Bob Woodward Books in Order
Bob Woodward has written 26 books, published between 1974 and 2026. The first book is All the President's Men (1974) and the newest is Secrets: A Reporting Memoir (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1974–2026
- Pages on record
- 7,361 in 17 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 123–184 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,361 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist, known for reporting the Watergate scandal at The Washington Post with Carl Bernstein. Woodward's catalogue holds 26 books, from All the President's Men (1974) to Secrets: A Reporting Memoir (2026). Between those sit The Brethren (1979) on the Supreme Court, Veil (1987) on the secret wars of the CIA, The Agenda (1994) on the Clinton White House and Maestro (2000) on Greenspan's Fed. Presidents, politics and government, decision making and military policy define the subject tags, and Woodward is still publishing.
How many Bob Woodward books are there?
Bob Woodward has 26 books, released between 1974 and 2026. 4 of them belong to the Bush At War series.
Bob Woodward Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Bob Woodward books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1All the President's Men1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 2The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court1979 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/419795921/4
- 3Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi1984 · confirmed 1/41984–1/4
- 4Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-19871987 · 551 pages · confirmed 1/419875511/4
- 5The Commanders1991 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419914001/4
- 6The Man Who Would Be President: Dan Quayle1992 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/419922071/4
- 7The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House1994 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/419943841/4
- 8The Choice: How Bill Clinton Won1996 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/419964801/4
- 9Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate1999 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/419995921/4
- 10Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom2000 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/420002841/4
- 1120024161/4
- 1220044801/4
- 13The Secret Man2005 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/420052491/4
- 1420065601/4
- 1520084871/4
- 16Obama's Wars2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 17The Price of Politics2012 · 428 pages · confirmed 1/420124281/4
- 18The Final Days2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 19The Last of the President's Men2015 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/420152911/4
- 20Fear: Trump in the White House2018 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420184481/4
- 21Rage2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 22Peril2021 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/420215121/4
- 23The Justices Behind Roe V. Wade: The Inside Story, Adapted from The Brethren2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 24The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 25War2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 26Secrets: A Reporting Memoir2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Bob Woodward 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.
Bush At War in order
4 booksStandalone books
22 books22 Bob Woodward titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Bob Woodward Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Bob Woodward books run from All the President's Men (1974) to Secrets: A Reporting Memoir (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Bob Woodward in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Bob Woodward books in order?
You only need to read Bob Woodward books in order within the Bush At War series, which holds 4 of the 26 Bob Woodward books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Bob Woodward
Start with All the President's Men (1974), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Bob Woodward book?
Secrets: A Reporting Memoir (2026) is the newest Bob Woodward book released so far.
Is there a new Bob Woodward book coming?
No next Bob Woodward 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 Bob Woodward has won
Wikidata records 3 awards for Bob Woodward. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting2002Won
- Pulitzer Prize for Public Service1973Won
- The Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism1973Won
Bob Woodward at a glance
- Still publishing
- Bob Woodward published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Bob Woodward books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,361 pages across the 17 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Bob Woodward books, 6 of 26, were published in the 2020s.
What the Bob Woodward books are about
19 of the 26 Bob Woodward books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: politics and government is tagged on 9 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Politics and government 9 of 19 books
- Presidents 6 of 19 books
- History 4 of 19 books
- Biography 3 of 19 books
- Decision making 3 of 19 books
- United States 3 of 19 books
- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 3 of 19 books
- Clinton, bill, 1946- 2 of 19 books
- Election 2 of 19 books
- Military leadership 2 of 19 books
- Military policy 2 of 19 books
- National security 2 of 19 books