Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Great Commanders of the Ancient World, 1479BC - 453AD |
2008 |
Buy |
City Of Victory Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Fort |
2021 |
Buy |
| The City |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Wall |
2023 |
Buy |
Essential Histories Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Hundred Years’ War: 1337–1453 |
1992 |
Buy |
| The French Revolutionary Wars |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Korean War: 1950–53 |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Vietnam War 1956–1975 |
2002 |
Buy |
| War in Japan 1467–1615 |
2002 |
Buy |
| The Seven Years’ War |
2001 |
N/A |
| The Franco-Prussian War: 1870–71 |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Korean War |
2001 |
N/A |
| The Ottoman Empire 1326–1699 |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Collapse of Yugoslavia: 1991–99 |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Russian Civil War 1918–22 |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750 |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969–2007 |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46 |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Soviet-Afghan War 1979-89 |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Second War of Italian Unification 1859–61 |
2012 |
Buy |
| Războaiele Punice. 264-146 î.Hr. |
2002 |
N/A |
| The Rise of Imperial Rome AD 14–193 |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Wars of Spanish American Independence 1809–29 |
2013 |
Buy |
| The War of the Roses: 1455-1485 |
2014 |
Buy |
| The hundred years war |
1992 |
N/A |
| Russia’s Wars in Chechnya 1994–2009 |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Iran–Iraq War 1980–1988 |
1989 |
N/A |
| Russia’s Five-Day War |
2023 |
Buy |
| The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453 |
2023 |
Buy |
| The American Revolution: 1774–83 |
2023 |
Buy |
| Russia’s Wars in Chechnya: 1994–2009 |
2024 |
Buy |
| The Soviet–Afghan War: 1979–89 |
2024 |
Buy |
| Alexandru cel Mare. Campaniile din 336-323 î.Hr. |
2002 |
N/A |
| Razboiul Peloponesiac 431–404 BC |
2002 |
N/A |
| The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 |
2002 |
N/A |
| Razboaiele Medice. 499-386 i.Hr. |
2003 |
N/A |
| The Vietnam War |
2002 |
N/A |
| The Anglo-Afghan Wars 1839–1919 |
2009 |
N/A |
| Caesar’s Civil War |
2002 |
Buy |
| Caesar’s Gallic Wars 58-50 BC |
2002 |
N/A |
| The French-Indian War 1754-1760 |
2002 |
N/A |
| The Boer War 1899–1902 |
2003 |
N/A |
| The Gulf War 1991 |
2003 |
N/A |
| Genghis Kahn & the Mongol Conquests 1190–1400 |
2003 |
N/A |
| The Collapse of Yugoslavia 1991-1999 |
2004 |
N/A |
| The Anglo-Irish War: The Troubles of 1913–1922 |
2006 |
N/A |
| The Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the shores of Tripoli: the rise of the US Navy and Marines |
2006 |
N/A |
| The Jacobite Rebellion 1745–46 |
2011 |
N/A |
| Russia’s Wars in Chechnya 1994-2009 |
2014 |
N/A |
General Military Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Otto Skorzeny |
1950 |
Buy |
| The Forgotten Dead |
1988 |
Buy |
| Jackspeak |
1989 |
Buy |
| Joshua L. Chamberlain |
1999 |
Buy |
| Hunt the Bismarck |
2003 |
Buy |
| Out of Nowhere |
2004 |
Buy |
| Rome at War |
2005 |
Buy |
| Struggle for a Vast Future |
2006 |
Buy |
| Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited |
2006 |
Buy |
| FUBAR |
2007 |
Buy |
| An Officer’s Manual of the Western Front |
2008 |
Buy |
| Warship 2008 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Deceiving Hitler |
2008 |
Buy |
| Empire of the Seas |
2009 |
Buy |
| The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 |
2009 |
Buy |
| No Greater Ally |
2009 |
Buy |
| Armies of the Napoleonic Wars |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Roman Army |
2010 |
Buy |
| Battleground Prussia |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Road to Victory |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Spitfire Pocket Manual |
2011 |
Buy |
| Silent Killers |
2011 |
Buy |
| Warship 2011 |
2011 |
Buy |
| Quick Training for War |
2011 |
Buy |
| Panther |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Para Fitness Guide |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Rice Paddy Navy |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Commando Pocket Manual |
2012 |
Buy |
| Concrete Hell |
2012 |
Buy |
| America’s Elite |
2014 |
Buy |
| American Tanks & AFVs of World War II |
2014 |
Buy |
| Invasion 1914 |
2014 |
Buy |
| No Victory in Valhalla |
2014 |
Buy |
| The SAS Pocket Manual |
2014 |
Buy |
| Company of Heroes |
2015 |
Buy |
| Germany Ascendant |
2015 |
Buy |
| The History of the Panzerwaffe |
2015 |
Buy |
| Finland at War |
2015 |
Buy |
| American Knights |
2015 |
Buy |
| Liberty or Death |
2016 |
Buy |
| Samurai Armour |
2016 |
Buy |
| Maps of War |
2016 |
Buy |
| We March Against England |
2016 |
Buy |
| Instrument of War |
2016 |
Buy |
| With Their Bare Hands |
2017 |
Buy |
| Loco Spotter’s Guide |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Long Range Desert Group in World War II |
2017 |
Buy |
| Sevastopol’s Wars |
2017 |
Buy |
| Bloodstained Sands |
2017 |
Buy |
| Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants |
2017 |
Buy |
| Shadow over the Atlantic |
2017 |
Buy |
| Shot Down and in the Drink |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Splintered Empires |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Second World Wars |
2017 |
Buy |
| Concorde Pocket Manual |
2017 |
Buy |
| Pacific Thunder |
2017 |
Buy |
| Case Red |
2017 |
Buy |
| Legion versus Phalanx |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Mosquito Pocket Manual |
2018 |
Buy |
| Morning Star, Midnight Sun |
2018 |
