Robert K. Massie Books in Order
Robert K. Massie has written 9 books, published between 1967 and 2011. The first book is Nicholas and Alexandra (1967) and the newest is Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1967–2011
- Pages on record
- 4,739 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 79–118 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,739 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Robert K. Massie (1929-2019) was an American journalist and historian who spent much of his career on the Romanovs, Russia's imperial family from 1613 to 1917. Nicholas and Alexandra (1967) opens his catalogue and became a British film in 1971 with Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman; Peter the Great: His Life and World (1980) won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1981; and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011) closes the run with awards of its own. Dreadnought (1991) and Castles of Steel (2003) turn to the naval rivalry between Britain and Germany around the First World War. Nine books in all, running long at a median of 634 pages.
How many Robert K. Massie books are there?
Robert K. Massie has 9 books, released between 1967 and 2011. 4 of them belong to the Romanovs series.
Robert K. Massie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Robert K. Massie 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.
- 119676131/4
- 2Journey1975 · confirmed 1/41975–1/4
- 319809601/4
- 4The Last Courts of Europe: Royal Family Album 1860-19141981 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419812561/4
- 5The Romanov Family Album1982 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/419821271/4
- 6Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War1991 · 1007 pages · confirmed 1/4199110071/4
- 719953201/4
- 8Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea2003 · 800 pages · confirmed 1/420038001/4
- 920116561/4
Robert K. Massie 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.
Romanovs in order
4 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Robert K. Massie titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Robert K. Massie books in order?
You only need to read Robert K. Massie books in order within the Romanovs series, which holds 4 of the 9 Robert K. Massie books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Robert K. Massie
Start with Nicholas and Alexandra (1967), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Robert K. Massie book?
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011) is the newest Robert K. Massie book released so far.
Is there a new Robert K. Massie book coming?
No next Robert K. Massie 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 Robert K. Massie has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Robert K. Massie. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography1981Won
Robert K. Massie at a glance
- Died
- Robert K. Massie died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Robert K. Massie on record dates from 2011.
- Release pace
- Robert K. Massie books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
- Length
- 4,739 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 634 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Robert K. Massie books, 3 of 9, were published in the 1980s.
What the Robert K. Massie books are about
All 9 Robert K. Massie 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 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 6 of 9 books
- Kings and rulers 5 of 9 books
- Biography 4 of 9 books
- Germany. Kriegsmarine 2 of 9 books
- Great Britain. Royal Navy 2 of 9 books
- Iconography 2 of 9 books
- Nicholas ii, emperor of russia, 1868-1918 2 of 9 books
- Pictorial works 2 of 9 books
- Politics and government 2 of 9 books
- World War, 1914-1918 2 of 9 books