James Martin Books in Order

James Martin has written 18 books, published between 2000 and 2017. The first book is The Deli Cookbook (2000) and the newest is James Martin's French Adventure (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2000–2017
Pages on record
2,000 in 10 of 18 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,000 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

James Martin writes cookery books. Eighteen catalogued titles run from The Deli Cookbook in 2000 to James Martin's French Adventure in 2017, covering British food, desserts, quick and easy cooking and delicatessen fare, with Saturday Kitchen Cookbook (2007) and James Every Day (2008) among them. Driven, published in 2008, turns to motoring, and a strand of autobiography sits beside the recipes.

How many James Martin books are there?

James Martin has 18 books, released between 2000 and 2017. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.

James Martin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 James Martin 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. 1
    The Deli Cookbook2000 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000144
  2. 2
    James Martin's Delicious!2002 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002144
  3. 3
    Easy British Food2005 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005144
  4. 4
    James Martin Desserts2007 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007192
  5. 5
    Saturday Kitchen Cookbook2007 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007176
  6. 6
    DrivenJames Martin Autobiographies #12008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  7. 7
    James Every Day2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  8. 8
    James Martin - The Collection2008 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008400
  9. 9
    My Kitchen. James Martin2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009
  10. 10
    James Martin's British Bistro2010 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010224
  11. 11
    Easy Everyday2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  12. 12
    History of the Old Covenant Volume 1History of the Old Covenant #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  13. 13
    History of the Old Covenant; Volume 2History of the Old Covenant #22015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  14. 14
    History of the Old Covenant, Volume 3History of the Old Covenant #32015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  15. 15
    Sweet2015 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015192
  16. 16
    More Home Comforts2016 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016192
  17. 17
    Slow Cooking2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  18. 18
    James Martin's French Adventure2017 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017192

James Martin 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.

History of the Old Covenant in order

3 books
  1. 1. History of the Old Covenant Volume 1
  2. 2. History of the Old Covenant; Volume 2
  3. 3. History of the Old Covenant, Volume 3

James Martin Autobiographies in order

1 book
  1. 1. Driven

Standalone books

14 books

14 James Martin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read James Martin books in order?

You only need to read James Martin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with James Martin

Start with The Deli Cookbook (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Martin book?

James Martin's French Adventure (2017) is the newest James Martin book released so far.

Is there a new James Martin book coming?

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

James Martin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest James Martin title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
James Martin books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,000 pages across the 10 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Martin books, 9 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the James Martin books are about

14 of the 18 James Martin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cooking is tagged on 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Cooking 5 of 14 books
  • British Cooking 2 of 14 books
  • Convenience foods 2 of 14 books
  • Cooking, british 2 of 14 books
  • Desserts 2 of 14 books
  • Quick and easy cooking 2 of 14 books