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Fareed Zakaria Books in Order

Fareed Zakaria is a renowned author, editor, and television host. He currently serves as the editor of Newsweek International, overseeing the magazine's global editions, which reach a vast audience of 24 million worldwide. Zakaria writes a regular column for Newsweek, also appearing in Newsweek International and the Washington Post. He hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS, a weekly international affairs program broadcast on CNN. As the former managing editor of Foreign Affairs, Zakaria has a deep understanding of international politics and economics. He is a prolific author, having written several bestselling books, including The Future of Freedom and The Post American World. Zakaria's work has been recognized with numerous awards, including for his Newsweek cover story "Why They Hate Us." He has been named one of the 21 most important people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine and one of the 100 leading public intellectuals by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines.

Bibliography verified: April 2026

Quick Answer

What are all of Fareed Zakaria's book series? Fareed Zakaria has written 3 book series. The most notable is the Government series.

Complete series list with all books in reading order below.

Book Series by Fareed Zakaria

  • #1
    The Cash Nexus (By: Niall Ferguson) cover
    The Cash Nexus (By: Niall Ferguson)(2001)
  • #2
    Colossus (By: Niall Ferguson) cover
    Colossus (By: Niall Ferguson)(2004)
  • #3
    Does the 21st Century Belong to China? (With: Niall Ferguson,Henry Kissinger,David Daokui Li) cover
    Does the 21st Century Belong to China? (With: Niall Ferguson,Henry Kissinger,David Daokui Li)(2011)
  • #4
    The Great Degeneration (By: Niall Ferguson) cover
    The Great Degeneration (By: Niall Ferguson)(2012)
  • #5
    The Square and the Tower (By: Niall Ferguson) cover
    The Square and the Tower (By: Niall Ferguson)(2017)
  • #6
    Is This the End of the Liberal International Order? (By: Niall Ferguson) cover
    Is This the End of the Liberal International Order? (By: Niall Ferguson)(2017)
  • #1
    Economic Discrimination and Political Exchange (By: Kenneth A. Oye) cover
    Economic Discrimination and Political Exchange (By: Kenneth A. Oye)(1992)
  • #2
    Germany Divided (By: A. James McAdams) cover
    Germany Divided (By: A. James McAdams)(1992)
  • #3
    The Limits of Safety (By: Scott D. Sagan) cover
    The Limits of Safety (By: Scott D. Sagan)(1993)
  • #4
    A Certain Idea of France (By: Phillip H. Gordon) cover
    A Certain Idea of France (By: Phillip H. Gordon)(1993)
  • #5
    Who Adjusts? (By: Beth A. Simmons) cover
    Who Adjusts? (By: Beth A. Simmons)(1993)
  • #6
    We All Lost the Cold War (By: Richard Ned Lebow,Janice Gross Stein) cover
    We All Lost the Cold War (By: Richard Ned Lebow,Janice Gross Stein)(1994)
  • #7
    The Sovereign State and Its Competitors (By: Hendrik Spruyt) cover
    The Sovereign State and Its Competitors (By: Hendrik Spruyt)(1994)
  • #8
    Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns (By: Janice E. Thomson) cover
    Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns (By: Janice E. Thomson)(1994)
  • #9
    America's Mission (By: Tony Smith) cover
    America's Mission (By: Tony Smith)(1994)
  • #10
    The Korean War (By: William Stueck) cover
    The Korean War (By: William Stueck)(1995)
  • #11
    Cooperation among Democracies (By: Thomas Risse-Kappen) cover
    Cooperation among Democracies (By: Thomas Risse-Kappen)(1995)
  • #12
    Cultural Realism (By: Alastair Iain Johnston) cover
    Cultural Realism (By: Alastair Iain Johnston)(1995)
  • #13
    The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War (By: David G. Herrmann) cover
    The Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War (By: David G. Herrmann)(1995)
  • #14
    Does Conquest Pay? (By: Peter Liberman) cover
    Does Conquest Pay? (By: Peter Liberman)(1995)
  • #15
    Useful Adversaries (By: Thomas J. Christensen) cover
    Useful Adversaries (By: Thomas J. Christensen)(1996)
  • #16
    Disarming Strangers (By: Leon V. Sigal) cover
    Disarming Strangers (By: Leon V. Sigal)(1997)
  • #17
    From Wealth to Power cover
    From Wealth to Power(1998)
  • #18
    Regional Orders at Century's Dawn (By: Etel Solingen) cover
    Regional Orders at Century's Dawn (By: Etel Solingen)(1998)
  • #19
    A Constructed Peace (By: Marc Trachtenberg) cover
    A Constructed Peace (By: Marc Trachtenberg)(1999)
  • #20
    The Moral Purpose of the State (By: Christian Reus-Smit) cover
    The Moral Purpose of the State (By: Christian Reus-Smit)(1999)
  • #21
    Entangling Relations (By: David A. Lake) cover
    Entangling Relations (By: David A. Lake)(1999)
  • #22
    Stay the Hand of Vengeance (By: Gary Jonathan Bass) cover
    Stay the Hand of Vengeance (By: Gary Jonathan Bass)(2000)
  • #23
    States and Power in Africa (By: Jeffrey Herbst) cover
    States and Power in Africa (By: Jeffrey Herbst)(2000)
  • #24
    War and Punishment (By: H.E. Goemans) cover
    War and Punishment (By: H.E. Goemans)(2000)
  • #25
    After Victory (By: G. John Ikenberry) cover
    After Victory (By: G. John Ikenberry)(2000)
  • #26
    Revolutions in Sovereignty (By: Daniel Philpott) cover
    Revolutions in Sovereignty (By: Daniel Philpott)(2001)
