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Elie Wiesel Books in Order

47 books are credited to Elie Wiesel, published between 1956 and 2021; 2 of them appeared after Elie Wiesel's death in 2016. The first book is Night (1956) and the newest is Filled with Fire and Light (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
47
Published
1956–2021
Pages on record
9,516 in 44 of 47 books
Reading time
159–238 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,516 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 44 of 47 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Elie Wiesel, author of the Night Trilogy

Elie Wiesel (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016), born Eliezer Wiesel in Romania, was an American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor. Night (1956), the first title in the catalogue, draws on Wiesel's imprisonment as a Jew at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Wiesel wrote 57 books, mainly in French and English, and the catalogue lists 47 books, including Dawn (1960), Day (1961), The Town Beyond the Wall (1962) and A Beggar in Jerusalem (1968). Filled with Fire and Light (2021) is the latest. The Holocaust, Judaism and Hasidism are recurring subjects.

How many Elie Wiesel books are there?

Elie Wiesel has 47 books, released between 1956 and 2021. 2 of them were published after Elie Wiesel's death in 2016. 3 of them belong to the Night Trilogy series.

Elie Wiesel Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 47 Elie Wiesel 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 Night by Elie Wiesel, book 1 of the Night Trilogy (1956)
  2. Cover of Souls on Fire by Elie Wiesel (1958)
  3. Cover of Dawn by Elie Wiesel, book 2 of the Night Trilogy (1960)
  4. Cover of Day by Elie Wiesel, book 3 of the Night Trilogy (1961)
  5. Cover of The Town Beyond the Wall by Elie Wiesel (1962)
  6. Cover of The Gates of the Forest by Elie Wiesel (1964)
  7. Cover of Jews of Silence by Elie Wiesel (1966)
  8. Cover of A Beggar in Jerusalem by Elie Wiesel (1968)
  9. Cover of Legends of Our Time by Elie Wiesel (1968)
  10. Cover of One Generation After by Elie Wiesel (1970)
  11. Cover of The Oath by Elie Wiesel (1970)
  12. Cover of Messengers of God by Elie Wiesel (1975)
  13. Cover of A Jew Today by Elie Wiesel (1977)
  14. Cover of Four Hasidic Masters by Elie Wiesel (1978)
  15. Cover of The Trial of God by Elie Wiesel (1979)
  16. Cover of The Testament by Elie Wiesel (1980)
  17. Cover of Somewhere A Master by Elie Wiesel (1982)
  18. Cover of The Golem by Elie Wiesel (1983)
  19. Cover of The Fifth Son by Elie Wiesel (1983)
  20. Cover of Against Silence by Elie Wiesel (1985)
  21. Cover of Twilight by Elie Wiesel (1987)
  22. Cover of Evil and Exile by Elie Wiesel (1988)
  23. Cover of The Six Days of Destruction by Elie Wiesel (1988)
  24. Cover of The Forgotten by Elie Wiesel (1989)
  1. 1
    NightNight Trilogy #11956 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956120
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  2. 2
    Souls on Fire1958 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958268
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  3. 3
    DawnNight Trilogy #21960 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196096
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  4. 4
    DayNight Trilogy #31961 · 109 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961109
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  5. 5
    The Town Beyond the Wall1962 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962192
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  6. 6
    The Gates of the Forest1964 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964226
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  7. 7
    Jews of Silence1966 · 116 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966116
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  8. 8
    A Beggar in Jerusalem1968 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968211
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  9. 9
    Legends of Our Time1968 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968197
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  10. 10
    One Generation After1970 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970198
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  11. 11
    The Oath1970 · 283 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970283
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  12. 12
    Zalman Madness God1975 · 174 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975174
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  13. 13
    Messengers of God1975 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975237
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  14. 14
    A Jew Today1977 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977247
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  15. 15
    Four Hasidic Masters1978 · 131 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978131
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  16. 16
    The Trial of God1979 · 177 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979177
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  17. 17
    The Testament1980 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980346
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  18. 18
    Five Biblical Portraits1981 · 166 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981166
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  19. 19
    Somewhere A Master1982 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982221
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  20. 20
    The Golem1983 · 105 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983105
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  21. 21
    The Fifth Son1983 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983220
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  22. 22
    Against Silence1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  23. 23
    Twilight1987 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987217
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  24. 24
    Evil and Exile1988 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988228
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  25. 25
    The Six Days of Destruction1988 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988112
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  26. 26
    The Forgotten1989 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989316
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  27. 27
    From the Kingdom of Memory1990 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990250
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  28. 28
    A Journey of Faith1990 · 87 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199087
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  29. 29
    Sages and Dreamers1991 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991443
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  30. 30
    Conversations with Elie Wiesel1991 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991183
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Elie Wiesel 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.

Night Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Night
  2. 2. Dawn
  3. 3. Day

Memoirs in order

2 books
  1. 1. All Rivers Run to the Sea
  2. 2. And the Sea is Never Full

Jewish Encounters in order

1 book
  1. 11. Rashi

Standalone books

41 books

41 Elie Wiesel titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Elie Wiesel books in order?

You only need to read Elie Wiesel books in order within the Night Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 47 Elie Wiesel books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Elie Wiesel

Start with Night (1956), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Elie Wiesel book?

Filled with Fire and Light (2021) is the newest Elie Wiesel book released so far.

Is there a new Elie Wiesel book coming?

No next Elie Wiesel 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 Elie Wiesel has won

Wikidata records 6 awards for Elie Wiesel. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Norman Mailer Prize2011Won
  • Lucien Barrière Literary Award1984Won
  • Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris1983Won
  • Prix du Livre Inter1980Won
  • Bordin Prize1972Won
  • Prix Médicis1968Wonfor A Beggar in Jerusalem

Elie Wiesel at a glance

Died
Elie Wiesel died in 2016, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Elie Wiesel are still being published after Elie Wiesel's death in 2016; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Elie Wiesel books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,516 pages across the 44 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 215 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Elie Wiesel books, 10 of 47, were published in the 1990s.

What the Elie Wiesel books are about

All 47 Elie Wiesel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jews is tagged on 15 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Jews 15 of 47 books
  • Biography 12 of 47 books
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 12 of 47 books
  • French Authors 8 of 47 books
  • Holocaust survivors 7 of 47 books
  • Hasidim 5 of 47 books
  • Authors, French 4 of 47 books
  • Hasidism 4 of 47 books
  • History 4 of 47 books
  • Jewish authors 4 of 47 books
  • Judaism 4 of 47 books
  • Bible 3 of 47 books