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William Kuhn Books in Order

William Kuhn has written 12 books, published between 1996 and 2024. The first book is Democratic Royalism (1996) and the newest is Swimming with Lord Byron (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1996–2024
Pages on record
2,308 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
38–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,308 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable William Kuhn checklist

William Kuhn writes biography and history centred on monarchy and royal courts, with subject headings naming British politics from 1837 to 1901 and Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby. Democratic Royalism (1996) is the first of 12 catalogued books, followed by Henry and Mary Ponsonby (2004) and The Politics of Pleasure (2005). Reading Jackie (2010), Mrs Queen Takes the Train (2012) and The Isabella Club (2018) come later. The Eight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis series is also listed, and Swimming with Lord Byron (2024) is the newest.

How many William Kuhn books are there?

William Kuhn has 12 books, released between 1996 and 2024. 4 of them belong to the Eight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis series.

William Kuhn Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 William Kuhn 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 Democratic Royalism by William Kuhn (1996)
  2. Cover of Henry and Mary Ponsonby by William Kuhn (2004)
  3. Cover of The Politics of Pleasure by William Kuhn (2005)
  4. Cover of Mrs Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn (2012)
  5. Cover of Prince Harry Boy to Man by William Kuhn (2017)
  1. 1
    Democratic Royalism1996 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996180
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  2. 2
    Henry and Mary Ponsonby2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004320
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  3. 3
    The Politics of Pleasure2005 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005402
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  4. 4
    Reading Jackie2010 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010368
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  5. 5
    Mrs Queen Takes the Train2012 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012374
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  6. 6
    Prince Harry Boy to Man2017 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017312
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  7. 7
    The Isabella Club2018 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018352
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  8. 8
    A Boarding School FriendEight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis #12021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  9. 9
    A Rival at Work & A Waspish NovelistEight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis #22021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  10. 10
    A Vanity Fair Insider, An Iconic Art Director, & A Lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtEight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis #32021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    An Expert from the Ballet World & A Harvard Professor's WifeEight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis #42021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    Swimming with Lord Byron2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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William Kuhn 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.

Eight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Boarding School Friend
  2. 2. A Rival at Work & A Waspish Novelist
  3. 3. A Vanity Fair Insider, An Iconic Art Director, & A Lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. 4. An Expert from the Ballet World & A Harvard Professor's Wife

Standalone books

8 books

8 William Kuhn titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William Kuhn books in order?

You only need to read William Kuhn books in order within the Eight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis series, which holds 4 of the 12 William Kuhn books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with William Kuhn

Start with Democratic Royalism (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Kuhn book?

Swimming with Lord Byron (2024) is the newest William Kuhn book released so far.

Is there a new William Kuhn book coming?

No next William Kuhn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

William Kuhn at a glance

Still publishing
William Kuhn published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
William Kuhn books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,308 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William Kuhn books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2020s.

What the William Kuhn books are about

6 of the 12 William Kuhn 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 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 3 of 6 books
  • History 2 of 6 books
  • Monarchy 2 of 6 books
  • Politics and government 2 of 6 books