguin 70's series, which holds 1 of the 21 Antony Beevor books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Antony Beevor
Start with The Violent Brink (1975), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Antony Beevor book?
Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs (2026) is the newest Antony Beevor book released so far.
Is there a new Antony Beevor book coming?
No next Antony Beevor book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Antony Beevor has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Antony Beevor. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Henry Malherbe Prize2010Won
- Hawthornden Prize1999Won
- Runciman Award1992Won
Antony Beevor at a glance
- Still publishing
- Antony Beevor published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Antony Beevor books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 7,337 pages across the 17 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 479 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Antony Beevor books, 5 of 21, were published in the 2000s.
What the Antony Beevor books are about
18 of the 21 Antony Beevor 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 11 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 11 of 18 books
- World War, 1939-1945 6 of 18 books
- Nonfiction 4 of 18 books
- Campaigns 3 of 18 books
- 1936-1939 2 of 18 books
- Batalla de Berlín 2 of 18 books
- Battle of Berlin 2 of 18 books
- Destruction and pillage 2 of 18 books
- Historia 2 of 18 books
- History of Spain 2 of 18 books
- Military 2 of 18 books
- Military history 2 of 18 books