Best Books on Nostradamus Prophecies

I recently answered a question on Quora.com about Nostradamus books:

What are some good books on the prophecies of Nostradamus?

“There are many types of Nostradamus books in my opinion.

The oldest Nostradamus book in English, written by Garencieres in 1672, is the oldest one I ever got my hands on during my prophecy research, to make sure nothing had been mistranslated and sensationalized to better match current events in modern times. But this is impossible for a normal person to obtain. You need to have good access to a very good library.

The middle way is to just report on what Nostradamus wrote, accurately and in detail, without expressing an opinion. The best book for this is Edgar Leoni’s Nostradamus and His Prophecies, from 1961. Fantastic reference book on this subject.

The skeptics are well represented by James Randi’s The Mask of Nostradamus, from 1990 which dismantles many claims of prophetic successes, especially a top ten list of Nostradamus’ alleged greatest successful predictions. It’s well done. I talked to Randi decades ago, he doesn’t give the topic any credibility. On the other hand, I disagree with the assessment of which prophecies were most successful, and Randi doesn’t cover the few that I think are highly detailed and accurate successes.

Those who assume ESP and prophecy are real and that Nostradamus could see the future are well represented by my own Nostradamus and the Islamic Invasion of Europe from 2017 – or Peter Lemesurier’s Nostradamus in the 21st Century: Featuring the Coming Invasion of Europe from 2000.

I mention these two because we both take great pains to accurately analyze the language and the historical references and the main conclusion of any such analysis is that at least 50–60 of Nostradamus’ predictions warn of WWIII in the early 21st century with an Islamic alliance (and allies, possibly including China) on one side with Western Europe (possibly eventually allied with America) on the other side.

The last category is what I consider sensationalized – meaning that what Nostradamus said has been distorted and twisted to fit current news and fears without concern for accuracy. Erika Cheetham’s The Man Who Saw Tomorrow: The Prophecies of Nostradamus from 1983 is a good example.

John Hogue has written so many Nostradamus books – dozens of prophecy books – he’s doing something right, even if it isn’t interpreting prophecy. I’m hard pressed to pick a specific book of his or find anything nice to say, but I can’t write up a list of Nostradamus books without mentioning him. Maybe this reader comment sums it up best.

There are even people saying they speak to the spirit of Nostradamus and have special insights. The best example is Delores Cannon’s Conversations with Nostradamus from 1997.”