Garry Wills bibliography

List of works by or about Garry Wills, American historian and journalist.

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Wills on Under God: Religion and American Politics, December 30, 1990, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on John Wayne's America, January 10, 1998, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on A Necessary Evil, October 27, 1999, C-SPAN
video icon Washington Journal interview with Wills on Why I Am a Catholic, July 29, 2002, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on Negro President, November 21, 2003, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on Henry Adams and the Making of America, October 30, 2005, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on Henry Adams and the Making of America, November 19, 2005, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on Head and Heart, October 15, 2007, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on What the Gospels Meant, June 7, 2008, C-SPAN
video icon After Words interview with Wills on Bomb Power, February 13, 2010, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on Why Priests?, February 16, 2013, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Wills on The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis, March 13, 2015, C-SPAN
  • Wills, Garry (1961). Chesterton : man and mask. New York: Sheed & Ward.
  • Animals of the Bible (1962)
  • Politics and Catholic Freedom (1964)
  • Roman Culture: Weapons and the Man (1966), ISBN 0-8076-0367-8[1]
  • The Second Civil War: Arming for Armageddon (1968)
  • Jack Ruby (1968), ISBN 0-306-80564-2[2]
  • Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-made Man (1970, 1979), ISBN 0-451-61750-9[3]
  • Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion (1972), ISBN 0-385-08970-8[4]
  • Values Americans Live By (1973), ISBN 0-405-04166-7[5]
  • Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (1978), ISBN 0-385-08976-7[6]
  • Confessions of a Conservative (1979), ISBN 0-385-08977-5[7]
  • At Button's (1979), ISBN 0-8362-6108-9[8]
  • Explaining America: The Federalist (1981), ISBN 0-385-14689-2[9]
  • The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power (1982), ISBN 0-316-94385-1[10]
  • Lead Time: A Journalist's Education (1983), ISBN 0-385-17695-3[11]
  • Cincinnatus: George Washington and the Enlightenment (1984), ISBN 0-385-17562-0[12]
  • Reagan's America: Innocents at Home (1987), ISBN 0-385-18286-4[13]
  • Under God: Religion and American Politics (1990), ISBN 0-671-65705-4[14]
  • Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (1992), ISBN 0-671-76956-1[15]
  • Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders (1994), ISBN 0-671-65702-X[16]
  • Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth (1995), ISBN 0-19-508879-4[17]
  • John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity (1997), ISBN 0-684-80823-4[18]
  • — (July 1997). "Dostoyevsky behind a camera : Oliver Stone is making great American novels on film". Movies. The Atlantic Monthly. 280 (1): 96–101.
  • Saint Augustine (1999), ISBN 0-670-88610-6[19]
  • Saint Augustine's Childhood (2001), ISBN 0-670-03001-5[20]
  • Saint Augustine's Memory (2002), ISBN 0-670-03127-5[21]
  • Saint Augustine's Sin (2003), ISBN 0-670-03241-7[22]
  • Saint Augustine's Conversion (2004), ISBN 0-670-03352-9[23]
  • A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government (1999), ISBN 0-684-84489-3[24]
  • Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit (2000), ISBN 0-385-49410-6[25]
  • Venice: Lion City: The Religion of Empire (2001), ISBN 0-684-87190-4[26]
  • Why I Am a Catholic (2002), ISBN 0-618-13429-8[27]
  • Mr. Jefferson's University (2002), ISBN 0-7922-6531-9[28]
  • James Madison (2002), ISBN 0-8050-6905-4[29]
  • Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power (2003), ISBN 0-618-34398-9[30]
  • Henry Adams and the Making of America (2005), ISBN 0-618-13430-1[31]
  • The Rosary: Prayer Comes Round (2005), ISBN 0-670-03449-5[32]
  • What Jesus Meant (2006), ISBN 0-670-03496-7[33]
  • What Paul Meant (2006), ISBN 0-670-03793-1[34]
  • Bush's Fringe Government (2006), ISBN 978-1590172100[35]
  • Head and Heart: American Christianities (2007), ISBN 978-1-59420-146-2[36]
  • What the Gospels Meant (2008), ISBN 0-670-01871-6[37]
  • Bomb Power (2010), ISBN 978-1-59420-240-7[38]
  • Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer (2010), ISBN 978-0-670-02214-4[39]
  • Augustine's 'Confessions': A Biography (2011), ISBN 978-0691143576[40]
  • Verdi's Shakespeare: Men of the Theater (2011), ISBN 978-0670023042[41]
  • Rome and Rhetoric: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2011), ISBN 978-0300152180[42]
  • Font of Life: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism (2012), ISBN 978-0199768516[43]
  • Why Priests? (2013), ISBN 978-0670024872[44]
  • The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis (March 2015), ISBN 978-0525426967[45]
  • What The Qur'an Meant and Why It Matters (2017), ISBN 978-1-101-98102-3[46]

References

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  2. ^ "Jack Ruby". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  3. ^ "Nixon Agonistes". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  4. ^ "Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  5. ^ "Values Americans Live by". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  6. ^ "Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  7. ^ "Confessions of a Conservative". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  8. ^ "At Button's". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  9. ^ "Explaining America: The Federalist". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  10. ^ "The Kennedy Imprisonment: A Meditation on Power". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  11. ^ "Lead Time : A Journalist's Education". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  12. ^ "Cincinnatus: George Washington and the Enlightenment". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  13. ^ "Reagan's America". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  14. ^ "Under God: Religion and American Politics". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  15. ^ "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Re-Made America". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  16. ^ "Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  17. ^ "Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's Macbeth". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  18. ^ "John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  19. ^ "Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives)". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
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  24. ^ "A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  25. ^ "Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  26. ^ "Venice: Lion City - The Religion of Empire". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  27. ^ "Why I Am a Catholic". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
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  31. ^ "Henry Adams and the Making of America". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  32. ^ "The Rosary". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  33. ^ "What Jesus Meant". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  34. ^ "What Paul Meant". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  35. ^ "Bush's Fringe Government". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  36. ^ "Head and Heart: American Christianities". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  37. ^ "What the Gospels Meant". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  38. ^ "Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  39. ^ "Outside Looking In: Adventures of an Observer". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
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  42. ^ "Rome and Rhetoric: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series)". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  43. ^ "Font of Life: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism (Emblems of Antiquity)". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  44. ^ "Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  45. ^ "The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  46. ^ "What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters". isbndb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-01.