

Author guide
Robert Harris Books in Order
Robert Dennis Harris (born 1957) is a British novelist and former journalist. After working for the BBC and as political editor of The Observer, he began publishing nonfiction about chemical and biological warfare, the Falklands crisis, British politics, and the Hitler Diaries scandal. His fiction includes alternative history, contemporary political thrillers, World War II novels, and historical fiction, notably the Cicero Trilogy set in ancient Rome.
Robert Harris's Newest Book

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Start with one of these

Fatherland
His breakthrough novel and an accessible introduction to Harris's alternative-history and thriller writing.

Imperium
The natural starting point for the complete Cicero Trilogy.

An Officer and a Spy
A highly acclaimed standalone historical thriller based on the Dreyfus Affair.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-trilogy · complete
Cicero Trilogy
A trilogy of historical novels narrated by Tiro, chronicling the political career of the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (18)
- A Higher Form of Killing: The Secret Story of Gas and Germ WarfareAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1982
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Gotcha! The Government, the Media and the Falklands CrisisAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1983
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The Making of Neil KinnockAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1984
- Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler DiariesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1986
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Good and Faithful Servant: The Unauthorized Biography of Bernard InghamAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1990
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FatherlandAmazon ↗novel · 1992
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EnigmaAmazon ↗novel · 1995
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ArchangelAmazon ↗novel · 1998
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PompeiiAmazon ↗novel · 2003
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The GhostAmazon ↗novel · 2007
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The Fear IndexAmazon ↗novel · 2011
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An Officer and a SpyAmazon ↗novel · 2013
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ConclaveAmazon ↗novel · 2016
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MunichAmazon ↗novel · 2017
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The Second SleepAmazon ↗novel · 2019
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V2Amazon ↗novel · 2020
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Act of OblivionAmazon ↗novel · 2022
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PrecipiceAmazon ↗novel · 2024