Robert Conquest books in order
British historian and poet
- Lived
- 1917–2015
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Books
- 22
Robert Conquest published 2 novels, 13 non-fiction books and 7 other books, beginning with The Great Terror (1968).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Robert Conquest
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The Great Terror
Robert Conquest's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
Spectrum 5 (1966)
The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine (1986)
Non-fiction in order
Power and Policy in the U.s.s.r (1961)
The Pasternak Affair (1962)
Russia After Khrushchev (1965)
The Great Terror (1968)
The Soviet Political System (1968)
Lenin (1972)
Kolyma (1978)
Present Danger (1979)
The Man-made Famine in Ukraine (1984)
Inside Stalin's Secret Police (1985)
The Harvest of Sorrow (1986)
Stalin (1991)
The Dragons of Expectation (2004)
Other books in order
Common Sense About Russia (1960)
Industrial Workers in the U.s.s.r (1967)
Agricultural Workers in the U.s.s.r (1968)
Justice and the Legal System in the U.s.s.r (1968)
The Soviet Police System (1968)
The Nation Killers (1970)
Where Marx Went Wrong (1970)
About Robert Conquest
George Robert Acworth Conquest was a British and American historian, poet, and novelist. He was one of the West’s leading Sovietologists during the Cold War and was influential to both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Conquest was also affiliated with the anticommunist Information Research Department, within the British Foreign Affairs Office.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Robert Conquest FAQ
- How many books has Robert Conquest written?
- Robert Conquest published 2 novels, 13 non-fiction books and 7 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Robert Conquest's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Great Terror.
- What is Robert Conquest's last book?
- The Dragons of Expectation (2004).
- What is Robert Conquest's most famous book?
- The Great Terror (1968) is Robert Conquest's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.