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Elie Wiesel Books in Order

Find every Elie Wiesel book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 71 books / 7 series

Romanian-born American writer and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel is best known for his memoir *Night* and his Nobel Peace Prize-winning advocacy. His works have profoundly shaped Holocaust literature and human rights discourse. This page provides the Elie Wiesel books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Elie Wiesel Books in Chronological Order

1956 Night POoTNTB / 1 Buy
1958 Souls on Fire POoNB / 1 Buy
1960 Dawn POoTNTB / 2 Buy
1961 Day POoTNTB / 3 Buy
1962 The Town Beyond the Wall POoSN / 1 Buy
1964 The Gates of the Forest POoSN / 2 Buy
1966 Jews of Silence POoNB / 2 Buy
1968 A Beggar in Jerusalem POoSN / 3 Buy
1968 Legends of Our Time POoNB / 3 Buy
1970 The Oath POoSN / 4 Buy
1970 One Generation After POoNB / 4 Buy
1975 Zalman Madness God POoP / 1 Buy
1975 Messengers of God POoNB / 5 Buy
1977 A Jew Today POoNB / 6 Buy
1978 Four Hasidic Masters POoNB / 7 Buy
1979 The Trial of God POoP / 2 Buy
1980 The Testament POoSN / 5 Buy
1981 Five Biblical Portraits POoNB / 8 Buy
1982 Somewhere A Master POoNB / 9 Buy
1983 The Golem POoSN / 6 Buy
1983 The Fifth Son POoSN / 7 Buy
1985 Against Silence POoNB / 10 Buy
1987 Twilight POoSN / 8 Buy
1988 Evil and Exile(With: Jon Rothschild,Jody Gladding,Michael de Saint-Cheron) POoNB / 11 Buy
1988 The Six Days of Destruction POoNB / 12 Buy
1989 The Forgotten POoSN / 9 Buy
1990 From the Kingdom of Memory POoNB / 13 Buy
1990 A Journey of Faith(With: John JosephO'Connor) POoNB / 14 Buy
1991 Sages and Dreamers POoNB / 15 Buy
1991 Conversations with Elie Wiesel(With: Richard D. Heffner) POoNB / 16 Buy
1991 In Dialog and Dilemma With Elie Wiesel POoNB / 17 Buy
1993 Passover Haggadah POoNB / 18 Buy
1994 All Rivers Run to the Sea POoTMB / 1 Buy
1995 Memoir in Two Voices POoNB / 19 Buy
1998 And the Sea is Never Full POoTMB / 2 Buy
1999 The Judges POoSN / 10 Buy
2000 Wise Men and Their Tales POoNB / 20 Buy
2002 After the Darkness POoNB / 21 Buy
2003 The Time of the Uprooted POoSN / 11 Buy
2005 The Life of David(By: Robert Pinsky) POoJEB / 1 Buy
2005 Maimonides(By: Sherwin B. Nuland) POoJEB / 2 Buy
2006 Barney Ross(By: Douglas Century) POoJEB / 3 Buy
2006 Betraying Spinoza(By: Rebecca Goldstein) POoJEB / 4 Buy
2006 Emma Lazarus(By: Esther Schor) POoJEB / 5 Buy
2006 The Wicked Son(By: David Mamet) POoJEB / 6 Buy
2006 A Mad Desire to Dance POoSN / 12 Buy
2007 Marc Chagall(By: Jonathan Wilson) POoJEB / 7 Buy
2007 Jews and Power(By: Ruth R. Wisse) POoJEB / 8 Buy
2008 Resurrecting Hebrew(By: Ilan Stavans) POoJEB / 9 Buy
2008 Benjamin Disraeli(By: Adam Kirsch) POoJEB / 10 Buy
2008 The Sonderberg Case POoSN / 13 Buy
2009 Rashi POoJEB / 11 Buy
2009 A Fine Romance(By: David Lehman) POoJEB / 12 Buy
2009 The Jewish Body(By: Melvin Konner) POoJEB / 13 Buy
2010 An Ethical Compass POoC / 1 Buy
2010 Yehuda Halevi(By: Hillel Halkin) POoJEB / 14 Buy
2010 Hostage POoSN / 14 Buy
2010 Hillel: If Not Now, When?(By: Joseph Telushkin) POoJEB / 15 Buy
2010 Burnt Books(By: Rodger Kamenetz) POoJEB / 16 Buy
2011 Ben-Gurion(By: Shimon Peres,David Landau) POoJEB / 17 Buy
2011 The Eichmann Trial(By: Deborah E. Lipstadt) POoJEB / 18 Buy
2011 Sacred Trash(By: Adina Hoffman) POoJEB / 19 Buy
2012 When General Grant Expelled the Jews(By: Jonathan D. Sarna) POoJEB / 20 Buy
2012 The Book of Job(By: Harold S. Kushner) POoJEB / 21 Buy
2012 Open Heart POoNB / 23 Buy
2013 The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem(By: Jeremy Dauber) POoJEB / 22 Buy
2014 Menachem Begin(By: Daniel Gordis) POoJEB / 23 Buy
2015 Abraham(By: Alan M. Dershowitz) POoJEB / 24 Buy
2016 Where the Jews Aren't(By: Masha Gessen) POoJEB / 25 Buy
2020 The Tale of a Niggun POoC / 2 Buy
2021 Filled with Fire and Light POoC / 3 Buy

