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Order of Elie Wiesel Books

Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-American writer, educator, and political activist. A Holocaust survivor, he authored more than fifty books throughout his lifetime. Wiesel is most renowned for his book Night, which recounts his personal experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Holocaust. He also held a position as a professor of humanities at Boston University. In 1986, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts during his time in the concentration camps and his subsequent work promoting global peace. His dedication to peace began with his own community but expanded to include all oppressed peoples and races.

Elie Wiesel became a published novelist in 1956 with the novel Night. Below is a list of Elie Wiesel's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Night Trilogy Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Night (1956) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dawn (1960) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Day (1961) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Town Beyond the Wall (1962) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gates of the Forest (1964) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Beggar in Jerusalem (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Oath (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Testament (1980) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Golem (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fifth Son (1983) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Twilight (1987) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Forgotten (1989) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Judges (1999) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Time of the Uprooted (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Mad Desire to Dance (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sonderberg Case (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hostage (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Zalman Madness God (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trial of God (1979) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Collections Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
An Ethical Compass (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Tale of a Niggun (2020) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Filled with Fire and Light (2021) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Memoirs Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
All Rivers Run to the Sea (1994) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And the Sea is Never Full (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Souls on Fire (1958) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jews of Silence (1966) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Legends of Our Time (1968) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One Generation After (1970) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Messengers of God (1975) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Jew Today (1977) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Four Hasidic Masters (1978) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Five Biblical Portraits (1981) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Somewhere A Master (1982) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Against Silence (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Evil and Exile (With: Jon Rothschild,Jody Gladding,Michael de Saint-Cheron) (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Six Days of Destruction (1988) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
From the Kingdom of Memory (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Journey of Faith (With: John JosephO'Connor) (1990) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sages and Dreamers (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Conversations with Elie Wiesel (With: Richard D. Heffner) (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Dialog and Dilemma With Elie Wiesel (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Passover Haggadah (1993) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Memoir in Two Voices (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wise Men and Their Tales (2000) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
After the Darkness (2002) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rashi (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Open Heart (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Jewish Encounters Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Life of David (By: Robert Pinsky) (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Maimonides (By: Sherwin B. Nuland) (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Barney Ross (By: Douglas Century) (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Betraying Spinoza (By: Rebecca Goldstein) (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Emma Lazarus (By: Esther Schor) (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wicked Son (By: David Mamet) (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Marc Chagall (By: Jonathan Wilson) (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jews and Power (By: Ruth R. Wisse) (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Resurrecting Hebrew (By: Ilan Stavans) (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Benjamin Disraeli (By: Adam Kirsch) (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rashi (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Fine Romance (By: David Lehman) (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Jewish Body (By: Melvin Konner) (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Yehuda Halevi (By: Hillel Halkin) (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hillel: If Not Now, When? (By: Joseph Telushkin) (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Burnt Books (By: Rodger Kamenetz) (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ben-Gurion (By: Shimon Peres,David Landau) (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eichmann Trial (By: Deborah E. Lipstadt) (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sacred Trash (By: Adina Hoffman) (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When General Grant Expelled the Jews (By: Jonathan Sarna) (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Book of Job (By: Harold S. Kushner) (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem (By: Jeremy Dauber) (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Menachem Begin (By: Daniel Gordis) (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Abraham (By: Alan M. Dershowitz) (2015) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Where the Jews Aren't (By: Masha Gessen) (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Art from the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology (1995) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
I Am Jewish (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Post-Holocaust Jewish���Christian Dialogue: After the Flood, before the Rainbow (2014) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
One for Each Night (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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