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Howard Fast Books in Order

90 books are credited to Howard Fast, published between 1933 and 2018; 4 of them appeared after Howard Fast's death in 2003. The first book is Two Valleys (1933) and the newest is Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Howard Fast also publishes as Behn Boruch, E. V. Cunningham, Walter Ericson.

Books
90
Published
1933–2018
Pages on record
12,163 in 46 of 90 books
Reading time
203–304 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,163 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 46 of 90 titles with a page count on record.

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Howard Fast (November 11, 1914 - March 12, 2003) was an American author and television writer who also published as E.V. Cunningham, Behn Boruch and Walter Ericson. Across almost seven decades Fast wrote historical novels and noir, along with short stories, poems, plays and non-fiction. Spartacus (1951), April Morning (1961) and The Immigrants (1977) are among the best-known works, and Stanley Kubrick filmed Spartacus in 1960. The catalogue holds 90 books from Two Valleys (1933) to Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2018), with Masao Masuto and Lavette Family as named series.

Source: Wikidata

How many Howard Fast books are there?

Howard Fast has 90 books, released between 1933 and 2018. 4 of them were published after Howard Fast's death in 2003. They include 5 series and 71 titles listed outside any series.

Howard Fast Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 90 Howard Fast 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 November 2026.

  1. Cover of The Novelist by Howard Fast (1941)
  2. Cover of The Last Frontier by Howard Fast (1941)
  3. Cover of The Unvanquished by Howard Fast (1942)
  4. Cover of Citizen Tom Paine by Howard Fast (1943)
  5. Cover of Freedom Road by Howard Fast (1944)
  6. Cover of My Glorious Brothers by Howard Fast (1948)
  7. Cover of The Proud and the Free by Howard Fast (1950)
  8. Cover of Peekskill, USA by Howard Fast (1951)
  9. Cover of Spartacus by Howard Fast (1951)
  10. Cover of The Last Supper and Other Stories by Howard Fast (1955)
  11. Cover of Moses, Prince of Egypt by Howard Fast (1958)
  12. Cover of Sylvia (As:E.V. Cunningham) by Howard Fast (1960)
  13. Cover of Agrippa's Daughter by Howard Fast (1964)
  14. Cover of Shirley (As:E.V. Cunningham) by Howard Fast (1964)
  15. Cover of Margie (As:E.V. Cunningham) by Howard Fast, book 2 of the John Gomaday and Larry Cohen series (1966)
  16. Cover of The Crossing by Howard Fast, book 1 of the Crossing series (1971)
  17. Cover of Time and the Riddle by Howard Fast (1973)
  18. Cover of The Legacy by Howard Fast, book 4 of the Lavette Family series (1981)
  19. Cover of Max by Howard Fast (1982)
  20. Cover of The Outsider by Howard Fast (1984)
  21. Cover of The Immigrant's Daughter by Howard Fast, book 5 of the Lavette Family series (1985)
  22. Cover of The Call of Fife and Drum by Howard Fast (1987)
  23. Cover of The Dinner Party by Howard Fast (1987)
  24. Cover of The Pledge by Howard Fast (1988)
  1. 1
    Two Valleys1933 · confirmed 2/4
    1933–
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  2. 2
    Strange Yesterday1933 · confirmed 2/4
    1933–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Place in the City1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Conceived in Liberty1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Novelist1941 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194172
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  6. 6
    The Last Frontier1941 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941307
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Haym Salomon, Son of Liberty1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Lord Baden-Powell of the Boy Scouts1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Romance of a People1941 · confirmed 2/4
    1941–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Picture Book History of the Jews1942 · confirmed 2/4
    1942–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Goethals and the Panama Canal1942 · confirmed 2/4
    1942–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Tall Hunter1942 · confirmed 2/4
    1942–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Unvanquished1942 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1942316
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  14. 14
    Citizen Tom Paine1943 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1943348
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  15. 15
    Freedom Road1944 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944275
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  16. 16
    Patrick Henry and the Frigate's Keel1945 · confirmed 2/4
    1945–
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  17. 17
    The American1946 · confirmed 2/4
    1946–
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  18. 18
    The Children1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  19. 19
    Clarkton1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  20. 20
    My Glorious Brothers1948 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948272
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  21. 22
    Literature and Reality1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 23
    The Proud and the Free1950 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950352
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  23. 24
    Peekskill, USA1951 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951144
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  24. 25
    Spartacus1951 · 363 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951363
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 26
    Spain and Peace1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  26. 27
    Fallen Angel / Mirage (As: Walter Ericson)1952 · confirmed 2/4
    1952–
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  27. 28
    The Magic Door / Tony and the Wonderful Door1952 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195280
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  28. 29
    The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti1953 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953254
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  29. 30
    Silas Timberman1954 · confirmed 2/4
    1954–
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Howard Fast 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.

Masao Masuto in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Case of the Angry Actress / Samantha
  2. 3. The Case of the Russian Diplomat
  3. 4. The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs
  4. 6. The Case of the Kidnapped Angel
  5. 7. The Case of the Murdered Mackenzie
  6. 8. Masuto Investigates

Lavette Family in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Immigrants
  2. 2. Second Generation
  3. 3. The Establishment
  4. 4. The Legacy
  5. 5. The Immigrant's Daughter
  6. 6. An Independent Woman

Harvey Krim in order

2 books
  1. 1. Lydia (As:E.V. Cunningham)
  2. 2. Cynthia (As:E.V. Cunningham)

John Gomaday and Larry Cohen in order

2 books
  1. 1. Penelope (As:E.V. Cunningham)
  2. 2. Margie (As:E.V. Cunningham)

Crossing in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Crossing
  2. 2. Bunker Hill

Art of the Story in order

1 book
  1. 2. The General Zapped an Angel

Standalone books

71 books

71 Howard Fast titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Howard Fast books in order?

You only need to read Howard Fast books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Howard Fast

Start with Two Valleys (1933), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Howard Fast book?

Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2018) is the newest Howard Fast book released so far.

Is there a new Howard Fast book coming?

No next Howard Fast 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 Howard Fast has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Howard Fast. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

Howard Fast at a glance

Died
Howard Fast died in 2003, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Howard Fast are still being published after Howard Fast's death in 2003; the newest appeared in 2018.
Release pace
Howard Fast books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
12,163 pages across the 46 of 90 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Howard Fast books, 18 of 90, were published in the 1960s.

When Howard Fast books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Howard Fast titles appeared. 1960s was the most productive decade with 18 titles.

1930s
4
1940s
17
1950s
14
1960s
18
1970s
12
1980s
10
1990s
8
2000s
3
2010s
4

90 books total across 9 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Howard Fast books are about

50 of the 90 Howard Fast 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 18 of 50. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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