Michael Medved Books in Order

Michael Medved has written 14 books, published between 1976 and 2019. The first book is What Really Happened to the Class of '65 (1976) and the newest is God's Hand on America (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1976–2019
Pages on record
3,474 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
58–87 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,474 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Michael Medved, author

Michael Medved is an American film critic, political commentator, radio host and author, born October 3, 1948. The Michael Medved Show is syndicated from KTTH in Seattle and carried on Cable Radio Network's CRN1; Genesis Communications Network syndicated the show until that network closed on May 5, 2024. The catalogue lists 14 books from What Really Happened to the Class of '65 (1976) to God's Hand on America (2019), with titles such as The Hollywood Hall of Shame (1984) and Hollywood vs. America (1992).

How many Michael Medved books are there?

Michael Medved has 14 books, released between 1976 and 2019. They include 3 separate series.

Michael Medved Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Michael Medved 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. 1
    What Really Happened to the Class of '65History #11976 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976285
  2. 2
    Fifty Worst Movies of All TimeEntertainment #11978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978
  3. 3
    The Shadow PresidentsHistory #21979 · 401 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979401
  4. 4
    Hospital, The Hidden Lives of a Medical Center StaffMedical #11982 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982319
  5. 5
    The Hollywood Hall of ShameEntertainment #21984 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984237
  6. 6
    Son of Golden Turkey AwardsEntertainment #31986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986
  7. 7
    Hollywood vs. AmericaEntertainment #41992 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992386
  8. 8
    Saving ChildhoodParenting #11998 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998336
  9. 9
    Right TurnsBiographies #12005 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005448
  10. 10
    The 10 Big Lies about AmericaHistory #32008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008
  11. 11
    The 5 Big Lies about American BusinessHistory #42009 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009262
  12. 12
    The Odds Against ObamaHistory #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  13. 13
    The American MiracleHistory #62017 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017400
  14. 14
    God's Hand on AmericaHistory #72019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400

Michael Medved 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.

Do you have to read Michael Medved books in order?

You only need to read Michael Medved books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Michael Medved

Start with What Really Happened to the Class of '65 (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Medved book?

God's Hand on America (2019) is the newest Michael Medved book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Medved book coming?

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

Michael Medved at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Michael Medved title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Michael Medved books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,474 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 361 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Medved books, 3 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael Medved books are about

12 of the 14 Michael Medved 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 4 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 4 of 12 books
  • Motion pictures 4 of 12 books
  • Biography 2 of 12 books
  • Christianity 2 of 12 books
  • Films 2 of 12 books
  • Moving-pictures 2 of 12 books
  • Nonfiction 2 of 12 books
  • Religious aspects 2 of 12 books
  • Staff 2 of 12 books