Erik Larson Books in Order
Erik Larson has written 11 books, published between 1992 and 2024. The first book is The Naked Consumer (1992) and the newest is The Demon of Unrest (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1992–2024
- Confirmed
- 10 of 11 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,183 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,183 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Erik Larson is an American journalist, born in 1954, who writes mainly historical nonfiction. The Devil in the White City (2003) won the 2004 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. The catalogue holds 11 books from 1992 to 2024, opening with The Naked Consumer (1992) and continuing through Isaac's Storm (1999), In the Garden of Beasts (2011), Dead Wake (2015) and The Splendid and the Vile (2020). The newest is The Demon of Unrest (2024). Subjects include history, biography and murder.
How many Erik Larson books are there?
Erik Larson has 11 books, released between 1992 and 2024.
Erik Larson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Erik Larson 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.
- 119922754/4
- 219942804/4
- 319993233/4
- 420036904/4
- 520064633/4
- 6Myokardium2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420092561/4
- 720114484/4
- 820154483/4
- 92020–3/4
- 102021–4/4
- 112024–3/4
Erik Larson 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.
Erik Larson Non-Fiction
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Erik Larson Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Erik Larson title here is not listed as part of any series.
Erik Larson Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Erik Larson books run from The Naked Consumer (1992) to The Demon of Unrest (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Erik Larson in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Erik Larson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Erik Larson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
What order should you read Erik Larson books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Naked Consumer (1992), the earliest published title. After it come Lethal Passage (1994), Isaac's Storm (1999), The Devil in the White City (2003), Thunderstruck (2006), Myokardium (2009), In the Garden of Beasts (2011), Dead Wake (2015), The Splendid and the Vile (2020), No One Goes Alone (2021) and The Demon of Unrest (2024).
What is the newest Erik Larson book?
The Demon of Unrest (2024) is the newest Erik Larson book released so far.
Is there a new Erik Larson book coming?
No next Erik Larson 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 Erik Larson has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Erik Larson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award2017Won
- Edgar Awards2004Won
Erik Larson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Erik Larson published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Erik Larson books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,183 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 386 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Erik Larson books, 3 of 11, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 5 of the 11 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 10 in at least three.
What the Erik Larson books are about
9 of the 11 Erik Larson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.