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Lew Wallace Books in Order

12 books are credited to Lew Wallace, published between 1873 and 1906; 3 of them appeared after Lew Wallace's death in 1905. The first book is The Fair God (1873) and the newest is Smoke, Sound & Fury (1906). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1873–1906
Pages on record
1,512 in 4 of 12 books
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Photo of Lew Wallace, author

Lew Wallace (1827 to 1905) was an Indiana lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, inventor and author. Wallace served in the Mexican-American War, was Indiana's adjutant general and led the 11th Indiana Infantry Regiment. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) is Wallace's best known novel. The catalogue lists 12 books from The Fair God (1873) to Smoke, Sound & Fury (1906), including The Prince of India (1893).

How many Lew Wallace books are there?

Lew Wallace has 12 books, released between 1873 and 1906. 3 of them were published after Lew Wallace's death in 1905.

Lew Wallace Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Lew 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 Fair God by Lew Wallace (1873)
  2. Cover of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace (1880)
  3. Cover of The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell by Lew Wallace (1893)
  4. Cover of The First Christmas from Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1899)
  5. Cover of Smoke, Sound & Fury by Lew Wallace (1906)
  1. 1
    The Fair God1873 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1873448
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  2. 2
    Commodus: An Historical Play1876 · confirmed 1/4
    1876–
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  3. 3
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1880 · 620 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1880620
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  4. 4
    Life of Gen. Ben Harrison1888 · confirmed 1/4
    1888–
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  5. 5
    The Boyhood of Christ1888 · confirmed 1/4
    1888–
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  6. 6
    Life and Public Services of Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President of the U.S.: With a Concise Biographical Sketch of Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Ex-Minister to France1892 · confirmed 1/4
    1892–
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  7. 7
    The Prince of India or Why Constantinople Fell1893 · confirmed 1/4
    1893–
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  8. 8
    The Wooing of Malkatoon Commodus1898 · confirmed 1/4
    1898–
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  9. 9
    The First Christmas from Ben-Hur1899 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1899156
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  10. 10
    Lew Wallace, Vol. 1: An Autobiography1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  11. 11
    Lew Wallace, Vol. 2: An Autobiography1906 · confirmed 1/4
    1906–
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  12. 12
    Smoke, Sound & Fury1906 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1906288
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Lew 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

12 books

12 Lew Wallace titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lew Wallace books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Lew Wallace books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Lew Wallace

Start with The Fair God (1873), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lew Wallace book?

Smoke, Sound & Fury (1906) is the newest Lew Wallace book released so far.

Is there a new Lew Wallace book coming?

No next Lew 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.

Lew Wallace at a glance

Died
Lew Wallace died in 1905, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Lew Wallace are still being published after Lew Wallace's death in 1905; the newest appeared in 1906.
Release pace
Lew Wallace books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,512 pages across the 4 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lew Wallace books, 4 of 12, were published in the 1890s.

What the Lew Wallace books are about

5 of the 12 Lew Wallace books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.