Jonathan Wilson Books in Order
Jonathan Wilson has written 17 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Behind the Curtain (2006) and the newest is The Power and the Glory (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2006–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,715 in 11 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 62–93 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,715 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Jonathan Wilson, born in 1976, is an English sports journalist and author who writes mainly about football. Wilson writes predominantly for The Guardian, is a columnist for World Soccer, and founded and edits The Blizzard; in 2024 Wilson started the football history podcast It Was What it Was with Rob Draper. The catalogue lists 17 books from 2006 to 2025, including Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics (2008), The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches (2010), Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You (2011), The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper (2012) and Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina (2016). Catalogue subjects record soccer history, biography and Sunderland Football Club.
How many Jonathan Wilson books are there?
Jonathan Wilson has 17 books, released between 2006 and 2025.
Jonathan Wilson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Jonathan Wilson 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.
- 1Behind the Curtain2006 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/420063251/4
- 2Sunderland: A Club Transformed2007 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420072721/4
- 320072372/4
- 4Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics2008 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420083201/4
- 5The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches2010 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420104321/4
- 6Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank You2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 7The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper2012 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/420123511/4
- 8Kick and Run: Memoir with Soccer Ball2013 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/420132741/4
- 9The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches2013 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420132241/4
- 10Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 11The Anatomy of Manchester United : A History in Ten Matches2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420173681/4
- 12The Barcelona Inheritance / The Barcelona Legacy2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 13The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Football Shaped the Modern Game2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420193361/4
- 14Streltsov2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 15The Quizzard: The Blizzard Quiz Book2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 16Two Brothers2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 17The Power and the Glory2025 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/420255761/4
Jonathan Wilson 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.
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Standalone books
16 books16 Jonathan Wilson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jonathan Wilson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 17 Jonathan Wilson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jonathan Wilson
Start with Behind the Curtain (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jonathan Wilson book?
The Power and the Glory (2025) is the newest Jonathan Wilson book released so far.
Is there a new Jonathan Wilson book coming?
No next Jonathan Wilson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jonathan Wilson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jonathan Wilson published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jonathan Wilson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,715 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 325 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jonathan Wilson books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jonathan Wilson books are about
12 of the 17 Jonathan Wilson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: soccer is tagged on 5 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.