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Ian K. Smith Books in Order

Ian K. Smith has written 30 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is The Take-Control Diet (2001) and the newest is Eat Your Age (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
2001–2025
Pages on record
3,532 in 13 of 30 books
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Ian K. Smith, born in 1969, is an American physician and television host who writes on health and weight loss. His 30 catalogued books open with two 2001 titles, Dr. Ian Smith's Guide to Medical Websites and The Take-Control Diet, and reach Eat Your Age (2025). The Fat Smash Diet (2006), The 4 Day Diet (2008) and EAT (2011) sit in the middle of the run. Smith writes crime fiction as well, including The Blackbird Papers (2004) and the Ashe Cayne series, and he launched the 50 Million Pound Challenge weight loss initiative in 2007.

How many Ian K. Smith books are there?

Ian K. Smith has 30 books, released between 2001 and 2025. 5 of them belong to the Ashe Cayne series.

Ian K. Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Ian K. 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.

  1. Cover of The Take-Control Diet by Ian K. Smith (2001)
  2. Cover of Dr. Ian Smith's Guide to Medical Websites by Ian K. Smith (2001)
  3. Cover of The Blackbird Papers by Ian K. Smith (2004)
  4. Cover of The Fat Smash Diet by Ian K. Smith (2006)
  5. Cover of Extreme Fat Smash Diet by Ian K. Smith (2007)
  6. Cover of The 4 Day Diet by Ian K. Smith (2008)
  7. Cover of Happy: Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life by Ian K. Smith (2010)
  8. Cover of EAT: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution by Ian K. Smith (2011)
  9. Cover of The Truth About Men: The Secret Side of the Opposite Sex by Ian K. Smith (2012)
  10. Cover of Shred: The Revolutionary Diet by Ian K. Smith (2012)
  11. Cover of Super Shred: The Big Results Diet by Ian K. Smith (2013)
  12. Cover of The Shred Diet Cookbook by Ian K. Smith (2014)
  13. Cover of Blast the Sugar Out! by Ian K. Smith (2017)
  14. Cover of The Unspoken by Ian K. Smith, book 1 of the Ashe Cayne series (2020)
  15. Cover of Mind over Weight by Ian K. Smith (2020)
  16. Cover of Plant Power by Ian K. Smith (2022)
  1. 1
    The Take-Control Diet2001 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001272
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  2. 2
    Dr. Ian Smith's Guide to Medical Websites2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  3. 3
    The Blackbird Papers2004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  4. 4
    The Fat Smash Diet2006 · 159 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006159
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  5. 5
    Extreme Fat Smash Diet2007 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The 4 Day Diet2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Happy: Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    4 Day Detox2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    EAT: The Effortless Weight Loss Solution2011 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011210
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  10. 10
    The Truth About Men: The Secret Side of the Opposite Sex2012 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012187
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  11. 11
    Get Ready to Shred2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    Shred: The Revolutionary Diet2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Super Shred: The Big Results Diet2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013256
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  14. 14
    The Shred Diet Cookbook2014 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014340
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  15. 15
    Blast the Sugar Out!2017 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    The Ancient Nine2018 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018416
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  17. 17
    The Clean 202018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  18. 18
    The Official Clean & Lean Recipe Book: The Official Companion to Dr. Ian Smith's Clean & Lean2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  19. 19
    Clean and Lean2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  20. 20
    The UnspokenAshe Cayne #12020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  21. 21
    Mind over Weight2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  22. 22
    Wolf PointAshe Cayne #22021 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021348
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  23. 23
    Fast Burn!: The Power of Negative Energy Balance2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  24. 24
    Burn Melt Shred: Transform Your Body in 8 Weeks2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  25. 25
    Plant Power2022 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022272
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  26. 26
    The OvernightsAshe Cayne #32023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  27. 27
    The Met Flex Diet2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  28. 28
    Eagle RockAshe Cayne #42024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 29
    Beyond MidnightAshe Cayne #52025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  30. 30
    Eat Your Age2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Ian K. Smith series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Ian K. 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.

Standalone books

25 books

25 Ian K. Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ian K. Smith books in order?

You only need to read Ian K. Smith books in order within the Ashe Cayne series, which holds 5 of the 30 Ian K. Smith books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ian K. Smith

Start with The Unspoken (2020), the first Ashe Cayne book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Take-Control Diet (2001).

What is the newest Ian K. Smith book?

Eat Your Age (2025) is the newest Ian K. Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Ian K. Smith book coming?

No next Ian K. 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.

Ian K. Smith at a glance

Still publishing
Ian K. Smith published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Ian K. Smith books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,532 pages across the 13 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ian K. Smith books, 13 of 30, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ian K. Smith books are about

15 of the 30 Ian K. Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: weight loss is tagged on 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.