Candice Millard Books in Order
Candice Millard has written 4 books, published between 2005 and 2022. The first book is The River of Doubt (2005) and the newest is River of the Gods (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2005–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,387 in 3 of 4 books
- Reading time
- 23–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,387 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.
Narrative history is Candice Millard's form, and each of her 4 books takes a single expedition or episode as its subject. The River of Doubt (2005) covers the Roosevelt-Rondon expedition into the Amazon rainforest of 1913-14. Destiny of the Republic (2011) treats the assassination of President James A. Garfield. Hero of the Empire (2016) follows Winston Churchill through the Boer War, and River of the Gods (2022) takes up the hunt for the source of the Nile. Millard, born in 1967, is an American writer and journalist who previously wrote and edited for National Geographic.
How many Candice Millard books are there?
Candice Millard has 4 books, released between 2005 and 2022.
Candice Millard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Candice Millard 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 River of Doubt2005 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420054162/4
- 2Destiny of the Republic2011 · 366 pages · confirmed 1/420113661/4
- 3Hero of the Empire2016 · 605 pages · confirmed 2/420166052/4
- 4River of the Gods2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
Candice Millard 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 Candice Millard titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Candice Millard books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 4 Candice Millard books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Candice Millard
Start with The River of Doubt (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Candice Millard book?
River of the Gods (2022) is the newest Candice Millard book released so far.
Is there a new Candice Millard book coming?
No next Candice Millard 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 Candice Millard has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Candice Millard. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Edgar Awards2012Won
Candice Millard at a glance
- Paused
- No new Candice Millard title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Candice Millard books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 1,387 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Candice Millard books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2010s.
What the Candice Millard books are about
All 4 Candice Millard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: presidents is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Presidents 2 of 4 books
- Assassination 1 of 4 books
- Biography 1 of 4 books
- British Participation 1 of 4 books
- British Prisoners and prisons 1 of 4 books
- Churchill, Winston 1 of 4 books
- Churchill, winston, 1874-1965 1 of 4 books
- Travel 1 of 4 books
- History 1 of 4 books
- Medical care 1 of 4 books
- Medical instruments and apparatus 1 of 4 books
- Medicine 1 of 4 books