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Irving Wallace Books in Order

Irving Wallace has written 35 books, published between 1955 and 1989. The first book is The Fabulous Originals (1955) and the newest is The Guest of Honor (1989). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
35
Published
1955–1989
Pages on record
11,198 in 24 of 35 books
Reading time
187–280 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,198 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 35 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Irving Wallace, author

Irving Wallace (1916-1990) was an American bestselling novelist and screenwriter whose books rest on heavy research, many of them with a sexual theme. The Chapman Report (1960) took up sex research, The Prize (1962) the Nobel Prize, and The Twenty-Seventh Wife (1961) Mormon polygamy. Wallace also wrote non-fiction on eccentrics, showmen and reference curiosities, including The Fabulous Showman (1959) on P. T. Barnum. Thirty-five titles run from 1955 to The Guest of Honor (1989).

How many Irving Wallace books are there?

Irving Wallace has 35 books, released between 1955 and 1989.

Irving Wallace Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 35 Irving Wallace 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 Sins of Philip Fleming by Irving Wallace (1959)
  2. Cover of The Fabulous Showman by Irving Wallace (1959)
  3. Cover of The Twenty-Seventh Wife by Irving Wallace (1961)
  4. Cover of The Man by Irving Wallace (1964)
  5. Cover of The Three Sirens by Irving Wallace (1964)
  6. Cover of The Second Lady by Irving Wallace (1970)
  7. Cover of The Nympho and Other Maniacs by Irving Wallace (1971)
  8. Cover of The Word by Irving Wallace (1972)
  9. Cover of The People's Almanac by Irving Wallace (1975)
  10. Cover of The R Document by Irving Wallace (1976)
  11. Cover of The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists by Irving Wallace (1977)
  12. Cover of The Almighty by Irving Wallace (1977)
  13. Cover of The People's Almanac #2 by Irving Wallace (1978)
  14. Cover of The Pigeon Project by Irving Wallace (1979)
  15. Cover of The People's Almanac Presents The Book of Predictions by Irving Wallace (1980)
  16. Cover of The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People by Irving Wallace (1981)
  17. Cover of The Miracle by Irving Wallace (1984)
  18. Cover of The Seventh Secret by Irving Wallace (1985)
  19. Cover of The Golden Room by Irving Wallace (1988)
  20. Cover of The Guest of Honor by Irving Wallace (1989)
  1. 1
    The Fabulous Originals1955 · confirmed 2/4
    1955–
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  2. 2
    The Square Pegs1957 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1957220
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  3. 3
    The Sins of Philip Fleming1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959–
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  4. 4
    The Fabulous Showman1959 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19591
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  5. 5
    The Chapman Report1960 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19601
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  6. 6
    The Twenty-Seventh Wife1961 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19611
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  7. 7
    The Prize1962 · 704 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962704
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  8. 8
    The Man1964 · 768 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1964768
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  9. 9
    The Three Sirens1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  10. 10
    The Sunday Gentleman1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  11. 11
    The Plot1967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  12. 12
    The Writing of One Novel1968 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968272
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  13. 13
    The Seven Minutes1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  14. 14
    The Second Lady1970 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970342
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  15. 15
    The Nympho and Other Maniacs1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  16. 16
    The Word1972 · 624 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972624
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  17. 17
    The Fan Club1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  18. 18
    The People's Almanac1975 · 1478 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19751478
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  19. 19
    Stardust to Prairie Dust1976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  20. 20
    The R Document1976 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976320
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  21. 21
    The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists1977 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977271
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  22. 22
    The Almighty1977 · 431 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1977431
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  23. 23
    The People's Almanac #21978 · 1416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19781416
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  24. 24
    The People's Almanac Presents The Book of Lists #21978 · 529 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978529
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  25. 25
    The Two1978 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978432
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  26. 26
    The Pigeon Project1979 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979352
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  27. 27
    The People's Almanac Presents The Book of Predictions1980 · 513 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980513
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  28. 28
    The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People1981 · 581 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981581
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  29. 29
    Significa1983 · confirmed 2/4
    1983–
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  30. 30
    The Miracle1984 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984464
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  31. 31
    The People's Almanac Presents The Book of Lists 31984 · 490 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984490
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  32. 32
    The Seventh Secret1985 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985374
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  33. 33
    The Celestial Bed1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987–
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  34. 34
    The Golden Room1988 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988240
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  35. 35
    The Guest of Honor1989 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989374
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Irving Wallace 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

35 books

35 Irving Wallace titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Irving Wallace books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 35 Irving Wallace books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Irving Wallace

Start with The Fabulous Originals (1955), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Irving Wallace book?

The Guest of Honor (1989) is the newest Irving Wallace book released so far.

Is there a new Irving Wallace book coming?

No next Irving Wallace 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 Wallace at a glance

Died
Irving Wallace died in 1990, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Irving Wallace on record dates from 1989.
Release pace
Irving Wallace books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,198 pages across the 24 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 402 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Irving Wallace books, 13 of 35, were published in the 1970s.

What the Irving Wallace books are about

28 of the 35 Irving Wallace 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 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 5 of 28 books
  • Fiction in English 5 of 28 books
  • Almanacs 3 of 28 books
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries 3 of 28 books
  • Handbooks, vade-mecums 2 of 28 books
  • Sexual behavior 2 of 28 books