Marc Eliot Books in Order
Marc Eliot has written 28 books, published between 1979 and 2022. The first book is Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs (1979) and the newest is The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1979–2022
- Pages on record
- 8,929 in 27 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 149–223 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,929 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Marc Eliot writes biographies and memoirs of show business figures, and has ghost-written for film stars. The subjects run from musicians to actors: Phil Ochs in Death of a Rebel (1979), Burt Reynolds, Bruce Springsteen in Down Thunder Road, Walt Disney in Hollywood's Dark Prince, and Merle Haggard in The Hag (2022). Rockonomics and American Television take on the industries themselves. 28 titles span 1979 to 2022, at a median of 322 pages.
How many Marc Eliot books are there?
Marc Eliot has 28 books, released between 1979 and 2022.
Marc Eliot Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Marc Eliot 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.
- 1Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 2American Television: The Official Art of the Artificial1981 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/419813011/4
- 4Televisions, One Season in American Television1983 · 179 pages · confirmed 1/419831791/4
- 5Rockonomics: The Money Behind the Music1989 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/419893221/4
- 6Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen1992 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/419923821/4
- 7Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince1993 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/419933051/4
- 8My Life in Spite of Myself1994 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/419942391/4
- 9Vicki!: The True-Life Adventures of Miss Fireball1995 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419952381/4
- 10Kato Kaelin: The Whole Truth1995 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/419952701/4
- 11To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles1998 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/419983941/4
- 12Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love1999 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419992561/4
- 13Down 42nd Street: Sex, Money, Culture & Politics at the Crossroads of the World2001 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420013361/4
- 14Ordinary Girl: The Journey2003 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420032721/4
- 15Cary Grant: A Biography2004 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420044481/4
- 16I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul2005 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/420052661/4
- 17Jimmy Stewart2006 · 463 pages · confirmed 1/420064631/4
- 18Out of Sync2007 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420072081/4
- 19Reagan: The Hollywood Years2008 · 375 pages · confirmed 1/420083751/4
- 20Song of Brooklyn: An Oral History of America's Favorite Borough2008 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420083681/4
- 21American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood2009 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/420093831/4
- 22Paul Simon: A Life2010 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/420103131/4
- 23Steve McQueen: A Biography2011 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420113841/4
- 24Michael Douglas: A Biography2012 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/420123401/4
- 25Nicholson: A Biography2013 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/420133511/4
- 26American Titan: Searching for John Wayne2014 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420144321/4
- 27Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon2017 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/420175761/4
- 28The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard2022 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420223041/4
Marc Eliot 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
28 books28 Marc Eliot titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Marc Eliot books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 28 Marc Eliot books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Marc Eliot
Start with Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marc Eliot book?
The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard (2022) is the newest Marc Eliot book released so far.
Is there a new Marc Eliot book coming?
No next Marc Eliot book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Marc Eliot at a glance
- Paused
- No new Marc Eliot title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Marc Eliot books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,929 pages across the 27 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marc Eliot books, 9 of 28, were published in the 2000s.
What the Marc Eliot books are about
27 of the 28 Marc Eliot 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 20 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 20 of 27 books
- Actors and actresses 7 of 27 books
- Rock musicians 4 of 27 books
- Actors, biography 3 of 27 books
- Rock musicians, united states 3 of 27 books
- Singers, united states 3 of 27 books
- Country musicians 2 of 27 books
- History and criticism 2 of 27 books
- Motion pictures, biography 2 of 27 books
- Music trade 2 of 27 books