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Herman Wouk Books in Order

24 books are credited to Herman Wouk, published between 1941 and 2020; 1 of them appeared after Herman Wouk's death in 2019. The first book is The Ballad of Wake Island: Spoken by a Quantico Sergeant (1941) and the newest is Nature's Way (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1941–2020
Pages on record
6,739 in 16 of 24 books
Reading time
112–168 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,739 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 Herman Wouk, author

The Second World War is Herman Wouk's largest subject, in naval and historical fiction alike. The Caine Mutiny (1951) and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1954) sit early in the catalogue, with Marjorie Morningstar (1955) and Youngblood Hawke (1962) after them. The Henry Family novels and Hope and the Glory are the two series. Twenty-four titles are catalogued, ending with Nature's Way in 2020, and the 1950s were the peak decade.

How many Herman Wouk books are there?

Herman Wouk has 24 books, released between 1941 and 2020. 1 of them were published after Herman Wouk's death in 2019. They include 2 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.

Herman Wouk Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Herman Wouk 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 Aurora Dawn: Or, the True History of Andrew Reale by Herman Wouk (1947)
  2. Cover of The City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder by Herman Wouk (1951)
  3. Cover of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial by Herman Wouk, book 2 of the Standalone Plays series (1954)
  4. Cover of Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk (1955)
  5. Cover of Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk (1962)
  6. Cover of Don't Stop the Carnival by Herman Wouk (1965)
  7. Cover of The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, book 1 of the Henry Family series (1971)
  8. Cover of War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk, book 2 of the Henry Family series (1978)
  9. Cover of Inside, Outside by Herman Wouk (1985)
  10. Cover of The Hope by Herman Wouk, book 1 of the Hope and the Glory series (1993)
  11. Cover of The Glory by Herman Wouk, book 2 of the Hope and the Glory series (1994)
  12. Cover of The Will to Live On by Herman Wouk (2000)
  13. Cover of A Hole in Texas by Herman Wouk (2004)
  14. Cover of The Language God Talks by Herman Wouk (2010)
  1. 1
    The Ballad of Wake Island: Spoken by a Quantico Sergeant1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
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  2. 2
    Aurora Dawn: Or, the True History of Andrew Reale1947 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1947284
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  3. 3
    The TraitorStandalone Plays #11949 · confirmed 2/4
    1949–
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  4. 4
    The Caine Mutiny1951 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951672
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  5. 5
    The City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder1951 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951317
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  6. 6
    The Caine Mutiny Court-MartialStandalone Plays #21954 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195496
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  7. 7
    Marjorie Morningstar1955 · 584 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955584
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  8. 8
    Slattery's Hurricane1956 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956128
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  9. 9
    This is My God: The Jewish Way of Life1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  10. 10
    Youngblood Hawke1962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  11. 11
    Don't Stop the Carnival1965 · 395 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965395
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  12. 12
    The "Lomokome" Papers1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  13. 13
    The Winds of WarHenry Family #11971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  14. 14
    War and RemembranceHenry Family #21978 · 1056 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19781056
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  15. 15
    Inside, Outside1985 · 656 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985656
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  16. 16
    The HopeHope and the Glory #11993 · 688 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993688
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  17. 17
    The GloryHope and the Glory #21994 · 670 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994670
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  18. 18
    Agnon in Jerusalem: A Reminiscence and a Teacher1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  19. 19
    The Will to Live On2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000320
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  20. 20
    A Hole in Texas2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004288
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  21. 21
    The Language God Talks2010 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010208
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  22. 22
    The Lawgiver2012 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012240
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  23. 23
    Sailor and Fiddler2015 · 137 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015137
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  24. 24
    Nature's WayStandalone Plays #32020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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Herman Wouk 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 Plays

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Henry Family in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Winds of War
  2. 2. War and Remembrance

Hope and the Glory in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Hope
  2. 2. The Glory

Standalone books

17 books

17 Herman Wouk titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Herman Wouk books in order?

You only need to read Herman Wouk books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Herman Wouk

Start with The Ballad of Wake Island: Spoken by a Quantico Sergeant (1941), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Herman Wouk book?

Nature's Way (2020) is the newest Herman Wouk book released so far.

Is there a new Herman Wouk book coming?

No next Herman Wouk 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 Herman Wouk has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Herman Wouk. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction2008Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1952Wonfor The Caine Mutiny

Herman Wouk at a glance

Died
Herman Wouk died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Herman Wouk are still being published after Herman Wouk's death in 2019; the newest appeared in 2020.
Release pace
Herman Wouk books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
6,739 pages across the 16 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Herman Wouk books, 6 of 24, were published in the 1950s.

What the Herman Wouk books are about

18 of the 24 Herman Wouk books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 5 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.