Christopher Kimball Books in Order
Christopher Kimball has written 24 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is The Cook's Bible: The Best of American Home Cookin (1996) and the newest is Milk Street Backroads Italy (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,700 in 7 of 24 books
Christopher Kimball writes cookbooks on American home cooking, desserts and quick, low-budget meals. Kimball's 24 catalogued books begin with The Cook's Bible (1996) and include The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook (1998), The Dessert Bible (2000) and The Kitchen Detective (2003). Kimball's Milk Street series includes The Complete Milk Street TV Show Cookbook (2018) and Tuesday Nights (2018). Milk Street Backroads Italy (2025) is the newest title.
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How many Christopher Kimball books are there?
Christopher Kimball has 24 books, released between 1996 and 2025. 13 of them belong to the Milk Street series.
Christopher Kimball Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Christopher Kimball 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 November 2026.
- 1The Cook's Bible: The Best of American Home Cookin1996 · 443 pages · confirmed 1/419964431/4
- 2The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook1998 · 410 pages · confirmed 1/419984101/4
- 3The Dessert Bible2000 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/420004161/4
- 4The Classic Cookbook: The Best of American Home Cooking2002 · 443 pages · confirmed 1/420024431/4
- 5The Kitchen Detective2003 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/420033001/4
- 6Fannie's Last Supper2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 7Slow Cooker Revolution - Favorites from the Best Selling Cookbook2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 820173361/4
- 92018–1/4
- 10The Complete Milk Street TV Show Cookbook2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 112019–1/4
- 122020–1/4
- 132020–1/4
- 142021–1/4
- 152021–1/4
- 162022–1/4
- 172022–1/4
- 1820233521/4
- 192023–1/4
- 202023–1/4
- 21Milk Street 3652024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 22Milk Street Bakes2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 23Milk Street Shorts2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 242025–1/4
Christopher Kimball 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.
Milk Street in order
13 books- 1. The New Home Cooking
- 2. Tuesday Nights
- 3. The New Rules
- 4. Fast and Slow
- 5. Cookish
- 6. Tuesday Nights Mediterranean
- 7. Vegetables
- 8. The World in a Skillet
- 9. Cook What You Have
- 10. Secrets to the World’s Best Noodles
- 11. Milk Street Simple
- 12. The Milk Street Cookbook
- and 1 more in the table above
Standalone books
11 books11 Christopher Kimball titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Christopher Kimball books in order?
You only need to read Christopher Kimball books in order within the Milk Street series, which holds 13 of the 24 Christopher Kimball books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Christopher Kimball
Start with The Cook's Bible: The Best of American Home Cookin (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Christopher Kimball book?
Milk Street Backroads Italy (2025) is the newest Christopher Kimball book released so far.
Is there a new Christopher Kimball book coming?
No next Christopher Kimball book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Christopher Kimball at a glance
- Still publishing
- Christopher Kimball published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Christopher Kimball books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,700 pages across the 7 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 410 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Christopher Kimball books, 13 of 24, were published in the 2020s.
When Christopher Kimball books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Christopher Kimball titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 13 titles.
24 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Christopher Kimball books are about
8 of the 24 Christopher Kimball 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 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cooking 3 of 8 books
- Cooking, american 3 of 8 books
- American Cooking 2 of 8 books
- Cookbooks 2 of 8 books
- Desserts 2 of 8 books