Amanda Hesser Books in Order
Amanda Hesser has written 11 books, published between 1999 and 2021. The first book is The Cook and the Gardener (1999) and the newest is The Essential New York Times Cookbook (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 11 books listed here are in the Food52 Cook series, which has its own page: Food52 Cook books in order.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1999–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,398 in 5 of 11 books
Amanda Hesser writes about cooking. The Cook and the Gardener (1999) opens a catalogue of 11 books that reaches The Essential New York Times Cookbook in 2021, and Food52 Cook is the series recorded under the name. Kitchen gardens, vegetables, fruit, French cookery, baking and courtship appear in the subject records, and Cooking for Mr. Latte (2003), A New Way to Dinner (2016) and Mighty Salads (2017) sit in the listing. The median Hesser book runs 157 pages.
How many Amanda Hesser books are there?
Amanda Hesser has 11 books, released between 1999 and 2021. 8 of them belong to the Food52 Cook series.
Amanda Hesser Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Amanda Hesser 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 Cook and the Gardener1999 · 632 pages · confirmed 1/419996321/4
- 2Cooking for Mr. Latte2003 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420033361/4
- 32011–1/4
- 42011–1/4
- 520151572/4
- 62016–1/4
- 720171452/4
- 82017–1/4
- 920181281/4
- 102020–2/4
- 11The Essential New York Times Cookbook2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Amanda Hesser series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Food52 Cook books in order 15 books
Amanda Hesser 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
3 books3 Amanda Hesser titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Amanda Hesser books in order?
You only need to read Amanda Hesser books in order within the Food52 Cook series, which holds 8 of the 11 Amanda Hesser books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Amanda Hesser
Start with The Food52 Cookbook (2011), the first Food52 Cook book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Cook and the Gardener (1999).
What is the newest Amanda Hesser book?
The Essential New York Times Cookbook (2021) is the newest Amanda Hesser book released so far.
Is there a new Amanda Hesser book coming?
No next Amanda Hesser book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Amanda Hesser at a glance
- Paused
- No new Amanda Hesser title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Amanda Hesser books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,398 pages across the 5 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 157 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Amanda Hesser books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Amanda Hesser books are about
7 of the 11 Amanda Hesser books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cooking is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cooking 3 of 7 books