Brene Brown Books in Order
Brene Brown has written 18 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is Women & Shame (2004) and the newest is Strong Ground (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 2004–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,473 in 9 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,473 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Shame, vulnerability, courage and resilience are Brene Brown's subjects, treated as psychology and self-improvement rather than fiction. Women & Shame (2004) is the earliest catalogued title, followed by I Thought It Was Just Me (2007), Daring Greatly (2012) and Rising Strong (2015). Dare to Lead names a series within the catalogue, which runs to 18 books through Strong Ground in 2025.
Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Her TED Talk on the Power of Vulnerability ranks among the platform's five most-viewed, and she hosts the podcasts Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.
How many Brene Brown books are there?
Brene Brown has 18 books, released between 2004 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Dare to Lead series.
Brene Brown Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Brene Brown books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1Women & Shame2004 · confirmed 2/42004–2/4
- 2I Thought It Was Just Me2007 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420073361/4
- 3Connections2009 · 154 pages · confirmed 1/420091541/4
- 4Men, Women, and Worthiness2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 5Daring Greatly2012 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/420122872/4
- 6The Power of Vulnerability2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 7The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting2013 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/420131261/4
- 8Rising Strong2015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420153362/4
- 9Present Over Perfect2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 10Love, Henri2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420163841/4
- 11Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 12Braving the Wilderness2017 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/420171942/4
- 1320183202/4
- 14The Gifts of Imperfection2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 15The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 16Atlas of the Heart2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420213362/4
- 17You Are Your Best Thing2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 182025–2/4
Brene Brown 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.
Dare to Lead in order
2 booksStandalone books
16 books16 Brene Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Brene Brown Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Brene Brown books run from Women & Shame (2004) to Strong Ground (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Brene Brown in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Brene Brown books in order?
You only need to read Brene Brown books in order within the Dare to Lead series, which holds 2 of the 18 Brene Brown books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read Brene Brown books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Women & Shame (2004), the earliest published title. After it come I Thought It Was Just Me (2007), Connections (2009), Men, Women, and Worthiness (2012) and Daring Greatly (2012); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Brene Brown book?
Strong Ground (2025) is the newest Brene Brown book released so far.
Is there a new Brene Brown book coming?
No next Brene Brown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brene Brown at a glance
- Still publishing
- Brene Brown published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Brene Brown books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,473 pages across the 9 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brene Brown books, 12 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Brene Brown books are about
9 of the 18 Brene Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: courage is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Courage 3 of 9 books
- Christian life 2 of 9 books
- Self-actualization (psychology) 2 of 9 books