  • #27
    Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare (By: Tami Davis Biddle) cover
    Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare (By: Tami Davis Biddle)(2001)
  • #28
    Legitimacy and Power Politics (By: Mlada Bukovansky) cover
    Legitimacy and Power Politics (By: Mlada Bukovansky)(2002)
  • #29
    Driving the Soviets up the Wall (By: Hope M. Harrison) cover
    Driving the Soviets up the Wall (By: Hope M. Harrison)(2003)
  • #30
    Producing Security (By: Stephen G. Brooks) cover
    Producing Security (By: Stephen G. Brooks)(2005)
  • #31
    Unanswered Threats (By: Randall L. Schweller) cover
    Unanswered Threats (By: Randall L. Schweller)(2006)
  • #32
    Nuclear Logics (By: Etel Solingen) cover
    Nuclear Logics (By: Etel Solingen)(2007)
  • #33
    The Politics of Secularism in International Relations (By: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd) cover
    The Politics of Secularism in International Relations (By: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd)(2007)
  • #34
    Appeasing Bankers (By: Jonathan Kirshner) cover
    Appeasing Bankers (By: Jonathan Kirshner)(2007)
  • #35
    Social States (By: Alastair Iain Johnston) cover
    Social States (By: Alastair Iain Johnston)(2007)
  • #36
    Strong Borders, Secure Nation (By: M. Taylor Fravel) cover
    Strong Borders, Secure Nation (By: M. Taylor Fravel)(2008)
  • #37
    The Sino-Soviet Split (By: Lorenz M. Lüthi) cover
    The Sino-Soviet Split (By: Lorenz M. Lüthi)(2008)
  • #38
    The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe (By: Daniel H. Nexon) cover
    The Struggle for Power in Early Modern Europe (By: Daniel H. Nexon)(2009)
  • #39
    1989 (By: Mary Elise Sarotte) cover
    1989 (By: Mary Elise Sarotte)(2009)
  • #40
    How Enemies Become Friends (By: Charles A. Kupchan) cover
    How Enemies Become Friends (By: Charles A. Kupchan)(2010)
  • #41
    The Clash of Ideas in World Politics (By: John M. Owen IV) cover
    The Clash of Ideas in World Politics (By: John M. Owen IV)(2010)
  • #42
    Worse Than a Monolith (By: Thomas J. Christensen) cover
    Worse Than a Monolith (By: Thomas J. Christensen)(2011)
  • #43
    Liberal Leviathan (By: G. John Ikenberry) cover
    Liberal Leviathan (By: G. John Ikenberry)(2011)
  • #44
    Politics and Strategy (By: Peter Trubowitz) cover
    Politics and Strategy (By: Peter Trubowitz)(2011)
  • #45
    The Cold War and After (By: Marc Trachtenberg) cover
    The Cold War and After (By: Marc Trachtenberg)(2012)
  • #46
    Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era (By: Vipin Narang) cover
    Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era (By: Vipin Narang)(2014)
  • #47
    Knowing the Adversary (By: Keren Yarhi-Milo) cover
    Knowing the Adversary (By: Keren Yarhi-Milo)(2014)
  • #48
    Economic Interdependence and War (By: Dale C. Copeland) cover
    Economic Interdependence and War (By: Dale C. Copeland)(2014)
  • #49
    Powerplay (By: Victor Cha) cover
    Powerplay (By: Victor Cha)(2016)
  • #50
    Why Wilson Matters (By: Tony Smith) cover
    Why Wilson Matters (By: Tony Smith)(2017)
  • #51
    Aftershocks (By: Seva Gunitsky) cover
    Aftershocks (By: Seva Gunitsky)(2017)
  • #52
    Who Fights for Reputation (By: Keren Yarhi-Milo) cover
    Who Fights for Reputation (By: Keren Yarhi-Milo)(2018)
  • #53
    Secret Wars (By: Austin Carson) cover
    Secret Wars (By: Austin Carson)(2018)
  • #54
    Cult of the Irrelevant (By: Michael C. Desch) cover
    Cult of the Irrelevant (By: Michael C. Desch)(2019)
  • #55
    Active Defense (By: M. Taylor Fravel) cover
    Active Defense (By: M. Taylor Fravel)(2019)
  • #56
    Divided Armies (By: Jason Lyall) cover
    Divided Armies (By: Jason Lyall)(2020)
  • #57
    Strategic Instincts (By: Dominic D.P. Johnson) cover
    Strategic Instincts (By: Dominic D.P. Johnson)(2020)
  • #58
    Satellites and Commissars (By: Randall W. Stone) cover
    Satellites and Commissars (By: Randall W. Stone)(2021)
  • #59
    Roosevelt and the Munich Crisis (By: Barbara Reardon Farnham) cover
    Roosevelt and the Munich Crisis (By: Barbara Reardon Farnham)(2021)
  • #60
    The Spectre of War (By: Jonathan Haslam) cover
    The Spectre of War (By: Jonathan Haslam)(2021)

About Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria is a renowned author, editor, and television host. He currently serves as the editor of Newsweek International, overseeing the magazine's global editions, which reach a vast audience of 24 million worldwide. Zakaria writes a regular column for Newsweek, also appearing in Newsweek International and the Washington Post. He hosts Fareed Zakaria GPS, a weekly international affairs program broadcast on CNN. As the former managing editor of Foreign Affairs, Zakaria has a deep understanding of international politics and economics. He is a prolific author, having written several bestselling books, including The Future of Freedom and The Post American World. Zakaria's work has been recognized with numerous awards, including for his Newsweek cover story "Why They Hate Us." He has been named one of the 21 most important people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine and one of the 100 leading public intellectuals by Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines.

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