Daniel C. Dennett Books in Order
Daniel C. Dennett has written 27 books, published between 1969 and 2023. The first book is Content and Consciousness (1969) and the newest is I've Been Thinking (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1969–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,416 in 5 of 27 books
Daniel C. Dennett (1942-2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. Dennett's research addressed philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, and consciousness, intentionality, the self and thinking recur as subjects across 27 catalogued books published between 1969 and 2023. Content and Consciousness (1969) opens the list, and Consciousness Explained (1991), Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1995) and I've Been Thinking (2023) follow it. Dennett held the Austin B. Fletcher chair in philosophy at Tufts University and co-directed its Center for Cognitive Studies. The 2000s are the busiest decade in the catalogue.
How many Daniel C. Dennett books are there?
Daniel C. Dennett has 27 books, released between 1969 and 2023.
Daniel C. Dennett Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Daniel C. Dennett 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.
- 1Content and Consciousness1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 2Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 3The Mind’s I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul1981 · 500 pages · confirmed 1/419815001/4
- 4Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting1984 · confirmed 1/41984–1/4
- 5The Moral First Aid Manual: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 6The Philosophical Lexicon1987 · confirmed 1/41987–1/4
- 7The Intentional Stance1987 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/419873881/4
- 8Quining Qualia1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 9Consciousness Explained1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 10Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 11Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds1998 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/419984181/4
- 12Mind and Reality: The Nature of Mind and the Expansion of Consciousness1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 13The Computational Perspective2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 14Freedom Evolves2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 15Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles to a Science of Consciousness2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 16Thank Goodness!2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 17Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 182008–1/4
- 19Where Am I?2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 20Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?2010 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/42010821/4
- 21Inside Jokes: Using Humor to Reverse-Engineer the Mind2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 22Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 23Convergence of Biogenetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computing2015 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/42015281/4
- 24Caught in The Pulpit:Leaving Belief Behind2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 25From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 26Just Deserts: Debating Free Will2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 27I've Been Thinking2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Daniel C. Dennett 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.
Science Masters in order
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26 books26 Daniel C. Dennett titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Daniel C. Dennett books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 27 Daniel C. Dennett books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Daniel C. Dennett
Start with Content and Consciousness (1969), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Daniel C. Dennett book?
I've Been Thinking (2023) is the newest Daniel C. Dennett book released so far.
Is there a new Daniel C. Dennett book coming?
No next Daniel C. Dennett book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Daniel C. Dennett at a glance
- Paused
- No new Daniel C. Dennett title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Daniel C. Dennett books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,416 pages across the 5 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 388 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Daniel C. Dennett books, 7 of 27, were published in the 2000s.
What the Daniel C. Dennett books are about
5 of the 27 Daniel C. Dennett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- 201/.65 1 of 5 books
- Addresses, essays, lectures 1 of 5 books
- Animal intelligence 1 of 5 books
- Artificial intelligence 1 of 5 books
- Behavior 1 of 5 books
- Bl240.3 .d46 2011 1 of 5 books
- Computing Methodologies 1 of 5 books
- Conciousness 1 of 5 books
- Consciousness 1 of 5 books
- Humanities 1 of 5 books
- Intention 1 of 5 books
- Intentionality (Philosophy) 1 of 5 books