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Irving Stone Books in Order

23 books are credited to Irving Stone, published between 1934 and 1999; 1 of them appeared after Irving Stone's death in 1989. The first book is Lust for Life (1934) and the newest is From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1934–1999
Pages on record
5,305 in 14 of 23 books
Reading time
88–133 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,305 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

See all 23 books in order Printable Irving Stone checklist

Irving Stone (1903–1989), born Tennenbaum, was an American writer of biographical novels about artists, politicians and intellectuals. Lust for Life (1934), on the life of Vincent van Gogh, opens the catalogue, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961) takes up Michelangelo. Twenty-three books are catalogued, including Sailor on Horseback (1938), Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1949), Immortal Wife (1950), The President's Lady (1952) and Men to Match My Mountains (1956), at a median length of 417 pages.

How many Irving Stone books are there?

Irving Stone has 23 books, released between 1934 and 1999. 1 of them were published after Irving Stone's death in 1989.

Irving Stone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Irving Stone 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 Lust for Life by Irving Stone (1934)
  2. Cover of The President's Lady by Irving Stone (1952)
  3. Cover of Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone (1955)
  4. Cover of Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone (1956)
  5. Cover of The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (1961)
  6. Cover of Those Who Love by Irving Stone (1966)
  7. Cover of The Irving Stone Reader by Irving Stone (1971)
  8. Cover of The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone (1971)
  9. Cover of The Origin by Irving Stone (1980)
  10. Cover of Depths of Glory by Irving Stone (1985)
  11. Cover of From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 by Irving Stone (1999)
  1. 1
    Lust for Life1934 · 489 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1934489
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  2. 2
    Sailor on Horseback1938 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1938305
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  3. 3
    Adversary in the House1947 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19471
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  4. 4
    Earl Warren1948 · confirmed 2/4
    1948–
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  5. 5
    Clarence Darrow for the Defence1949 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19491
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  6. 6
    Immortal Wife1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  7. 7
    The Passionate Journey1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  8. 8
    The President's Lady1952 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952345
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  9. 9
    Love Is Eternal1955 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19551
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  10. 10
    Men to Match My Mountains1956 · 562 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1956562
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  11. 11
    Dear Theo1958 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19581
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  12. 12
    Drawings of Michaelangelo1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  13. 13
    The Agony and the Ecstasy1961 · 776 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961776
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  14. 14
    They Also Ran1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  15. 15
    Those Who Love1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  16. 16
    There Was Light1970 · confirmed 2/4
    1970–
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  17. 17
    The Irving Stone Reader1971 · 851 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971851
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  18. 18
    The Passions of the Mind1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  19. 19
    Mary Todd Lincoln, A Final Judgement?1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  20. 20
    The Greek Treasure1975 · 497 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975497
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  21. 21
    The Origin1980 · 697 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980697
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  22. 22
    Depths of Glory1985 · 614 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985614
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  23. 23
    From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-18501999 · 165 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999165
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Irving Stone 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

23 books

23 Irving Stone titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Irving Stone books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Irving Stone books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Irving Stone

Start with Lust for Life (1934), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Irving Stone book?

From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 (1999) is the newest Irving Stone book released so far.

Is there a new Irving Stone book coming?

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

Irving Stone at a glance

Died
Irving Stone died in 1989, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Irving Stone are still being published after Irving Stone's death in 1989; the newest appeared in 1999.
Release pace
Irving Stone books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,305 pages across the 14 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 417 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Irving Stone books, 6 of 23, were published in the 1950s.

What the Irving Stone books are about

19 of the 23 Irving Stone 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 5 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.