Heidi Murkoff Books in Order
Heidi Murkoff has written 8 books, published between 1984 and 2016. The first book is What to Expect When You're Expecting (1984) and the newest is Includes What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect The First Year (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1984–2016
- Pages on record
- 2,620 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 44–66 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,620 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Heidi Murkoff, born November 28, 1958, is co-author of the What to Expect pregnancy guides. Murkoff created WhatToExpect.com and founded the What to Expect Project. Eight catalogued titles carry the byline between 1984 and 2016, among them the Pregnancy Journal and Organizer, What to Expect the First Year and Eating Well When You're Expecting. The books are filed under pregnancy, childbirth, prenatal care, obstetric labor, parenting, child rearing and the care of infants and toddlers, at a median of 512 pages.
What to Expect When You're Expecting covers conception through childbirth, with guidance on prenatal care, diet and exercise for each stage of pregnancy, along with answers to common questions for expectant parents.
How many Heidi Murkoff books are there?
Heidi Murkoff has 8 books, released between 1984 and 2016.
Heidi Murkoff Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Heidi Murkoff 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.
- 1What to Expect When You're Expecting1984 · 656 pages · confirmed 1/419846561/4
- 2What to Expect Pregnancy Journal and Organizer1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 3What to Expect the Second Year: From 12 to 24 Months1987 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/419875121/4
- 4What to Expect the First Year1989 · 678 pages · confirmed 1/419896781/4
- 5What to Expect: Eating Well When You're Expecting2005 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/420054801/4
- 6What to Expect Before You're Expecting2009 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/420092941/4
- 7What to Expect The First Year and What To Expect The Second Year2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 8Includes What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect The First Year2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
Heidi Murkoff 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.
Standalone books
8 books8 Heidi Murkoff titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Heidi Murkoff books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Heidi Murkoff books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Heidi Murkoff
Start with What to Expect When You're Expecting (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Heidi Murkoff book?
Includes What to Expect When You're Expecting and What to Expect The First Year (2016) is the newest Heidi Murkoff book released so far.
Is there a new Heidi Murkoff book coming?
No next Heidi Murkoff book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Heidi Murkoff at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Heidi Murkoff title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Heidi Murkoff books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,620 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 512 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Heidi Murkoff books, 4 of 8, were published in the 1980s.
What the Heidi Murkoff books are about
6 of the 8 Heidi Murkoff books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: childbirth is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
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