Noam Chomsky Books in Order: All 134 books (1957

Noam Chomsky (Avram Noam Chomsky, born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist and social critic, sometimes called the father of modern linguistics. Chomsky helped found cognitive science, is a major figure in analytic philosophy, and holds posts as laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and institute professor emeritus at MIT. The catalogue lists 134 books, starting with Syntactic Structures (1957) and reaching The Myth of American Idealism (2024). Subjects range from generative grammar to world politics and terrorism.

How many Noam Chomsky books are there?

Noam Chomsky has 134 books, released between 1957 and 2024. They include 2 series and 108 titles listed outside any series.

Noam Chomsky 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.

American Empire Project in order

17 books

1. Blowback
2. Hegemony or Survival
4. The Sorrows of Empire
7. Imperial Ambitions
11. Failed States
13. What We Say Goes
14. The Complex
15. Ain't My America
16. The Limits of Power
17. Washington Rules
19. Kill Anything That Moves
20. Power Systems
and 5 more in the table above

City Lights Open Media in order

4 books

2. Interventions
10. Making the Future
39. ReTargeting Iran
99. Because We Say So

Open Media in order

3 books

1. Government in the Future
4. The Umbrella of US Power
7. Open Media Collection

Political Economy of Human Rights in order

2 books

1. The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism
2. After the Cataclysm

Standalone books

108 books

108 Noam Chomsky titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Noam Chomsky books in order?

You only need to read Noam Chomsky books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What is the newest Noam Chomsky book?

The Myth of American Idealism (2024) is the newest Noam Chomsky book released so far.

Is there a new Noam Chomsky book coming?

No next Noam Chomsky 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 Noam Chomsky has won

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

Orwell Award1987Won

Noam Chomsky at a glance

Still publishing: Noam Chomsky published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace: Noam Chomsky books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 26,992 pages across the 98 of 134 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Noam Chomsky books, 33 of 134, were published in the 2000s.

What the Noam Chomsky books are about

103 of the 134 Noam Chomsky books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: foreign relations is tagged on 38 of 103. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Foreign relations 38 of 103 books
World politics 25 of 103 books
Politics and government 22 of 103 books
Interviews 18 of 103 books
Language and languages 18 of 103 books
History 15 of 103 books
Philosophy 15 of 103 books
Linguistics 13 of 103 books
Generative grammar 12 of 103 books
Political and social views 11 of 103 books
Political science 10 of 103 books
Terrorism 8 of 103 books

Noam Chomsky Books in Order