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Jill Lepore Books in Order

Jill Lepore has written 19 books, published between 1998 and 2026. The first book is The Name of War (1998) and the newest is The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1998–2026
Pages on record
5,435 in 14 of 19 books
Reading time
91–136 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,435 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jill Lepore, author

Jill Lepore, born 1966, is an American historian and journalist who holds the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History chair at Harvard University. Lepore has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2005 and writes on American history, law, literature and politics, with work also in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs and the Yale Law Journal. The catalogue lists 19 books from The Name of War (1998) to The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (2026). New York Burning (2005), The Whites of Their Eyes (2010), The Mansion of Happiness (2012), Book of Ages (2013) and The Secret History of Wonder Woman (2014) are among them. Subject headings name politics and government, historiography and wars.

How many Jill Lepore books are there?

Jill Lepore has 19 books, released between 1998 and 2026.

Jill Lepore Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Jill Lepore 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 Name of War by Jill Lepore (1998)
  2. Cover of Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents by Jill Lepore, book 1 of the Pages from History series (1999)
  3. Cover of A is for American by Jill Lepore (2002)
  4. Cover of New York Burning by Jill Lepore (2005)
  5. Cover of The Whites of Their Eyes by Jill Lepore, book 6 of the Public Square series (2010)
  6. Cover of The Mansion of Happiness by Jill Lepore (2012)
  7. Cover of The Story of America by Jill Lepore (2012)
  8. Cover of Book of Ages by Jill Lepore (2013)
  9. Cover of The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore (2014)
  10. Cover of Joe Gould's Teeth by Jill Lepore (2016)
  11. Cover of These Truths by Jill Lepore (2018)
  12. Cover of This America by Jill Lepore (2019)
  13. Cover of If Then by Jill Lepore (2020)
  1. 1
    The Name of War1998 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998368
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  2. 2
    Encounters in the New World: A History in DocumentsPages from History #11999 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999176
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  3. 3
    A is for American2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002256
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  4. 4
    New York Burning2005 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005323
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  5. 5
    Blindspot2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  6. 6
    The Whites of Their EyesPublic Square #62010 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010207
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  7. 7
    The Mansion of Happiness2012 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012282
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  8. 8
    The Story of America2012 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012416
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  9. 9
    Book of Ages2013 · 442 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013442
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  10. 10
    The Secret History of Wonder Woman2014 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014410
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  11. 11
    Joe Gould's Teeth2016 · 235 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016235
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  12. 12
    These Truths2018 · 960 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018960
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  13. 13
    This America2019 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019160
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  14. 14
    If Then2020 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020432
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  15. 15
    Who Killed Truth?2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  16. 16
    The Deadline2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  17. 17
    The American Beast2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  18. 18
    We the People2025 · 768 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025768
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  19. 19
    The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Jill Lepore 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.

Pages from History in order

1 book
  1. 1. Encounters in the New World: A History in Documents

Public Square in order

1 book
  1. 6. The Whites of Their Eyes

Standalone books

17 books

17 Jill Lepore titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jill Lepore books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 19 Jill Lepore books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jill Lepore

Start with The Name of War (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jill Lepore book?

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (2026) is the newest Jill Lepore book released so far.

Is there a new Jill Lepore book coming?

No next Jill Lepore 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 Jill Lepore has won

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

  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards2006Won
  • Bancroft Prize1999Won
  • National Book Award for Nonfiction2013Shortlisted
  • Pulitzer Prize for History2006Shortlisted

Jill Lepore at a glance

Still publishing
Jill Lepore published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jill Lepore books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,435 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 346 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jill Lepore books, 8 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jill Lepore books are about

13 of the 19 Jill Lepore 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 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 8 of 13 books
  • Politics and government 4 of 13 books
  • Biography 2 of 13 books
  • Historiography 2 of 13 books
  • Philosophy 2 of 13 books
  • Social aspects 2 of 13 books
  • Social conditions 2 of 13 books
  • Sources 2 of 13 books