Delia Smith Books in Order
Delia Smith has written 32 books, published between 1971 and 2022. The first book is Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking (1971) and the newest is You Matter: The Human Solution (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1971–2022
- Pages on record
- 5,655 in 26 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 94–141 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,655 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Delia Smith is an English cook and television presenter who teaches basic cookery skills in a direct style. Her 32 catalogued books start with Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking (1971) and include the How to Cook series and the Delia Collection, covering cakes, baking, puddings, soups, fish and Italian cooking. Smith is Honorary Life President of Norwich City with her husband Michael Wynn-Jones, and the two were joint majority shareholders of the club from 1998 to 2024. You Matter: The Human Solution (2022) is the most recent catalogued title.
How many Delia Smith books are there?
Delia Smith has 32 books, released between 1971 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the Delia's How to Cook series.
Delia Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Delia Smith 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.
- 1Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking1971 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419712401/4
- 2Recipes From Country Inns And Restaurants1973 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419731601/4
- 3The Evening Standard Cookbook1974 · confirmed 1/41974–1/4
- 4Family Fare1975 · confirmed 1/41975–1/4
- 5Delia's Frugal Food1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 6More Country Recipes1976 · 44 pages · confirmed 1/41976441/4
- 7Delia Smith's Book of Cakes1977 · confirmed 1/41977–1/4
- 8Delia's Book of Cakes1977 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/419772301/4
- 919782391/4
- 1019792601/4
- 1119812401/4
- 12Delia Smith's Complete Illustrated Cookery Course1982 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/419825761/4
- 13Delia's Complete Cookery Course1982 · 640 pages · confirmed 1/419826401/4
- 14A Feast For Lent1983 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419831281/4
- 15A Feast For Advent1983 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419831281/4
- 16One Is Fun!1985 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419852241/4
- 17Journey Into God1988 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419882381/4
- 18Delia Smith's Christmas1990 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419902241/4
- 19Delia Smith's Summer Collection1993 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/419932281/4
- 20Delia Smith's Winter Collection1995 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419952561/4
- 2120011361/4
- 2220031361/4
- 2320031361/4
- 2420031361/4
- 2520041441/4
- 2620041441/4
- 27Delia's Kitchen Garden2004 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/420041681/4
- 2820051441/4
- 2920061441/4
- 30Delia's Happy Christmas2009 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420093121/4
- 31Delia's Cakes2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 32You Matter: The Human Solution2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Delia Smith series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Delia Collection books in order 8 books
Delia Smith 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.
Delia's How to Cook in order
3 booksStandalone books
21 books21 Delia Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Delia Smith books in order?
You only need to read Delia Smith books in order within the Delia's How to Cook series, which holds 3 of the 32 Delia Smith books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Delia Smith
Start with Chocolate (2001), the first Delia Collection book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking (1971).
What is the newest Delia Smith book?
You Matter: The Human Solution (2022) is the newest Delia Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Delia Smith book coming?
No next Delia Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Delia Smith at a glance
- Paused
- No new Delia Smith title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Delia Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,655 pages across the 26 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 196 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Delia Smith books, 10 of 32, were published in the 2000s.
What the Delia Smith books are about
26 of the 32 Delia Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: baking is tagged on 8 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.