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The Godfather Books in Order

4 books from The Godfather (1969) to The Godfather IV: Prodigal Tony (2019). Rated 4.7 across 16,344 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Godfather

    Book 1 1969 4.8 (15.1k)

    With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness.

  2. The Sicilian

    Book 2 1983 4.0 (1.1k)

    After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work—a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed,…

  3. The Last Don

    Book 3 1996 4.8 (29)

    The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas....

  4. The Godfather IV: Prodigal Tony

    Book 4 2019 by Mario Malachi Feast 1.8 (31)

    Anthony Vito Corelone, son of the late Michael Corleone, returns to the family villa in Corelone, Sicily. After years of a self-imposed exile, he is determined to fulfill his father’s wishes to be Don....

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Godfather is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.