Tariq Ali Books in Order
Tariq Ali has written 62 books, published between 1967 and 2026. The first book is The Thoughts of Chairman Harold (1967) and the newest is The Neck and the Sword (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 62
- Published
- 1967–2026
- Pages on record
- 7,212 in 36 of 62 books
- Reading time
- 120–180 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,212 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 62 titles with a page count on record.
Tariq Ali, born 21 October 1943, is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker and public intellectual. Ali sits on the editorial committees of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso and writes for The Guardian, CounterPunch and the London Review of Books. Ali studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford. The catalogue lists 62 books from The Thoughts of Chairman Harold (1967) to The Neck and the Sword (2026), including Class Struggle in Bangladesh (1971) and Leon Trotsky (1980), and the Islam Quintet series. Subjects include politics and government, socialism, communism, revolutionaries and drama.
How many Tariq Ali books are there?
Tariq Ali has 62 books, released between 1967 and 2026. 5 of them belong to the Islam Quintet series.
Tariq Ali Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 62 Tariq Ali 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.
- 1The Thoughts of Chairman Harold1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 2The New Revolutionaries: A Handbook of the International Radical Left1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 3Pakistan1970 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/419702701/4
- 4Class Struggle in Bangladesh1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 5The Coming British Revolution1972 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/419722591/4
- 6Chile1974 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/41974481/4
- 71968 and After1978 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/419782181/4
- 819801741/4
- 919801641/4
- 1019801751/4
- 11The Stalinist Legacy1980 · 551 pages · confirmed 1/419805511/4
- 12Can Pakistan Survive1983 · 237 pages · confirmed 1/419832371/4
- 13Who's Afraid of Margaret Thatcher?1984 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/419841551/4
- 14An Indian Dynasty1985 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/419853181/4
- 15The Nehrus and the Gandhis1985 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/419853541/4
- 16President Nyerere in Conversation with Darcus Howe and Tariq Ali1986 · 15 pages · confirmed 1/41986151/4
- 17Street-Fighting Years1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 18Revolution from Above / Time to Bury Lenin1988 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/419882551/4
- 19Iranian Nights1989 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/41989241/4
- 20Redemption1990 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419902881/4
- 21Consequences: The Dramatic Consequence of an Intriguing Theatrical Game1991 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/41991641/4
- 221992–1/4
- 23Necklaces1992 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/41992561/4
- 24Moscow Gold1993 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/419931101/4
- 25Fear of Mirrors1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 261998–1/4
- 27Ugly Rumors1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 2819681998 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419982241/4
- 29Collateral Damage1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 302000–1/4
- 31Masters of the Universe? NATO's Balkan Crusade2000 · 429 pages · confirmed 1/420004291/4
- 32Snogging Ken2001 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/42001311/4
- 33The Clash of Fundamentalisms2002 · 428 pages · confirmed 1/420024281/4
- 34The American Effect2003 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/420032151/4
- 35Bush in Babylon2003 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420032621/4
- 36The Illustrious Corpse2004 · 57 pages · confirmed 1/42004571/4
- 372005–1/4
- 38Speaking of Empire and Resistance2005 · 234 pages · confirmed 1/420052341/4
- 39Conversations with Edward Said2005 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/420051281/4
- 40Rough Music2006 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/420061041/4
- 41Dictatorship of Capital: Politics and Culture in the 21st Century2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 42The Leopard and the Fox2006 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/420062041/4
- 43Pirates of the Caribbean2006 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/420062441/4
- 44A Banker for All Seasons2007 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/420072181/4
- 45The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 46The Assassination2008 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420081441/4
- 47The Idea of Communism2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 48The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom2009 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420092941/4
- 492010–1/4
- 50The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 51The Trials of Spinoza2011 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/42011611/4
- 52On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 53The New Adventures of Don Quixote2014 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/420142001/4
- 54The Extreme Centre: A Warning2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 55The Dilemmas of Lenin: Terrorism, War, Empire, Love, Revolution2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 56Uprising in Pakistan: How to Bring Down a Dictatorship2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 57The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 58Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 59A Conversation with Ernest Mandel: Early Life and Late Politics2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 60The Lenin Scenario2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 61You Can't Please All: Memoirs 1980-20242024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 62The Neck and the Sword2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Tariq Ali 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.
Islam Quintet in order
5 booksWriters & Readers Documentary Comic in order
3 booksStandalone books
54 books54 Tariq Ali titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tariq Ali books in order?
You only need to read Tariq Ali books in order within the Islam Quintet series, which holds 5 of the 62 Tariq Ali books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Tariq Ali
Start with The Thoughts of Chairman Harold (1967), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tariq Ali book?
The Neck and the Sword (2026) is the newest Tariq Ali book released so far.
Is there a new Tariq Ali book coming?
No next Tariq Ali 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 Tariq Ali has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Tariq Ali. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira1995Wonfor Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree
Tariq Ali at a glance
- Still publishing
- Tariq Ali published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Tariq Ali books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,212 pages across the 36 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 210 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tariq Ali books, 19 of 62, were published in the 2000s.
What the Tariq Ali books are about
36 of the 62 Tariq Ali 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 18 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Politics and government 18 of 36 books
- Drama 9 of 36 books
- History 8 of 36 books
- Biography 6 of 36 books
- World politics 5 of 36 books
- Communism 4 of 36 books
- Socialism 4 of 36 books
- Foreign relations 3 of 36 books
- Interviews 3 of 36 books
- Revolutionaries 3 of 36 books
- Communists 2 of 36 books