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Simon Winchester — bibliography and upcoming releases | Parutio

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Simon Winchester

93 workspublishing since 1974

Upcoming

1 release

The Breath of the GodsPaperback · HarperCollins PublishersUpcomingNovember 17, 2026

Published

93 works · 1974–2025

2025

The Breath of the GodsReleasedNov 11, 2025Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

2023

Knowing What We KnowReleased2023Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2021

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories; Library EditionReleasedMar 9, 2021Audio
The Man With The Electrified Brain: Story of a Man with an Electrified BrainReleasedFeb 3, 2021Paperback
LandReleasedJan 19, 2021Ebook
Land How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

2020

The End of the RiverReleasedApr 14, 2020Ebook
Man with the Electrified BrainReleased2020Paperback

2019

The Professor and the Madman Movie Tie-in A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English DictionaryReleasedSep 15, 2019Paperback

2018

67 releases abroad, with no edition in your reading language.

Released2021

Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

The PerfectionistsReleasedMay 8, 2018Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

The Perfectionists - Signed/Autographed CopyReleasedMay 1, 2018Hardcover

Exactly How Precision Engineers Created the Modern WorldReleased2018Hardcover · Paperback

2017

When the Sky BreaksReleasedJan 31, 2017Hardcover · Ebook

2016

Pacific Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and Fading EmpiresReleasedOct 25, 2016Paperback
Pacific Low Price CD: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's SuperpowersReleasedOct 25, 2016Audio
East Coast Arctic to TropicReleased2016Hardcover

2015

Pacific CD: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's SuperpowersReleasedOct 27, 2015Audio
When the Earth ShakesReleasedJun 23, 2015Hardcover · Ebook
Pacific The Ocean of the FutureReleased2015Hardcover · Paperback
Pacific Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's SuperpowersReleased2015Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

2013

Men Who United the States. The 10-copy signed carton: Americas Explorers ..ReleasedOct 15, 2013Hardcover
Men Who United the States Unabridged CD, TheReleasedOct 15, 2013Audio
A Crack in the Edge of the WorldReleasedFeb 5, 2013Ebook
The Men Who United the StatesReleased2013Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio

2012

Skulls An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious CollectionReleasedOct 9, 2012Hardcover
West Coast Bering to BajaReleased2012Hardcover

2011

The Alice Behind WonderlandReleasedJan 1, 2011Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook
Alice Behind WonderlandReleased2011Paperback

2010

Atlantic LP Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million StoriesReleasedNov 23, 2010Paperback
Atlantic (Enhanced Edition) Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million StoriesReleasedNov 9, 2010Paperback
Atlantic Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million StoriesReleasedNov 2, 2010Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
Atlantic A Vast Ocean of a Million StoriesReleased2010Hardcover · Paperback
AtlanticReleasedJan 1, 2010Paperback · Ebook

2009

The Fatal EquationReleasedNov 1, 2009Paperback
The Fracture ZoneReleasedOct 27, 2009Ebook · Audio
Crack In The Edge Of The World: America And The Great California Earthquake Of 1906Released2009Paperback
The Best American Travel Writing 2009Released2009Paperback

2008

The Day the World Exploded The Earthshaking Catastrophe at KrakatoaReleasedMay 1, 2008Hardcover · Paperback
The Man Who Loved ChinaReleased2008Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Bomb, Book and Compass Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of ChinaReleased2008Hardcover · Paperback
Man Who Loved ChinaReleased2008Paperback · Audio

2006

Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English DictionaryReleased2006Paperback

2005

A Crack in the Edge of the World CD: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906ReleasedOct 4, 2005Audio
A Crack in the Edge of the World LP America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906ReleasedOct 1, 2005Paperback
A Crack in the Edge of the World America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906Released2005Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
A Crack in the Edge of the World The Great American Earthquake of 1906Released2005Hardcover · Paperback
Tsunami A Document of DevastationReleased2005Paperback

2004

Krakatoa CD SP: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883ReleasedJun 15, 2004Audio
Krakatoa 20pk RGGReleasedMay 25, 2004Hardcover
KrakatoaReleased2004Ebook · Audio
Lonely Planet Simon Winchester's Calcutta (Travel Literature Series)Released2004Paperback

2003

The Meaning of EverythingReleasedOct 2, 2003Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
Krakatoa CD: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883ReleasedApr 1, 2003Audio
Krakatoa The Day the World ExplodedReleased2003Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English DictionaryReleased2003Paperback
The River at the Centre of the World The Surgeon of Crowthorne ; The Map that Changed the WorldReleased2003Hardcover

2002

The Map That Changed the World A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and RedemptionReleasedJul 4, 2002Paperback · Ebook

2001

The Map That Changed the WorldReleasedAug 2001Paperback · Ebook
OxfordReleasedJul 2001Hardcover · Paperback
Map That Changed the WorldReleasedJul 2001Paperback · Mass-market
The Map that Changed the World William Smith and the Birth of Modern GeologyReleasedJan 1, 2001Hardcover · Paperback · Audio
The Map that Changed the World The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a ScienceReleased2001Hardcover · Paperback

2000

The Fracture Zone My Return to the BalkansReleasedOct 17, 2000Paperback
Dormant Urgeon of Crowthorne: a Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of WordsReleasedJan 31, 2000Paperback

1999

Shanghai WinchesterReleasedDec 31, 1999Hardcover
Professor and the Madman - CDN editionReleasedAug 25, 1999Paperback
Professor and The Madman, TheReleasedAug 25, 1999Audio
Professor and the Madman IntlReleasedAug 1, 1999Paperback
The Professor and the MadmanReleased1999Paperback · Ebook · Audio
The Fracture Zone A Return To The BalkansReleased1999Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

1998

The Surgeon of CrowthorneReleased1998Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
The Professor and the Madman A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English DictionaryReleased1998Hardcover · Paperback · Audio

1997

The River at the Centre of the World A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese TimeReleased1997Hardcover · Paperback

1996

The River at the Center of the WorldReleasedOct 15, 1996Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook

1995

Small World: A Global Photographic Project, 1987-1994.Released1995Hardcover

1992

Pacific Nightmare How Japan Starts World War III, a Future HistoryReleased1992Hardcover · Mass-market
Pacific Nightmare A Third World War in the Far EastReleased1992Hardcover · Paperback
The PacificReleased1992Paperback

1991

PacificReleasedMay 15, 1991Hardcover · Ebook
Pacific Rising The Emergence of a New World CultureReleased1991Hardcover · Paperback

1989

The Rise and Fall of TravelReleasedJan 1, 1989Hardcover

1988

KoreaReleased1988Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook

1985

OutpostsReleased1985Hardcover · Paperback · Ebook · Audio
The Sun Never Sets Travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British EmpireReleased1985Hardcover · Paperback

1984

Their Noble Lordships: Class and Power in Modern BritainReleased1984Hardcover

1983

Prison diary, ArgentinaReleased1983Hardcover · Paperback

1981

Their noble lordships: The hereditary peerage todayReleased1981Hardcover

1976

American Heartbeat Some Notes from a Midwestern JourneyReleased1976Hardcover

1975

Northern Ireland in Crisis: Reporting the Ulster TroublesReleased1975Hardcover
Krakatoa SPReleasedJan 1, 1975Paperback

1974

In holy terror: Reporting the Ulster troublesReleased1974Hardcover

Date to be confirmed

ManchuriaDate to be confirmedHardcover
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic; Library EditionDate to be confirmedAudio