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ⓘ About David Graeber
About David Graeber David Graeber was an American anarchist and activist author, who was born and raised in New York City. As a child, he was introduced to a unique interest in Maya hieroglyphics, which resulted in a scholarship at Phillips Academy at Andover. He then returned to state school at SUNY Purchase, where he graduated with a BA in Anthropology in 1984. After receiving his PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1996, Graeber held multiple teaching positions, including graduate teaching at Chicago and a junior faculty position at Yale. Active in the Global Justice Movement, he was also extremely active in numerous other anarchist-inspired projects, but ultimately was not hired for tenure at Yale, which some concluded may have been in part due to his activism.
All Book Series by David Graeber
Toward An Anthropological Theory of Value
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 2001
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement
Book 8 of 16 · published 2013
The Dawn of Everything
Book 13 of 16 · published 2021 Co-authored · David Wengrow
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World...
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 2024
Frederic and Elfrida
Series opener · book 1 of 35 · published 1793 Anthology · Jane Austen
The Theme of the Three Caskets
Book 4 of 35 · published 1913 Anthology · Sigmund Freud
The Lottery in Babylon
Book 7 of 35 · published 1941 Anthology · Jorge Luis Borges
Essay on the Art of Crawling
Book 10 of 35 · published 2022 Anthology · Paul-Henri Thiry
The American Dream Is at the Expense of the American Negro
Book 13 of 35 · published 2024 Anthology · James Baldwin
Contempt is a Dangerous Way to Lead a Country
Book 17 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Mariann Edgar Budde
On Talkativeness
Book 18 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Plutarch,W. C. Helmbold
The Spirit of Monarchy
Book 19 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · William Hazlitt
The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude
Book 21 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Étienne de La Boétie
In Praise of Cosmetics
Book 23 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Charles Baudelaire
Death of a Prince
Book 24 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Communist of Montmartre
Book 25 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Michael Kleeberg
The Glow of the Dim
Book 26 of 35 · published 2025 Anthology · Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
The Case Against Travel
Book 29 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Agnes Callard
Individualism and Conformism in the United States
Book 30 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Jean-Paul Sartre
From Protest to Politics
Book 31 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Bayard Rustin
What's in a Name
Book 33 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Claude Lévi-Strauss
Decadent, Stricken, Dying
Book 34 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Aimé Césaire
What We Owe One Another
Latest in the series · book 35 of 35 · published 2026 Anthology · Simone Weil
Why Work?: Arguments for the Leisure Society
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is David Graeber?
About David Graeber David Graeber was an American anarchist and activist author, who was born and raised in New York City. As a child, he was introduced to a unique interest in Maya hieroglyphics, which resulted in a scholarship at Phillips Academy at Andover. He then returned to state school at SUNY Purchase, where he graduated with a BA in Anthropology in 1984.
Which David Graeber series should I start with?
The best place to start is the ERIS Gems series, the earliest of David Graeber's multi-book series: it opens with Frederic and Elfrida (1793) and runs to 35 books across 1793–2026, ending with What We Owe One Another (2026).
How many books has David Graeber written?
David Graeber has 53 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1793 and 2026. 35 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the ERIS Gems series with 35 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should David Graeber's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. David Graeber's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are ERIS Gems (1793–2026, 35 books).
How are David Graeber's books organised into series?
This guide splits David Graeber's 53 books into 1 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: ERIS Gems (35 books, 1793–2026).