Buy |
| Cutty Sark Pocket Manual |
2018 |
Buy |
| The British Home Guard Pocketbook |
2018 |
Buy |
| Snapdragon |
2018 |
Buy |
| Tidal Wave |
2018 |
Buy |
| HMS Belfast Pocket Manual |
2018 |
Buy |
| The German Soldier’s Pocket Manual |
2018 |
Buy |
| Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat |
2018 |
Buy |
| Valley Of The Shadow |
2018 |
Buy |
| Day of the Rangers |
2018 |
Buy |
| Forts |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Third Reich is Listening |
2018 |
Buy |
| Charlie Company Journeys Home |
2018 |
Buy |
| Run to the Sound of the Guns |
2018 |
Buy |
| Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank |
2018 |
Buy |
| Hitler’s Death |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Great Bear at War |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Pirate World |
2019 |
Buy |
| How to Survive in the Georgian Navy |
2019 |
Buy |
| An Englishman Abroad |
2019 |
Buy |
| War Bows |
2019 |
Buy |
| Pilgrim Days |
2019 |
Buy |
| Panzerartillerie |
2019 |
Buy |
| Holding the Line |
2019 |
Buy |
| World War II Battle by Battle |
2019 |
Buy |
| Doctor for Friend and Foe |
2019 |
Buy |
| Warship 2019 |
2019 |
Buy |
| Scapa 1919 |
2019 |
Buy |
| Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway |
2019 |
Buy |
| German submarine U-1105 ‘Black Panther’ |
2019 |
Buy |
| Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Hurricane Pocket Manual |
2019 |
Buy |
| On a Knife’s Edge |
2019 |
Buy |
| Case White |
2019 |
Buy |
| Sent by the Iron Sky |
2019 |
Buy |
| The Persian War |
2019 |
Buy |
| Blazing Star, Setting Sun |
2020 |
Buy |
| Audacious Missions of World War II |
2020 |
Buy |
| Be PARA Fit |
2020 |
Buy |
| Hitler’s Tanks |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Master Shipwright’s Secrets |
2020 |
Buy |
| Lawrence of Arabia on War |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Devil’s Bridge |
2020 |
Buy |
| Rome - City in Terror |
2020 |
Buy |
| I Will Run Wild |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Reckoning |
2020 |
Buy |
| Mutiny on the Spanish Main |
2020 |
Buy |
| Blood, Metal and Dust |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Churchill Quiz Book |
2021 |
Buy |
| Warship 2021 |
2021 |
Buy |
| Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank |
2021 |
Buy |
| Jutland 1916 |
2021 |
Buy |
Napoleonic Wars Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| True Soldier Gentlemen |
2008 |
Buy |
| Beat the Drums Slowly |
2011 |
Buy |
| Send Me Safely Back Again |
2012 |
Buy |
| All in Scarlet Uniform |
2013 |
Buy |
| Run Them Ashore |
2014 |
Buy |
| Whose Business is to Die |
2015 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Roman Army At War |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Punic Wars |
2000 |
Buy |
| Caesar’s Civil War |
2002 |
Buy |
| In the Name of Rome |
2003 |
Buy |
| Caesar |
2006 |
Buy |
| Cannae |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Fall of the West / How Rome Fell |
2009 |
Buy |
| Antony and Cleopatra |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Complete Roman Army |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Fall of Carthage |
2012 |
Buy |
| Caesar’s Civil War 49-44 BC |
2013 |
Buy |
| Augustus |
2014 |
Buy |
| Pax Romana |
2016 |
Buy |
| Hadrian’s Wall |
2018 |
Buy |
| Philip and Alexander |
2020 |
Buy |
| Rome and Persia |
2023 |
Buy |
| Athens and Sparta |
2026 |
Buy |
Smithsonian History of Warfare Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| War in the Air 1914-45 |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century |
1999 |
Buy |
| Warfare in the Eighteenth Century |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Second World War in Europe |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Second World War in the East |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Art Of War: War And Military Thought |
2000 |
Buy |
| War at Sea in the Age of Sail |
2000 |
Buy |
| War at Sea in the Ironclad Age |
2000 |
Buy |
| History of Warfare: The Renaissance at War |
2001 |
Buy |
| Wars of National Liberation |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks |
2002 |
Buy |
| Roman Warfare |
2005 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Hill 112 |
2024 |
Buy |
Vindolanda Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Vindolanda |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Encircling Sea |
2018 |
Buy |
| Brigantia |
2020 |
Buy |
Adrian Goldsworthy is a British historian and novelist. He holds a doctorate in ancient history from Oxford and has written extensively on Rome, from The Roman Army At War (1996) to Augustus (2014) and Philip and Alexander (2020). His biography Caesar (2006) brought Roman history to a wide audience.
On the fiction side, Goldsworthy writes historical novels set in periods he knows from his academic work. The Vindolanda trilogy (2017-2020) is set on the Roman frontier in Britain, while his six-book Napoleonic Wars series follows officers of the 106th Foot during the Peninsular War. He has also served as series editor for the multi-author General Military, Essential Histories, and Smithsonian History of Warfare imprints.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Adrian Goldsworthy written?
Adrian Goldsworthy has written 199 books across nine series.
What was Adrian Goldsworthy's first book?
Adrian Goldsworthy’s first book is Otto Skorzeny, published in 1950.
What are Adrian Goldsworthy's most popular books?
His non-fiction biography Caesar (2006) and The Fall of Carthage are his best-known history books. In fiction, the Vindolanda trilogy (2017-2020) and the six-book Napoleonic Wars series are his main novel sequences. He has also edited the multi-author General Military and Essential Histories series.