Adrian Goldsworthy Reading Order
9 series · 179 books
Adrian Goldsworthy is a distinguished British historian and author known for his engaging narratives centered on ancient Rome and military history. With a prolific output of 179 books spanning nine series, including popular titles such as City of Victory and Vindolanda, he has captivated readers with both fiction and non-fiction works. Active from 1950 until 2026, Goldsworthy's contributions to historical literature continue to resonate with audiences worldwide.
Anthologies Series
Complete1 book (2008–2008)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Commanders of the Ancient World, 1479BC - 453AD 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
City Of Victory Series
Likely Complete3 books (2021–2023)
Start with The Fort and read in order.
Essential Histories Series
Ongoing24 books (1992–2024)
Start with The Hundred Years’ War: 1337–1453(By: Anne Curry), the first of 24 books in the Essential Histories series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Hundred Years’ War: 1337–1453(By: Anne Curry) 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The French Revolutionary Wars(By: Gregory Fremont-Barnes) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Korean War: 1950–53(By: Carter Malkasian) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Caesar's Civil War 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The Vietnam War 1956–1975(By: Andrew Wiest) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | War in Japan 1467–1615(By: Stephen Turnbull) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | The Franco-Prussian War: 1870–71(By: Stephen Badsey) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Ottoman Empire 1326–1699(By: Stephen Turnbull) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Collapse of Yugoslavia: 1991–99(By: Alastair Finlan) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Russian Civil War 1918–22(By: David Bullock) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750(By: David Nicolle) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46(By: Gregory Fremont-Barnes) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969–2007(By: Aaron Edwards) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Second War of Italian Unification 1859–61(By: Frederick C. Schneid) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Soviet-Afghan War 1979-89(By: Gregory Fremont-Barnes) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Rise of Imperial Rome AD 14–193(By: Duncan B. Campbell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Wars of Spanish American Independence 1809–29(By: John Fletcher) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Russia’s Wars in Chechnya 1994–2009(By: Mark Galeotti) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The War of the Roses: 1455-1485(By: Michael Hicks) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Russia's Five-Day War(By: Mark Galeotti) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | The American Revolution: 1774–83(By: Daniel Marston) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453(By: Anne Curry) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Russia’s Wars in Chechnya: 1994–2009(By: Mark Galeotti) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Soviet–Afghan War: 1979–89(By: Gregory Fremont-Barnes) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
General Military Series
Likely Complete112 books (1950–2021)
Start with Otto Skorzeny(By: Stuart Smith), the first of 112 books in the General Military series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Otto Skorzeny(By: Stuart Smith) 1950Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Forgotten Dead(By: Mark Rogerson,Ken Small) 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Jackspeak(By: Rick Jolly) 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Joshua L. Chamberlain(By: Thomas A. Desjardin) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Hunt the Bismarck(By: Angus Konstam) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Out of Nowhere(By: Martin Pegler) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Rome at War 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited(By: Andrew Wiest) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Struggle for a Vast Future(By: Aaron Sheehan-Dean) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  FUBAR(By: Gordon L. Rottman) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  An Officer's Manual of the Western Front(By: Stephen Bull) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Deceiving Hitler(By: Terry Crowdy) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Warship 2008(By: John Jordan) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Armies of the Napoleonic Wars(By: Chris McNab) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Empire of the Seas(By: Brian Lavery) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | No Greater Ally(By: Kenneth K. Koskodan) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660(By: Blair Worden) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Battleground Prussia(By: Prit Buttar) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Roman Army(By: Chris McNab) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Quick Training for War(By: Robert Baden-Powell,Martin Robson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Silent Killers(By: Clive Cussler,James P. Delgado) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  The Road to Victory(By: Dale A. Dye,Robert J.O'Neill) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Spitfire Pocket Manual(By: Martin Robson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Warship 2011(By: John Jordan) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Concrete Hell(By: Lou DiMarco) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Panther(By: Michael; Green Gladys Green) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  The Commando Pocket Manual(By: Christopher Westhorp) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | The Para Fitness Guide(By: Sam McGrath) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | The Rice Paddy Navy(By: Linda Kush) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | America's Elite(By: Chris McNab) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  American Tanks & AFVs of World War II(By: Michael Green) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Invasion 1914(By: Ian Senior) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  No Victory in Valhalla(By: Ian Gardner) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  The SAS Pocket Manual(By: Christopher Westhorp) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  American Knights(By: Victor Failmezger) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Company of Heroes(By: Eric Poole) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Finland at War(By: Vesa Nenye) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Germany Ascendant(By: Prit Buttar) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  The History of the Panzerwaffe(By: ThomasAnderson) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  Instrument of War(By: Dennis E. Showalter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Liberty or Death(By: Peter McPhee) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Maps of War(By: Jeremy Black) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  Samurai Armour(By: Trevor Absolon) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  We March Against England(By: Robert Forczyk) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Bloodstained Sands(By: Michael G. Walling) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Case Red(By: Robert Forczyk) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 |  Concorde Pocket Manual(By: Richard Johnstone-Bryden) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Loco Spotter’s Guide(By: Stuart Black) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Pacific Thunder(By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  Panther(By: ThomasAnderson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Sevastopol’s Wars(By: Mungo Melvin) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 |  Shadow over the Atlantic(By: Jim Laurier,Robert Forsyth) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 | Shot Down and in the Drink(By: Graham Pitchfork) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants(By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 |  The Long Range Desert Group in World War II(By: Gavin Mortimer) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  The Second World Wars(By: Victor Davis Hanson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  The Splintered Empires(By: Prit Buttar) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  With Their Bare Hands(By: Gene Fax) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 | Charlie Company Journeys Home(By: Andrew Wiest) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 | Cutty Sark