Christopher Hitchens bibliography
was a prolific British and American author, political journalist and literary critic. His books, essays, and journalistic career spanned more than four decades. Recognized as a public intellectual, he was a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. Hitchens was a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry, and a variety of other media outlets.
Books
Sole author
- 1984 Cyprus. Quartet. Revised editions as Hostage to History: Cyprus from the Ottomans to Kissinger, 1989 and 1997.
- 1987 Imperial Spoils: The Curious Case of the Elgin Marbles. Chatto and Windus /Hill and Wang / 1997 UK Verso edition as The Elgin Marbles: Should They Be Returned to Greece?. Reissued and updated 2008 as The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Reunification, Verso.
- 1990 Blood, Class, and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Reissued 2004, with a new introduction, as Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship, Nation Books,
- 1999 No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton. Verso. Reissued as No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family in 2000.
- 2001 The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Verso.
- 2001 Letters to a Young Contrarian. Basic Books.
- 2002 Why Orwell Matters, Basic Books.
- 2005 Thomas Jefferson: Author of America. Eminent Lives/Atlas Books/HarperCollins Publishers,
- 2006 Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography. Books That Shook the World/Atlantic Books,
- 2007 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Twelve/Hachette Book Group USA/Warner Books, / Published in the UK as God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion. Atlantic Books,
- 2010 Hitch-22 Some Confessions and Contradictions: A Memoir . Hachette Book Group.
- 2012 Mortality. Atlantic.
Pamphlets
- 1971 Karl Marx and The Paris Commune. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd.
- 1990 The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish. Chatto & Windus, 1990.
- 1995 The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice. Verso.
- 2003 A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq. Plume Books. Originally released as Regime Change.
- 2011 The Enemy. Amazon Digital Services.
Essays
- 1988 Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports. Hill and Wang /Chatto and Windus.
- 1993 For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports. Verso,
- 2000 Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere. Verso
- 2004 Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays. Thunder's Mouth, Nation Books,
- 2011 Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens. Twelve. UK edition as Arguably: Selected Prose. Atlantic.
- 2015 And Yet... Essays, Simon & Schuster.
- 2021 A Hitch in Time: Writings from the London Review of Books, Atlantic Books,
- 2024 A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration, Twelve,
Collaborations
- 1976 Callaghan, The Road to Number Ten. Cassell,
- 1988 Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question. Verso,. Reissued, 2001.
- 1994 When Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds. Pantheon Books.
- 1994 International Territory: The United Nations, 1945-1995. Verso.
- 2000 Vanity Fair's Hollywood, Graydon Carter and David Friend. Viking Studio.
- 2019 The Four Horsemen: The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution,. Bantam Press.
Co-author or co-editor
- 2002 Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing.
- 2007 The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer. Perseus Publishing.
- 2008 Is Christianity Good for the World? – A Debate. Canon Press,.
- 2008 Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq and the Left. New York University Press.
- 2010 The Best American Essays 2010. Mariner Books.
- 2011 Hitchens vs. Blair: Be it Resolved, Religion is a Force of Good in the World. House of Anansi Press.
Contributor
- 2005 Religion, Culture, and International Conflict: A Conversation, Michael Cromartie. Rowman & Littlefield.
- 2005 A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq, Thomas Cushman. University of California Press,
- 2011 The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism, Windsor Mann. Da Capo Press.
Book introductions, forewords and prefaces
- 1971 Karl Marx and the Paris Commune, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Introduction. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd.
- 1990 The False Prophet: Rabbi Meir Kahane - From FBI Informant to Knesset Member, Robert I. Friedman. Foreword. Faber and Faber.
- 1992 Money for Old Rope, Charles Glass. Introduction. Picador.
- 1992 The Greek Socialist Experiment - Papandreou's Greece 1981-1989, Theodore C. Kariotis. Introduction. Pella.
- 1994 When the Borders Bleed: The Struggle of the Kurds, Ed Kashi. Introduction. Pantheon.
- 1996 Peace And Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process, Edward Said. Preface. Vintage.
- 1996 American Notes, Charles Dickens. Introduction. Modern Library.
- 1997 In Our Time: The Chamberlain-Hitler Collusion, Clement Leibovitz and Alvin Finkel. Foreword to Paperback Edition. Monthly Review Press.
- 1997 Open Secrets: Israeli Foreign and Nuclear Policies, Israel Shahak, Pluto Press, London,. Foreword to paperback edition.
- 1999 A Handbook on Hanging, Charles Duff. Introduction. New York Review of Books.
- 2000 Scoop, Evelyn Waugh. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition.
- 2000 Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995, Joe Sacco. Foreword. Fantagraphics Books.
- 2000 1968: War & Democracy, Eugene J. McCarthy. Foreword. Lone Oak Press.
- 2000 Vanity Fair's Hollywood, Graydon Carter and David Friend. Introduction. Viking Studio.
- 2001 Kosovo: Background to a War, Stephen Schwartz. Foreword. Anthem Press.
- 2001 The Mating Season, P. G. Wodehouse. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition.
- 2001 Orwell in Spain, George Orwell, Peter Davison. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition
- 2002 Machinery of Death: The Reality of America's Death Penalty Regime, David R. Dow and Mark Dow. Foreword. Routledge.
- 2002 From Russia, With Love, Dr. No, and Goldfinger, Ian Fleming. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition.
- 2003 Animal Farm and 1984, George Orwell. Introduction. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- 2003 The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow. Introduction. Penguin Group.
- 2004 Orient Express, Graham Greene. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition.
- 2004 Hons and Rebels, Jessica Mitford. Introduction. New York Review of Books.
- 2004 Brave New World, Aldous Huxley. Foreword. HarperCollins.
- 2004 Choice: The Best of Reason, Nick Gillespie. Foreword. BenBella Books.
- 2005 House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. Introduction. Everyman's Library.
- 2007 Our Man in Havana, Graham Greene. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition.
- 2007 Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia, Rebecca West. Introduction. Penguin Classics Edition.
- 2008 Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis, Kingsley Amis. Introduction. Bloomsbury USA.
- 2008 God: The Failed Hypothesis- How Science Shows that God Does Not Exist, Victor J. Stenger. Foreword to Paperback Edition. New York: Prometheus Books.
- 2008 Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Introduction to Paperback Edition. Simon and Schuster.
- 2009 First in Peace: How George Washington Set the Course for America, Conor Cruise O'Brien. Introduction. Da Capo Press.
- 2009 Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson, Anita Thompson. Introduction to Paperback Edition. Da Capo Press.
- 2009 Certitude: A Profusely Illustrated Guide to Blockheads and Bullheads, Past and Present, Adam Begley, Edward Sorel. Introduction. Crown Archetype.
- 2010 The Three Hostages, John Buchan. Introduction. Polygon.
- 2010 Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft, S. T. Joshi. Foreword. Sporting Gentlemen.
- 2010 The Sixties: Diaries:1960-1969, Christopher Isherwood. Foreword. Harper.
- 2010 Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud. Introduction. Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
- 2012 Diaries, George Orwell. Introduction. Liverlight.
Book reviews
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Dedicatee
Books dedicated to Hitchens:- Richard Dawkins, Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist, Bantam Press, 2017. "In memory of Christopher Hitchens".