A.J. Jacobs Books in Order
A.J. Jacobs has written 12 books, published between 1994 and 2024. The first book is The Two Kings (1994) and the newest is The Year of Living Constitutionally (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1994–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,245 in 8 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 37–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,245 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
A.J. Jacobs, born Arnold Stephen Jacobs Jr. on 20 March 1968, is an American journalist, author and lecturer who writes about lifestyle experiments. Jacobs is an editor at large for Esquire and previously worked for the Antioch Daily Ledger and Entertainment Weekly. The catalogue holds 12 books from The Two Kings (1994) to The Year of Living Constitutionally (2024). The Know-It-All (2004), The Year of Living Biblically (2007), Drop Dead Healthy (2012) and It's All Relative (2017) are among them.
How many A.J. Jacobs books are there?
A.J. Jacobs has 12 books, released between 1994 and 2024.
A.J. Jacobs Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 A.J. Jacobs books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Two Kings1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419941761/4
- 2Fractured Fairy Tales1997 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/419971811/4
- 3The Know-It-All2004 · 389 pages · confirmed 1/420043891/4
- 4The Year of Living Biblically2007 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/420073881/4
- 5The Guinea Pig Diaries2009 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/420092361/4
- 6My Experimental Life2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 7Drop Dead Healthy2012 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/420124021/4
- 8Mr. Media2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 9It's All Relative2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420173361/4
- 10Thanks a Thousand2018 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/420181371/4
- 11The Puzzler2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 12The Year of Living Constitutionally2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
A.J. Jacobs books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
12 books12 A.J. Jacobs titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read A.J. Jacobs books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 A.J. Jacobs books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with A.J. Jacobs
Start with The Two Kings (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest A.J. Jacobs book?
The Year of Living Constitutionally (2024) is the newest A.J. Jacobs book released so far.
Is there a new A.J. Jacobs book coming?
No next A.J. Jacobs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
A.J. Jacobs at a glance
- Still publishing
- A.J. Jacobs published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- A.J. Jacobs books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,245 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most A.J. Jacobs books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the A.J. Jacobs books are about
9 of the 12 A.J. Jacobs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 5 of 9 books
- Conduct of life 2 of 9 books
- Self-actualization (psychology) 2 of 9 books