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David McCullough Books in Order

David McCullough has written 15 books, published between 1968 and 2025. The first book is The Johnstown Flood (1968) and the newest is History Matters (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1968–2025
Confirmed
7 of 15 titles
Pages on record
4,475 in 9 of 15 books
Reading time
75–112 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,475 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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David McCullough wrote American history and biography. The Johnstown Flood (1968) opens the catalogue; The Great Bridge (1972) takes on the Brooklyn Bridge; The Path Between the Seas (1977) and Mornings on Horseback (1981) follow. Truman (1992) and John Adams (2001) are the presidential biographies. Fifteen titles are catalogued, running to History Matters in 2025.

David McCullough won two Pulitzer Prizes over his career. His book 1776 covers the American Revolution.

How many David McCullough books are there?

David McCullough has 15 books, released between 1968 and 2025.

David McCullough Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 David McCullough 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.

  1. Cover of The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (1968)
  2. Cover of The Great Bridge by David McCullough (1972)
  3. Cover of The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough (1977)
  4. Cover of Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough (1981)
  5. Cover of Brave Companions by David McCullough (1991)
  6. Cover of Truman by David McCullough (1992)
  7. Cover of John Adams by David McCullough (2001)
  8. Cover of 1776 by David McCullough (2005)
  9. Cover of The Greater Journey by David McCullough (2011)
  10. Cover of The American Spirit by David McCullough (2017)
  11. Cover of The Pioneers by David McCullough (2019)
  12. Cover of History Matters by David McCullough (2025)
  1. 1
    The Johnstown Flood1968 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968302
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  2. 2
    The Great Bridge1972 · 605 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972605
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  3. 3
    The Path Between the Seas1977 · 704 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977704
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  4. 4
    Mornings on Horseback1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  5. 5
    Brave Companions1991 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991240
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  6. 6
    Truman1992 · 1117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19921117
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  7. 7
    John Adams2001 · 751 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001751
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  8. 8
    The Course of Human Events2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  9. 9
    17762005 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005386
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  10. 10
    In the Dark Streets Shineth2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  11. 11
    The Greater Journey2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  12. 12
    The Wright Brothers2015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  13. 13
    The American Spirit2017 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017176
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  14. 14
    The Pioneers2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  15. 15
    History Matters2025 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025194
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David McCullough 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

15 books

15 David McCullough titles here are not listed as part of any series.

David McCullough Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the David McCullough books run from The Johnstown Flood (1968) to History Matters (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for David McCullough in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read David McCullough books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 David McCullough books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with David McCullough

Start with The Johnstown Flood (1968), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David McCullough book?

History Matters (2025) is the newest David McCullough book released so far.

Is there a new David McCullough book coming?

No next David McCullough 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 McCullough at a glance

Still publishing
David McCullough published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
David McCullough books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
4,475 pages across the 9 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 386 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David McCullough books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the David McCullough books are about

12 of the 15 David McCullough books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.