Clifford Irving Books in Order

Clifford Irving has written 25 books, published between 1959 and 2014. The first book is The Losers (1959) and the newest is Clifford Irving's Prison Journal (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1959–2014
Pages on record
3,568 in 10 of 25 books

Clifford Irving (1930-2017) was an American novelist and investigative reporter. Irving's fame rests on a fake Howard Hughes autobiography due for publication in 1972. Hughes denounced the book and sued McGraw-Hill, and Irving and his collaborators admitted the hoax. Irving received a sentence of two and a half years for fraud and served 17 months. The 25 catalogued books run from The Losers (1959) to Clifford Irving's Prison Journal (2014) and include Fake! (1969), The Battle of Jerusalem (1970) and the Legal Novels series.

How many Clifford Irving books are there?

Clifford Irving has 25 books, released between 1959 and 2014. They include 2 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.

Clifford Irving Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Clifford Irving 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. 1
    The Losers1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959
  2. 2
    Stranger1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961
  3. 3
    The Valley1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962
  4. 4
    Spy1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968
  5. 5
    The 38th Floor1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968
  6. 61969
  7. 7
    The Battle of Jerusalem1970 · 88 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197088
  8. 8
    What Really Happened1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972
  9. 9
    Project Octavio1976 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976378
  10. 10
    The Death FreakEddie Mancuso & Vasily Borgneff #11978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978
  11. 11
    The Hoax1981 · 378 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981378
  12. 12
    Howard Hughes1982 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982288
  13. 13
    Tom Mix and Pancho Villa1982 · 463 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982463
  14. 14
    The Sleeping SpyEddie Mancuso & Vasily Borgneff #21983 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983339
  15. 15
    The Angel of Zin1984 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984306
  16. 16
    Daddy's Girl1988 · 516 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988516
  17. 17
    TrialLegal Novels #11990 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990404
  18. 18
    Final ArgumentLegal Novels #21993 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993408
  19. 19
    The SpringLegal Novels #31996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996
  20. 20
    Bloomberg Discovers America2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  21. 21
    Jailing2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  22. 22
    A Congress of Baboons2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  23. 23
    Boy on TrialLegal Novels #42014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  24. 24
    Clash by Night2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  25. 252014

Clifford Irving 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.

Eddie Mancuso & Vasily Borgneff in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Death Freak
  2. 2. The Sleeping Spy

Standalone books

19 books

19 Clifford Irving titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Clifford Irving books in order?

You only need to read Clifford Irving books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Clifford Irving

Start with The Losers (1959), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Clifford Irving book?

Clifford Irving's Prison Journal (2014) is the newest Clifford Irving book released so far.

Is there a new Clifford Irving book coming?

No next Clifford Irving book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Clifford Irving at a glance

Died
Clifford Irving died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Clifford Irving on record dates from 2014.
Release pace
Clifford Irving books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,568 pages across the 10 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 378 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Clifford Irving books, 6 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

What the Clifford Irving books are about

9 of the 25 Clifford Irving books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hughes, howard, 1905-1976 is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Hughes, howard, 1905-1976 2 of 9 books