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Gretchen Rubin Books in Order

Gretchen Rubin has written 12 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is Power Money Fame Sex (2000) and the newest is Get It Done (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2000–2026
Pages on record
2,118 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
35–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,118 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Gretchen Rubin, author of the Better Than Before series

Twelve catalogued books carry Gretchen Rubin's name, from Power Money Fame Sex (2000) to Get It Done (2026). Rubin, born in 1965, is an American author, blogger and speaker, and happiness and habit are the subjects the work returns to: The Happiness Project (2009), Happier at Home (2012), Better Than Before (2015), The Four Tendencies (2017), Outer Order, Inner Calm (2019) and Life in Five Senses (2023). Two early books, on Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy, sit apart from the rest.

How many Gretchen Rubin books are there?

Gretchen Rubin has 12 books, released between 2000 and 2026. 1 of them belong to the Better Than Before series.

Gretchen Rubin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Gretchen Rubin 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.

  1. Cover of Power Money Fame Sex by Gretchen Rubin (2000)
  2. Cover of Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill by Gretchen Rubin (2003)
  3. Cover of Forty Ways to Look at JFK by Gretchen Rubin (2005)
  4. Cover of The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin (2009)
  5. Cover of Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin, book 1 of the Better Than Before series (2015)
  6. Cover of Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin (2019)
  7. Cover of Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin (2023)
  8. Cover of Secrets of Adulthood by Gretchen Rubin (2025)
  1. 1
    Power Money Fame Sex2000 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000307
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill2003 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003313
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Forty Ways to Look at JFK2005 · 387 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005387
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Happiness Project2009 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009301
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Happier at Home2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Better Than BeforeBetter Than Before #12015 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015298
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Best of the Happiness Project Blog2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Four Tendencies2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Outer Order, Inner Calm2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Life in Five Senses2023 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Secrets of Adulthood2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Get It Done2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Gretchen Rubin 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.

Better Than Before in order

1 book
  1. 1. Better Than Before

Standalone books

11 books

11 Gretchen Rubin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gretchen Rubin books in order?

You only need to read Gretchen Rubin books in order within the Better Than Before series, which holds 1 of the 12 Gretchen Rubin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Gretchen Rubin

Start with Power Money Fame Sex (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gretchen Rubin book?

Get It Done (2026) is the newest Gretchen Rubin book released so far.

Is there a new Gretchen Rubin book coming?

No next Gretchen Rubin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Gretchen Rubin at a glance

Still publishing
Gretchen Rubin published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Gretchen Rubin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,118 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 301 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gretchen Rubin books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gretchen Rubin books are about

7 of the 12 Gretchen Rubin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: self-actualization (psychology) is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.