Elie Wiesel Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 22 books / 1958-2012
01 Souls on Fire 1958 Buy
02 Jews of Silence 1966 Buy
03 Legends of Our Time 1968 Buy
04 One Generation After 1970 Buy
05 Messengers of God 1975 Buy
06 A Jew Today 1977 Buy
07 Four Hasidic Masters 1978 Buy
08 Five Biblical Portraits 1981 Buy
09 Somewhere A Master 1982 Buy
10 Against Silence 1985 Buy
11 Evil and Exile(With: Jon Rothschild,Jody Gladding,Michael de Saint-Cheron) 1988 Buy
12 The Six Days of Destruction 1988 Buy
13 From the Kingdom of Memory 1990 Buy
14 A Journey of Faith(With: John JosephO'Connor) 1990 Buy
15 Sages and Dreamers 1991 Buy
16 Conversations with Elie Wiesel(With: Richard D. Heffner) 1991 Buy
17 In Dialog and Dilemma With Elie Wiesel 1991 Buy
18 Passover Haggadah 1993 Buy
19 Memoir in Two Voices 1995 Buy
20 Wise Men and Their Tales 2000 Buy
21 After the Darkness 2002 Buy
23 Open Heart 2012 Buy
01 An Ethical Compass 2010 Buy
02 The Tale of a Niggun 2020 Buy
03 Filled with Fire and Light 2021 Buy
01 All Rivers Run to the Sea 1994 Buy
02 And the Sea is Never Full 1998 Buy
01 The Life of David(By: Robert Pinsky) 2005 Buy
02 Maimonides(By: Sherwin B. Nuland) 2005 Buy
03 Barney Ross(By: Douglas Century) 2006 Buy
04 Betraying Spinoza(By: Rebecca Goldstein) 2006 Buy
05 Emma Lazarus(By: Esther Schor) 2006 Buy
06 The Wicked Son(By: David Mamet) 2006 Buy
07 Marc Chagall(By: Jonathan Wilson) 2007 Buy
08 Jews and Power(By: Ruth R. Wisse) 2007 Buy
09 Resurrecting Hebrew(By: Ilan Stavans) 2008 Buy
10 Benjamin Disraeli(By: Adam Kirsch) 2008 Buy
11 Rashi 2009 Buy
12 A Fine Romance(By: David Lehman) 2009 Buy
13 The Jewish Body(By: Melvin Konner) 2009 Buy
14 Yehuda Halevi(By: Hillel Halkin) 2010 Buy
15 Hillel: If Not Now, When?(By: Joseph Telushkin) 2010 Buy
16 Burnt Books(By: Rodger Kamenetz) 2010 Buy
17 Ben-Gurion(By: Shimon Peres,David Landau) 2011 Buy
18 The Eichmann Trial(By: Deborah E. Lipstadt) 2011 Buy
19 Sacred Trash(By: Adina Hoffman) 2011 Buy
20 When General Grant Expelled the Jews(By: Jonathan D. Sarna) 2012 Buy
21 The Book of Job(By: Harold S. Kushner) 2012 Buy
22 The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem(By: Jeremy Dauber) 2013 Buy
23 Menachem Begin(By: Daniel Gordis) 2014 Buy
24 Abraham(By: Alan M. Dershowitz) 2015 Buy
25 Where the Jews Aren't(By: Masha Gessen) 2016 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 14 books / 1962-2010
01 The Town Beyond the Wall 1962 Buy
02 The Gates of the Forest 1964 Buy
03 A Beggar in Jerusalem 1968 Buy
04 The Oath 1970 Buy
05 The Testament 1980 Buy
06 The Golem 1983 Buy
07 The Fifth Son 1983 Buy
08 Twilight 1987 Buy
09 The Forgotten 1989 Buy
10 The Judges 1999 Buy
11 The Time of the Uprooted 2003 Buy
12 A Mad Desire to Dance 2006 Buy
13 The Sonderberg Case 2008 Buy
14 Hostage 2010 Buy
Plays Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1975-1979
01 Zalman Madness God 1975 Buy
02 The Trial of God 1979 Buy
01 Night 1956 Buy
02 Dawn 1960 Buy
03 Day 1961 Buy

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Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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