Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Naked Consumer | 1992 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 2 | Lethal Passage | 1994 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 3 | Isaac’s Storm | 1999 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 4 | The Devil in the White City | 2003 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 5 | Thunderstruck | 2006 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 6 | Myokardium | 2009 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 7 | In the Garden of Beasts | 2011 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 8 | Dead Wake | 2015 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 9 | The Splendid and the Vile | 2020 | Erik Larson | Buy |
| 10 | The Demon of Unrest | 2024 | Erik Larson | Buy |
Erik Larson’s non-fiction books span more than three decades of American and European history, all told through his signature narrative style. He takes real events and reconstructs them with the kind of scene-by-scene detail you would expect from a novel, drawing heavily on primary sources like letters, diaries, and government records.
The collection ranges from The Naked Consumer (1992), about marketing and privacy, to The Demon of Unrest (2024), about the lead-up to the Civil War. In between are some of the most popular non-fiction books of the past twenty years, including Isaac’s Storm (1999), The Devil in the White City (2003), and Dead Wake (2015). Each book takes a specific historical moment and brings it to life by focusing on the people who lived through it.