Pocket Manual(By: Arron Hewett,Louise MacFarlane) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Day of the Rangers(By: Leigh Neville) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  Forts(By: Jeremy Black,National Archives) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  HMS Belfast Pocket Manual(By: John Blake) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Legion versus Phalanx(By: Myke Cole) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Morning Star, Midnight Sun(By: Jeffrey R. Cox) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat(By: Martin Robson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Run to the Sound of the Guns(By: Nicholas Moore,Mir Bahmanyar) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 | Snapdragon(By: Liesl Bradner,PhilStern) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank(By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  The British Home Guard Pocketbook(By: A.F.U. Green) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  The German Soldier's Pocket Manual(By: Stephen Bull) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  The Mosquito Pocket Manual(By: Martin Robson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 | The Third Reich is Listening(By: Christian Jennings) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  Tidal Wave(By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  Valley Of The Shadow(By: Kevin M. Boylan,Luc Olivier) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 |  An Englishman Abroad(By: Gianluca Barneschi) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Case White(By: Robert Forczyk) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 | Doctor for Friend and Foe(By: Rick Jolly) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther'(By: Aaron Stephan Hamilton) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 |  Hitler's Death(By: Luke Daly-Groves) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 |  Holding the Line(By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  How to Survive in the Georgian Navy(By: National Archives) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 |  On a Knife's Edge(By: Prit Buttar) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 | Panzerartillerie(By: ThomasAnderson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 | Pilgrim Days(By: Alastair MacKenzie) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Scapa 1919(By: Innes McCartney) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 | Sent by the Iron Sky(By: Ian Gardner) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank(By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 |  The Great Bear at War(By: Chris McNab,Mark Galeotti) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  The Hurricane Pocket Manual(By: Martin Robson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  The Persian War(By: William Shepherd) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 92 |  The Pirate World(By: Angus Konstam) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 93 |  Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway(By: David Rigby) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 94 |  War Bows(By: Mike Loades) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 95 |  Warship 2019(By: John Jordan) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 96 | World War II Battle by Battle(By: Nikolai Bogdanovic) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 97 |  Audacious Missions of World War II(By: National Archives) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 98 | Be PARA Fit(By: Sam McGrath) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 99 |  Blazing Star, Setting Sun(By: Jeffrey R. Cox) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 100 |  Blood, Metal and Dust(By: Ben Barry) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 101 |  Hitler's Tanks(By: Chris McNab) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 102 |  I Will Run Wild(By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 103 |  Lawrence of Arabia on War(By: Rob Johnson) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 104 |  Mutiny on the Spanish Main(By: Angus Konstam) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 105 | Rome - City in Terror(By: Victor Failmezger) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 106 |  The Devil's Bridge(By: Anthony Tucker-Jones) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 107 |  The Master Shipwright's Secrets(By: Richard Endsor) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 108 |  The Reckoning(By: Prit Buttar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 109 |  Jutland 1916(By: Innes McCartney) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 110 |  Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank(By: Stephen Sewell,James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 111 |  The Churchill Quiz Book(By: Kieran Whitworth) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 112 |  Warship 2021(By: John Jordan) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
Napoleonic Wars Series
Complete6 books (2008–2015)
Start with True Soldier Gentlemen, the first of 6 books in the Napoleonic Wars series.
Non-Fiction Series
Ongoing17 books (1996–2026)
Start with The Roman Army At War, the first of 17 books in the Non-Fiction series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Roman Army At War 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Punic Wars 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Caesar's Civil War 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  In the Name of Rome 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Caesar 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Cannae 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Fall of the West / How Rome Fell 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Antony and Cleopatra 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Complete Roman Army 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Fall of Carthage 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Augustus 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Pax Romana 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Hadrian's Wall 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Philip and Alexander 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Rome and Persia 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Athens and Sparta 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Smithsonian History of Warfare Series
Complete12 books (1999–2005)
Start with The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century(By: Brian Holden Reid), the first of 12 books in the Smithsonian History of Warfare series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century(By: Brian Holden Reid) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Second World War in Europe(By: Charles Messenger) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  War in the Air 1914-45(By: Williamson Murray) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Warfare in the Eighteenth Century(By: Jeremy Black) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Art Of War: War And Military Thought(By: Martin van Creveld) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Second World War in the East(By: H.P. Willmott) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  War at Sea in the Age of Sail(By: Andrew D. Lambert) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | War at Sea in the Ironclad Age(By: Richard Hill) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  History of Warfare: The Renaissance at War(By: John Keegan,Thomas F. Arnold) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Wars of National Liberation(By: Daniel Moran) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks(By: Victor Davis Hanson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Roman Warfare 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete1 book (2024–2024)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hill 112 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
Vindolanda Series
Complete3 books (2017–2020)
Start with Vindolanda and read in order.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Adrian Goldsworthy written?
- Adrian Goldsworthy has written 179 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1950 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Adrian Goldsworthy series?
- Here are the first books in Adrian Goldsworthy's series: City Of Victory: The Fort; Essential Histories: The Hundred Years’ War: 1337–1453(By: Anne Curry); General Military: Otto Skorzeny(By: Stuart Smith); Napoleonic Wars: True Soldier Gentlemen; Non-Fiction: The Roman Army At War.
- What order should I read Adrian Goldsworthy's books?
- We recommend reading Adrian Goldsworthy's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Adrian Goldsworthy still writing new books?
- Yes, Adrian Goldsworthy has 2 ongoing series: Essential Histories, Non-Fiction.