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Giles Milton Books in Order

Giles Milton has written 24 books, published between 1996 and 2024. The first book is The Riddle and the Knight (1996) and the newest is The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1996–2024
Pages on record
5,533 in 16 of 24 books
Reading time
92–138 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,533 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Giles Milton, author

Narrative history is the specialty of Giles Milton, a British writer and journalist born on 15 January 1966 and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Milton also writes historical fiction and history books for children. Nathaniel's Nutmeg (1999) and Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare are his best known works. His 24 catalogued books reach The Stalin Affair (2024), and he writes and narrates the Ministry of Secrets podcast.

How many Giles Milton books are there?

Giles Milton has 24 books, released between 1996 and 2024.

Giles Milton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Giles Milton 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 The Riddle and the Knight by Giles Milton (1996)
  2. Cover of Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton (1999)
  3. Cover of Big Chief Elizabeth by Giles Milton (2000)
  4. Cover of Samurai William by Giles Milton (2002)
  5. Cover of White Gold by Giles Milton (2004)
  6. Cover of Edward Trencom's Nose by Giles Milton (2007)
  7. Cover of Call Me Gorgeous! by Giles Milton (2009)
  8. Cover of According to Arnold by Giles Milton (2009)
  9. Cover of Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922 by Giles Milton (2009)
  10. Cover of Wolfram: The Boy Who Went to War by Giles Milton (2011)
  11. Cover of Children of the Wild by Giles Milton (2012)
  12. Cover of Good Luck Baby Owls by Giles Milton (2012)
  13. Cover of Russian Roulette by Giles Milton (2013)
  14. Cover of When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton (2016)
  15. Cover of Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton (2016)
  16. Cover of When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank by Giles Milton (2016)
  17. Cover of Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die by Giles Milton (2019)
  18. Cover of Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton (2021)
  1. 1
    The Riddle and the Knight1996 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Nathaniel's Nutmeg1999 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Big Chief Elizabeth2000 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000358
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Samurai William2002 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    White Gold2004 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Edward Trencom's Nose2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Call Me Gorgeous!2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    According to Arnold2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Zebedee's Zoo2009 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200932
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 19222009 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Wolfram: The Boy Who Went to War2011 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Children of the Wild2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Good Luck Baby Owls2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Russian Roulette2013 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Perfect Corpse2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Fascinating Footnotes from History2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Two Happy Monsters2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain2016 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016261
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2016 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016356
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed a Bank2016 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016264
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    D-Day: The Soldiers' Story2018 · 486 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018486
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die2019 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019512
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  23. 23
    Checkmate in Berlin2021 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  24. 24
    The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Giles Milton 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

24 books

24 Giles Milton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Giles Milton books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 24 Giles Milton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Giles Milton

Start with The Riddle and the Knight (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Giles Milton book?

The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War (2024) is the newest Giles Milton book released so far.

Is there a new Giles Milton book coming?

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

Giles Milton at a glance

Still publishing
Giles Milton published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Giles Milton books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,533 pages across the 16 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 357 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Giles Milton books, 12 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Giles Milton books are about

19 of the 24 Giles Milton 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 8 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 8 of 19 books
  • World War, 1939-1945 4 of 19 books
  • Children's fiction 3 of 19 books
  • Biography 2 of 19 books
  • British Espionage 2 of 19 books
  • Campaigns 2 of 19 books
  • Foreign relations 2 of 19 books
  • HISTORY / Europe / Germany 2 of 19 books
  • History, miscellanea 2 of 19 books
  • Military campaigns 2 of 19 books
  • Miscellanea 2 of 19 books
  • Relations 2 of 19 books