Victor Davis Hanson Books in Order
Victor Davis Hanson has written 30 books, published between 1989 and 2026. The first book is The Western Way of War (1989) and the newest is The Counterrevolution (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1989–2026
- Confirmed
- 2 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,549 in 26 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 142–214 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,549 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Military history and classical Greece run through the 30 catalogued books of Victor Davis Hanson, an American classicist, military historian and conservative political commentator born September 5, 1953. The Western Way of War (1989) comes first, followed by Hoplites (1991), The Other Greeks (1995), Fields Without Dreams (1996), Who Killed Homer (1998) and Carnage and Culture (2001); The Counterrevolution (2026) is the newest. Hanson is professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a visiting professor at Hillsdale College. Hanson received the National Humanities Medal in 2007, and agriculture and family farms also appear among the subjects.
How many Victor Davis Hanson books are there?
Victor Davis Hanson has 30 books, released between 1989 and 2026.
Victor Davis Hanson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Victor Davis Hanson 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 Western Way of War1989 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/419893031/4
- 2Hoplites1991 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/419912861/4
- 3The Other Greeks1995 · 596 pages · confirmed 1/419955961/4
- 4Fields Without Dreams1996 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419963201/4
- 5Who Killed Homer1998 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/419983281/4
- 6Warfare & Agriculture in Classical Greece1998 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/419982811/4
- 7The Soul of Battle1999 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/419994801/4
- 8The Land Was Everything2000 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420002721/4
- 9Carnage and Culture2001 · 506 pages · confirmed 1/420015061/4
- 10Bonfire of the Humanities2001 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/420013731/4
- 112002–2/4
- 12Craft of Northern California2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420032881/4
- 13Mexifornia2003 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/420031501/4
- 14Ripples of Battle2003 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420033041/4
- 15Between War and Peace2004 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/420042821/4
- 16A War Like No Other2005 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/420053971/4
- 17An Autumn of War2007 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/420072181/4
- 18War, Ancient and Modern2008 · 73 pages · confirmed 1/42008731/4
- 19How the Obama Administration Threatens Our National SecurityEncounter Broadsides #52009 · 40 pages · confirmed 3/42009403/4
- 20Makers of Ancient Strategy2010 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/420102651/4
- 21The Father of Us All2010 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/420102591/4
- 22The End of Sparta2011 · 445 pages · confirmed 1/420114451/4
- 23Obama: The Dream and the Reality2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 24The Savior Generals2013 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/420133051/4
- 2520176523/4
- 26The Case for Trump2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420194001/4
- 27What I Believe2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 28The Dying Citizen2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 29The End of Everything2024 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/420243581/4
- 30The Counterrevolution2026 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420263681/4
Victor Davis Hanson 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.
Encounter Broadsides in order
1 bookSmithsonian History of Warfare in order
1 bookGeneral Military in order
1 bookStandalone books
27 books27 Victor Davis Hanson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Victor Davis Hanson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 30 Victor Davis Hanson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Victor Davis Hanson
Start with The Western Way of War (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Victor Davis Hanson book?
The Counterrevolution (2026) is the newest Victor Davis Hanson book released so far.
Is there a new Victor Davis Hanson book coming?
No next Victor Davis Hanson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Victor Davis Hanson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Victor Davis Hanson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Victor Davis Hanson books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,549 pages across the 26 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Victor Davis Hanson books, 12 of 30, were published in the 2000s.
What the Victor Davis Hanson books are about
27 of the 30 Victor Davis Hanson 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 10 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 10 of 27 books
- Military art and science 5 of 27 books
- Military history 5 of 27 books
- Agriculture 4 of 27 books
- Military art and science, history 4 of 27 books
- Art et science militaires 2 of 27 books
- Battles 2 of 27 books
- Biography 2 of 27 books
- Campaigns 2 of 27 books
- Classical education 2 of 27 books
- Economic aspects of Agriculture 2 of 27 books
- Family farms 2 of 27 books