Publication Reading Order
The Eminent Lives is a Literary Fiction series by Bill Bryson, comprising 13 books published between 1991 and 2009. Books are listed in publication order, which is the recommended reading sequence.
| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time ( By: Karen Armstrong) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 2 | Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero ( By: Michael Korda) | 2004 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 3 | George Balanchine ( By: Robert Gottlieb) | 2004 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 4 | Beethoven ( By: Edmund Morris) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 5 | Thomas Jefferson ( By: Christopher Hitchens) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 6 | Caravaggio ( By: Francine Prose) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 7 | Alexander the Great ( By: Norman F. Cantor) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
 | 8 | Freud ( By: Peter D. Kramer) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | Francis Crick ( By: Matt Ridley) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Alexis de Tocqueville ( By: Joseph Epstein) | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
 | 11 | Shakespeare | 2007 | Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | Machiavelli ( By: Ross King) | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | George Washington ( By: Paul Johnson) | 2009 | Buy from Amazon |
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