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Caleb Carr Books in Order

Caleb Carr has written 13 books, published between 1980 and 2024. The first book is Casing the Promised Land (1980) and the newest is My Beloved Monster (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1980–2024
Pages on record
4,193 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
70–105 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,193 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Caleb Carr checklist

Caleb Carr writes history and historical crime fiction. The Alienist (1994) introduces Dr Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist working serial murder cases, and The Angel of Darkness (1997) follows. Non-fiction on war and national security - America Invulnerable (1988), The Devil Soldier (1992), The Lessons of Terror (2002) - fills much of the rest. Thirteen titles are catalogued, with entries dated through 2024.

How many Caleb Carr books are there?

Caleb Carr has 13 books, released between 1980 and 2024. 2 of them belong to the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series.

Caleb Carr Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Caleb Carr 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.

  1. Cover of Casing the Promised Land by Caleb Carr (1980)
  2. Cover of America Invulnerable by Caleb Carr (1988)
  3. Cover of The Devil Soldier by Caleb Carr (1992)
  4. Cover of The Alienist by Caleb Carr, book 1 of the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series (1994)
  5. Cover of The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr, book 2 of the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series (1997)
  6. Cover of Killing Time by Caleb Carr (2000)
  7. Cover of The Lessons of Terror by Caleb Carr (2002)
  8. Cover of Exorcist: The Beginning by Caleb Carr (2003)
  9. Cover of The Legend of Broken by Caleb Carr (2012)
  10. Cover of Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr (2016)
  11. Cover of My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr (2024)
  1. 1
    Casing the Promised Land1980 · 265 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980265
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  2. 2
    America Invulnerable1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  3. 3
    The Devil Soldier1992 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992366
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  4. 4
    The AlienistDr. Laszlo Kreizler #11994 · 599 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994599
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  5. 5
    The Angel of DarknessDr. Laszlo Kreizler #21997 · 752 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997752
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  6. 6
    Killing Time2000 · 335 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000335
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  7. 7
    The Lessons of Terror2002 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002272
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  8. 8
    Exorcist: The Beginning2003 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003244
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  9. 9
    The Italian Secretary2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  10. 10
    The Legend of Broken2012 · 752 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012752
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  11. 11
    Surrender, New York2016 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016608
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  12. 12
    Doctoral Deformation2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    My Beloved Monster2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Caleb Carr 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.

Dr. Laszlo Kreizler in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Alienist
  2. 2. The Angel of Darkness

Standalone books

11 books

11 Caleb Carr titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Caleb Carr books in order?

You only need to read Caleb Carr books in order within the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series, which holds 2 of the 13 Caleb Carr books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Caleb Carr

Start with Casing the Promised Land (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Caleb Carr book?

My Beloved Monster (2024) is the newest Caleb Carr book released so far.

Is there a new Caleb Carr book coming?

No next Caleb Carr 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 Caleb Carr has won

Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Caleb Carr. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Caleb Carr at a glance

Died
Caleb Carr died in 2024, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Caleb Carr on record dates from 2024.
Release pace
Caleb Carr books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
4,193 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Caleb Carr books, 4 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Caleb Carr books are about

12 of the 13 Caleb Carr books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 2 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.