Matthew Raphael Johnson has written 16 books.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The only recent count is Goodreads' 17 distinct works (published 2026-10-20), which is close to the claimed 16 and matches the speaker's hedged 'or something.' Older snapshots (7 in SourceWatch, 8 in 2018, 9 AbeBooks listings) are earlier counts of a growing bibliography, not contradictions, and the Goodreads figure is an aggregator listing rather than an authoritative bibliography.
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… I always thought of it as a as a test experiment for what the rest of the society is going to be like in the future, like collective farm. But, um, but since, um, got my degree in '99, I've written 16 books or something. Um I can never remember. Um, and I've been, you know, the leader as far as nationalism is concerned in, um, in Russian and Ukrainian history, and I was the very first one and this was in the early 2000s, when I was at The Barnes Review in DC to say that …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Goodreads lists 17 distinct works by Matthew Raphael Johnson as of 2026-10-20, within one of the claimed figure of 16.[1]
Context. Earlier snapshots show smaller counts: SourceWatch lists seven books, a 2018 radio interview cites eight, and AbeBooks shows nine listings, consistent with a bibliography that grew over time.[2][3][4]
Context. No source gives an authoritative, itemized count of books written since 1999, and the Goodreads list may include editions or non-book works, so the exact figure of 16 cannot be confirmed.[1]
Sources
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- 1Books by Matthew Raphael Johnson (Author of The Third Rome)goodreads.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Matthew Raphael Johnsonsourcewatch.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 3TBR Radio – The Dixie Heritage Hour 09/21/18 - Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnsonyoutube.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Matthew Raphael Johnson (9 results)abebooks.com · not rated · cited for: context
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