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ⓘ About Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson is a published author, a professor, editor, journalist, and more. Walter was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He would go to Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and served as student body president. He would attend the Telluride Association Summer Program at Deep Springs College. He would then major in history and literature at Harvard University, graduating in 1974. There he was the Signet Society president, belonged to Harvard Lampoon, and resided at Lowell House. He would then become a Rhodes scholar, attending the University of Oxford at Pembroke College. He graduated with first-class honors and studied PPE (philosophy, politics, and economics).
All Book Series by Walter Isaacson
The Wise Men
Series opener · book 1 of 22 · published 1986 Co-authored · Evan Thomas
A Benjamin Franklin Reader
Book 5 of 22 · published 2005 Co-authored · Benjamin Franklin
People of the Century: One Hundred Men & Women Who Shaped the Last One Hundred Years
Book 17 of 22 · published 1999
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Book 19 of 22 · published 2009
Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
Book 20 of 22 · published 2010
The Innovators: How a Group ofHackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Book 21 of 22 · published 2014
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Latest in the series · book 22 of 22 · published 2021
Curie
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2020 Anthology · Richard Gunderman
The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
Single-title series · published 2021
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Walter Isaacson?
Walter Isaacson is a published author, a professor, editor, journalist, and more. Walter was born on May 20, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He would go to Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and served as student body president.
Which Walter Isaacson series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Great Thinkers series, the earliest of Walter Isaacson's multi-book series: it opens with Hawking (2018) and runs to 7 books across 2018–2020, ending with Curie (2020).
How many books has Walter Isaacson written?
Walter Isaacson has 30 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1986 and 2025. 7 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Great Thinkers series with 7 books — and 23 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Walter Isaacson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Walter Isaacson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Great Thinkers (2018–2020, 7 books).
How are Walter Isaacson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Walter Isaacson's 30 books into 1 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Great Thinkers (7 books, 2018–2020).