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Rick Atkinson Books in Order

Rick Atkinson has written 11 books, published between 1989 and 2025. The first book is The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 (1989) and the newest is The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1989–2025
Pages on record
5,874 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
98–147 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,874 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Military history is Rick Atkinson's subject, researched at book length and published in trilogies. The Liberation Trilogy covers the Second World War in An Army at Dawn (2002), The Day of Battle (2007) and The Guns at Last Light (2013); the Revolution Trilogy turns to the American War of Independence and reaches The Fate of the Day in 2025. Earlier titles include The Long Gray Line (1989) and Crusade, on the Persian Gulf War. Atkinson's books are long, at a median of 644 pages.

How many Rick Atkinson books are there?

Rick Atkinson has 11 books, released between 1989 and 2025. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Rick Atkinson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Rick Atkinson 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 The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Rick Atkinson (1989)
  2. Cover of Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War by Rick Atkinson (1993)
  3. Cover of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson, book 1 of the World War II Liberation Trilogy
  4. Cover of The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson (2007)
  5. Cover of The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson (2013)
  6. Cover of D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 by Rick Atkinson (2014)
  7. Cover of Battle of the Bulge by Rick Atkinson (2015)
  8. Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson (2019)
  9. Cover of The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson (2025)
  1. 1
    The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 19661989 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989608
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  2. 2
    Crusade: The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War1993 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993608
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  3. 3
    An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943World War II Liberation Trilogy #12002 · 681 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002681
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  4. 4
    In The Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat In Iraq2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  5. 5
    The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944World War II Liberation Trilogy #22007 · 791 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007791
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  6. 6
    Where Valor Rests: Arlington National Cemetery2007 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007190
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  7. 7
    The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945World War II Liberation Trilogy #32013 · 877 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013877
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  8. 8
    D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 19442014 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014202
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  9. 9
    Battle of the Bulge2015 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015237
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  10. 10
    The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777Revolution Trilogy #12019 · 800 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019800
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  11. 11
    The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780Revolution Trilogy #22025 · 880 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025880
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Rick Atkinson 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.

World War II Liberation Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
  2. 2. The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
  3. 3. The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945

Revolution Trilogy in order

2 books
  1. 1. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
  2. 2. The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

Standalone books

6 books

6 Rick Atkinson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rick Atkinson books in order?

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

Where to start with Rick Atkinson

Start with The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rick Atkinson book?

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (2025) is the newest Rick Atkinson book released so far.

Is there a new Rick Atkinson book coming?

No next Rick Atkinson 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 Rick Atkinson has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 2 nominations for Rick Atkinson. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Helmerich Award2015Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for History2003Wonfor An Army at Dawn
  • Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting1982Won
  • Pulitzer Prize for History2003Shortlistedfor An Army at Dawn
  • Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting1982Shortlisted

Rick Atkinson at a glance

Still publishing
Rick Atkinson published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Rick Atkinson books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
5,874 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 644 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rick Atkinson books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rick Atkinson books are about

9 of the 11 Rick Atkinson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: campaigns is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.