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Laurence Leamer Books in Order

Laurence Leamer has written 22 books, published between 1972 and 2025. The first book is The Paper Revolutionaries (1972) and the newest is Warhol's Muses (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1972–2025
Pages on record
7,914 in 17 of 22 books
Reading time
132–198 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,914 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Laurence Leamer, author

Biography of American public figures is the field of Laurence Leamer, an author and journalist born October 30, 1941, and a noted authority on the Kennedy family. Leamer has written biographies of Johnny Carson, the Reagan family and Arnold Schwarzenegger, plus a book on Mar-a-Lago. The catalogue lists 22 books from The Paper Revolutionaries (1972) to Warhol's Muses (2025), including The Kennedy Women (1994) and Three Chords and the Truth (1997).

How many Laurence Leamer books are there?

Laurence Leamer has 22 books, released between 1972 and 2025.

Laurence Leamer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Laurence Leamer 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 Paper Revolutionaries by Laurence Leamer (1972)
  2. Cover of Playing for keeps by Laurence Leamer (1977)
  3. Cover of Ascent by Laurence Leamer (1982)
  4. Cover of Make-Believe by Laurence Leamer (1983)
  5. Cover of As Time Goes By by Laurence Leamer (1986)
  6. Cover of King of the Night by Laurence Leamer (1989)
  7. Cover of The Kennedy Women by Laurence Leamer (1994)
  8. Cover of Three Chords and the Truth by Laurence Leamer (1997)
  9. Cover of The Kennedy Men by Laurence Leamer (2001)
  10. Cover of Sons of Camelot by Laurence Leamer (2004)
  11. Cover of Fantastic by Laurence Leamer (2005)
  12. Cover of Madness Under the Royal Palms by Laurence Leamer (2009)
  13. Cover of The Price of Justice by Laurence Leamer (2013)
  14. Cover of The President's Butler by Laurence Leamer (2016)
  15. Cover of The Lynching by Laurence Leamer (2016)
  16. Cover of Mar-A-Lago by Laurence Leamer (2019)
  1. 1
    The Paper Revolutionaries1972 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972220
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  2. 2
    Playing for keeps1977 · 417 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977417
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  3. 3
    Assignment1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  4. 4
    Ascent1982 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982392
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  5. 5
    Make-Believe1983 · 395 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983395
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  6. 6
    As Time Goes By1986 · 510 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986510
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  7. 7
    My years with Harpur College and SUNY-Binghamton's Economics Department and Social Sciences Division1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  8. 8
    King of the Night1989 · 476 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989476
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  9. 9
    The Kennedy Women1994 · 960 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994960
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  10. 10
    Three Chords and the Truth1997 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997672
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  11. 11
    The Kennedy Men2001 · 882 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001882
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  12. 12
    Sons of Camelot2004 · 638 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004638
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  13. 13
    Fantastic2005 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005544
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  14. 14
    Madness Under the Royal Palms2009 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009351
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  15. 15
    The Price of Justice2013 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013432
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  16. 16
    The President's Butler2016 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016306
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  17. 17
    Rose2016 · 43 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201643
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  18. 18
    The Lynching2016 · 372 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016372
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  19. 19
    Mar-A-Lago2019 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019304
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  20. 20
    Capote's Women2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  21. 21
    Hitchcock's Blondes2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  22. 22
    Warhol's Muses2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Laurence Leamer 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

22 books

22 Laurence Leamer titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Laurence Leamer books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 22 Laurence Leamer books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Laurence Leamer

Start with The Paper Revolutionaries (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Laurence Leamer book?

Warhol's Muses (2025) is the newest Laurence Leamer book released so far.

Is there a new Laurence Leamer book coming?

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

Laurence Leamer at a glance

Still publishing
Laurence Leamer published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Laurence Leamer books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
7,914 pages across the 17 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 417 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Laurence Leamer books, 6 of 22, were published in the 1980s.

What the Laurence Leamer books are about

17 of the 22 Laurence Leamer 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 9 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.