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Michael Parenti Books in Order

Michael Parenti has written 25 books, published between 1969 and 2023. The first book is The Anti-Communist Impulse (1969) and the newest is Yellow Parenti: Book I (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1969–2023
Pages on record
4,874 in 21 of 25 books
Reading time
81–122 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,874 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Michael Parenti, author

Michael Parenti (1933-2026) was an American political scientist, historian and cultural critic of the American Left, known for Marxist writing and lectures. Parenti taught at universities and stood for political office. The Anti-Communist Impulse (1969) begins a 25-book list that includes Democracy for the Few (1974), Inventing Reality (1986) and Against Empire (1995). Imperialism, capitalism, social class and power are the recurring subjects.

How many Michael Parenti books are there?

Michael Parenti has 25 books, released between 1969 and 2023.

Michael Parenti Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Michael Parenti 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 Power and the Powerless by Michael Parenti (1978)
  2. Cover of Ethnic And Political Attitudes by Michael Parenti (1979)
  3. Cover of Inventing Reality by Michael Parenti (1986)
  4. Cover of The Sword and the Dollar by Michael Parenti (1988)
  5. Cover of Make-Believe Media by Michael Parenti (1991)
  6. Cover of Land of Idols by Michael Parenti (1993)
  7. Cover of Against Empire by Michael Parenti (1995)
  8. Cover of Dirty Truths by Michael Parenti (1996)
  9. Cover of Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti (1997)
  10. Cover of America Besieged by Michael Parenti (1998)
  11. Cover of History as Mystery by Michael Parenti (1999)
  12. Cover of To Kill a Nation by Michael Parenti (2001)
  13. Cover of The Terrorism Trap by Michael Parenti (2002)
  14. Cover of The Assassination of Julius Caesar by Michael Parenti (2003)
  15. Cover of Superpatriotism by Michael Parenti (2004)
  16. Cover of The Culture Struggle by Michael Parenti (2006)
  17. Cover of Contrary Notions by Michael Parenti (2007)
  18. Cover of God and His Demons by Michael Parenti (2010)
  19. Cover of The Face of Imperialism by Michael Parenti (2011)
  20. Cover of Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies by Michael Parenti (2015)
  1. 1
    The Anti-Communist Impulse1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  2. 3
    Democracy for the Few1974 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974322
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  3. 4
    Power and the Powerless1978 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978238
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  4. 5
    Ethnic And Political Attitudes1979 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979344
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  5. 6
    Inventing Reality1986 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986274
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  6. 7
    The Sword and the Dollar1988 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988210
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  7. 8
    Make-Believe Media1991 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991241
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  8. 9
    Land of Idols1993 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993208
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  9. 10
    Against Empire1995 · 217 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995217
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  10. 11
    Dirty Truths1996 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996282
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  11. 12
    Blackshirts and Reds1997 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997165
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  12. 13
    America Besieged1998 · 205 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998205
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  13. 14
    History as Mystery1999 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999273
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  14. 15
    To Kill a Nation2001 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001246
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  15. 16
    The Terrorism Trap2002 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002110
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  16. 17
    The Assassination of Julius Caesar2003 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003276
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  17. 18
    Superpatriotism2004 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004120
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  18. 19
    The Culture Struggle2006 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006144
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  19. 20
    Contrary Notions2007 · 403 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007403
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  20. 21
    God and His Demons2010 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010281
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  21. 22
    The Face of Imperialism2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  22. 23
    Waiting For Yesterday2013 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013155
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  23. 24
    Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies2015 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015160
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  24. 25
    Yellow Parenti: Book I2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Michael Parenti 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

25 books

25 Michael Parenti titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael Parenti books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 25 Michael Parenti books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Michael Parenti

Start with The Anti-Communist Impulse (1969), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Parenti book?

Yellow Parenti: Book I (2023) is the newest Michael Parenti book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Parenti book coming?

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

Awards Michael Parenti has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Michael Parenti. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • American Book Awards2014Won

Michael Parenti at a glance

Died
Michael Parenti died in 2026, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Michael Parenti on record dates from 2023.
Release pace
Michael Parenti books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,874 pages across the 21 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 238 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Parenti books, 7 of 25, were published in the 1990s.

What the Michael Parenti books are about

22 of the 25 Michael Parenti books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: politics and government is tagged on 7 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Politics and government 7 of 22 books
  • Foreign relations 4 of 22 books
  • Capitalism 3 of 22 books
  • History 3 of 22 books
  • Imperialism 3 of 22 books
  • Social classes 3 of 22 books
  • Social conditions 3 of 22 books
  • Social values 3 of 22 books
  • Elite (Social sciences) 2 of 22 books
  • Italian Americans 2 of 22 books
  • Militarism 2 of 22 books
  • Political participation 2 of 22 books