David Graeber Books in Order
16 books are credited to David Graeber, published between 2001 and 2024; 4 of them appeared after David Graeber's death in 2020. The first book is Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value (2001) and the newest is The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World... (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2001–2024
- Confirmed
- 1 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,134 in 14 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 86–128 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,134 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
David Rolfe Graeber (12 February 1961 - 2 September 2020) was an American anthropologist and an anarchist active in social and political campaigns. Graeber's writing covers political and economic anthropology, bureaucracy, liberalism, the anti-globalisation movement and Occupy Wall Street, where Graeber took a leading part. The catalogue holds 16 books, opening with Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value (2001) and taking in Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (2004), Direct Action: An Ethnography (2009), Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), The Democracy Project (2013), The Utopia of Rules (2013) and On Kings (2016). Titles have continued to appear since Graeber's death, the most recent catalogued in 2024.
How many David Graeber books are there?
David Graeber has 16 books, released between 2001 and 2024. 4 of them were published after David Graeber's death in 2020.
David Graeber Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 David Graeber 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.
- 1Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value2001 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420013521/4
- 2Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology2004 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/420041051/4
- 3Lost People2007 · 469 pages · confirmed 1/420074691/4
- 4Possibilities2007 · 433 pages · confirmed 1/420074331/4
- 5Revolutions in Reverse2009 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/420091141/4
- 6Direct Action: An Ethnography2009 · 600 pages · confirmed 1/420096001/4
- 7Debt: The First 5,000 Years2011 · 534 pages · confirmed 1/420115341/4
- 8The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement2013 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/420133261/4
- 9The Utopia of Rules2013 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420132721/4
- 10On Kings2016 · 556 pages · confirmed 1/420165561/4
- 1120183333/4
- 12Anarchy — In a Manner of Speaking2020 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420202081/4
- 13The Dawn of Everything2021 · 704 pages · confirmed 1/420217041/4
- 14Uprisings2022 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420221281/4
- 15Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
David Graeber 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.
ERIS Gems in order
1 bookStandalone books
15 books15 David Graeber titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Graeber books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 David Graeber books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with David Graeber
Start with Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Graeber book?
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World... (2024) is the newest David Graeber book released so far.
Is there a new David Graeber book coming?
No next David Graeber book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Graeber at a glance
- Died
- David Graeber died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to David Graeber are still being published after David Graeber's death in 2020; the newest appeared in 2024.
- Release pace
- David Graeber books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,134 pages across the 14 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 342 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Graeber books, 6 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
What the David Graeber books are about
14 of the 16 David Graeber books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: anthropology is tagged on 4 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Anthropology 4 of 14 books
- History 4 of 14 books
- Anarchism 3 of 14 books
- Philosophy 3 of 14 books
- Political anthropology 3 of 14 books
- Anti-globalization movement 2 of 14 books
- Bureaucracy 2 of 14 books
- Liberalism 2 of 14 books
- Occupy Wall Street 2 of 14 books
- Political science 2 of 14 books
- Social aspects 2 of 14 books
- Social structure 2 of 14 books