Sally Bedell Smith Books in Order
Sally Bedell Smith has written 9 books, published between 1981 and 2023. The first book is Up the Tube: Prime-Time TV in the Silverman Years, Like It or Not (1981) and the newest is George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1981–2023
- Pages on record
- 2,668 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 44–67 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,668 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Sally Bedell Smith, born in 1948, is an American journalist and biographer. Reporting jobs at Time, TV Guide and The New York Times came first, followed by a contributing editorship at Vanity Fair from 1996 and, from 2017, commentary on CNN. Nine books are catalogued, running from Up the Tube (1981) to George VI and Elizabeth (2023). Elizabeth the Queen (2012), a life of Queen Elizabeth II, is the best known of them. Subjects record biography, presidents, presidents' spouses and television broadcasting. Median length is 576 pages.
How many Sally Bedell Smith books are there?
Sally Bedell Smith has 9 books, released between 1981 and 2023.
Sally Bedell Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Sally Bedell Smith 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.
- 1Up the Tube: Prime-Time TV in the Silverman Years, Like It or Not1981 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/419813131/4
- 2In All His Glory: The Life and Times of William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting1990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 3Reflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman1996 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/419965761/4
- 4Diana in Search of Herself: Portrait of a Troubled Princess1999 · 451 pages · confirmed 1/419994511/4
- 5Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House2006 · 720 pages · confirmed 1/420067201/4
- 6For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years2007 · 608 pages · confirmed 1/420076081/4
- 7Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 9George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Sally Bedell Smith 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
9 books9 Sally Bedell Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sally Bedell Smith books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Sally Bedell Smith books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Sally Bedell Smith
Start with Up the Tube: Prime-Time TV in the Silverman Years, Like It or Not (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sally Bedell Smith book?
George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy (2023) is the newest Sally Bedell Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Sally Bedell Smith book coming?
No next Sally Bedell Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sally Bedell Smith at a glance
- Paused
- No new Sally Bedell Smith title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Sally Bedell Smith books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,668 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 576 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sally Bedell Smith books, 3 of 9, were published in the 1990s.
What the Sally Bedell Smith books are about
7 of the 9 Sally Bedell Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 6 of 7 books
- Politics and government 2 of 7 books
- Presidents 2 of 7 books
- Presidents' spouses 2 of 7 books