Princeton Classics Books in Order
Princeton Classics contains 44 books, published between 1925 and 2025. The first book is The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature (1925) and the newest is Fearful Symmetry (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1925–2025
- Pages on record
- 760 in 2 of 44 books
Princeton Classics is a line of 44 works in history, philosophy and criticism, the earliest of them dated 1925. The list gathers Medieval Cities, The Coming of the French Revolution, Twelve Who Ruled, Only Yesterday, Anatomy of Criticism, Politics and Vision and Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Modern philosophy, ethics, group identity and moral questions run through the subjects catalogued. Fearful Symmetry, dated 2025, is the most recent addition.
How many Princeton Classics books are there?
Princeton Classics has 44 books, released between 1925 and 2025.
Princeton Classics Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Princeton Classics 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 Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature1925 · confirmed 1/41925–1/4
- 2Medieval Cities1925 · confirmed 1/41925–1/4
- 3The Coming of the French Revolution1939 · confirmed 1/41939–1/4
- 4Twelve Who Ruled1941 · confirmed 1/41941–1/4
- 5Only Yesterday1945 · confirmed 1/41945–1/4
- 6Anatomy of Criticism1957 · confirmed 1/41957–1/4
- 7Politics and Vision1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 8The Age of the Democratic Revolution1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 9The Passions and the Interests1977 · confirmed 1/41977–1/4
- 10Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 11The Jews of Islam1983 · confirmed 1/41983–1/4
- 12Leviathan and the Air-Pump1985 · confirmed 1/41985–1/4
- 13The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 14Origins of the Kabbalah1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 15The Formation of Christendom1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 16The Therapy of Desire1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 17States of Injury1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 18Hamlet in Purgatory2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 19Evil in Modern Thought2002 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420023041/4
- 20The Ethics of Identity2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 21On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 22Addiction by Design2012 · 456 pages · confirmed 1/420124561/4
- 23Mimesis2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 24Nietzsche2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 25The Struggle for Equality2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 26How Propaganda Works2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 27Racism2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 28The King's Two Bodies2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 29The Machiavellian Moment2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 30The Tao of Architecture2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 31The Rhetorical Presidency2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 32Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 33The Children of Abraham2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 34Zen and Japanese Culture2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 35From Caligari to Hitler2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 36Lectures on Shakespeare2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 37The Muqaddimah2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 38After the End of Art2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 39Passionate Enlightenment2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 40Russia Leaves the War2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 41Shamanism2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 42Truth and Truthfulness2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 43The Global City2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 44Fearful Symmetry2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Where to start with Princeton Classics
Start with The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature (1925), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Princeton Classics book?
Fearful Symmetry (2025) is the newest Princeton Classics book released so far.
Is there a new Princeton Classics book coming?
No next Princeton Classics book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Princeton Classics at a glance
- Still running
- Princeton Classics is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Princeton Classics books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 760 pages across the 2 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 380 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Princeton Classics books, 16 of 44, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 44 titles, 3 are credited to R.R. Palmer, 2 to Northrop Frye, 2 to Wendy Brown and 2 to William Chester Jordan. A further 60 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.
What the Princeton Classics books are about
3 of the 44 Princeton Classics books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Casinos 1 of 3 books
- Compulsive gambling 1 of 3 books
- Criminals 1 of 3 books
- Criminals, united states 1 of 3 books
- Differenz 1 of 3 books
- Ethics 1 of 3 books
- Ethik 1 of 3 books
- Gambling 1 of 3 books
- Good and evil 1 of 3 books
- Group identity 1 of 3 books
- History 1 of 3 books
- Identity (psychology) 1 of 3 books