Lynne Olson Books in Order
Lynne Olson has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is The Murrow Boys (1996) and the newest is The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,836 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 64–96 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,836 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Lynne Olson, born in 1949, is an American historian and journalist who writes narrative history of the 1939-1945 war and the politics around it. Ten books are catalogued: The Murrow Boys (1996) on broadcast journalists, Freedom's Daughters (2001) on women in the civil rights movement, A Question of Honor (2003), Troublesome Young Men (2007), Citizens of London (2010), Those Angry Days (2013), Last Hope Island (2017), Madame Fourcade's Secret War (2019), Empress of the Nile (2023) and The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück (2025). Olson worked for the Associated Press and the Baltimore Sun before writing books, and often writes with Stanley Cloud.
How many Lynne Olson books are there?
Lynne Olson has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2025.
Lynne Olson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Lynne Olson 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.
- 1The Murrow Boys1996 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/419964801/4
- 2Freedom's Daughters2001 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420014641/4
- 3A Question of Honor2003 · 495 pages · confirmed 1/420034951/4
- 4Troublesome Young Men2007 · 436 pages · confirmed 1/420074361/4
- 5Citizens of London2010 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/420104961/4
- 6Those Angry Days2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 7Last Hope Island2017 · 553 pages · confirmed 1/420175531/4
- 8Madame Fourcade's Secret War2019 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420194641/4
- 9Empress of the Nile2023 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420234481/4
- 10The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Lynne Olson 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
10 books10 Lynne Olson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lynne Olson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Lynne Olson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Lynne Olson
Start with The Murrow Boys (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lynne Olson book?
The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück (2025) is the newest Lynne Olson book released so far.
Is there a new Lynne Olson book coming?
No next Lynne Olson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lynne Olson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lynne Olson published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Lynne Olson books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,836 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 472 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lynne Olson books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lynne Olson books are about
7 of the 10 Lynne Olson 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 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 3 of 7 books
- Great Britain 2 of 7 books
- Nonfiction 2 of 7 books
- Politics and government 2 of 7 books
- World War, 1939-1945 2 of 7 books