Jason Goodwin Books in Order

Jason Goodwin has written 15 books, published between 1990 and 2017. The first book is A Time for Tea (1990) and the newest is A Pilgrim's Guide to Sacred London (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1990–2017
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
3,293 in 11 of 15 books
Reading time
55–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,293 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Jason Goodwin, author

Jason Goodwin writes on two tracks. His nonfiction covers the tea trade, Ottoman history and travel, in A Time for Tea (1990), On Foot to the Golden Horn (1993) and Lords of the Horizons (1998); his fiction is the Yashim series, in which a eunuch detective works cases in nineteenth-century Istanbul, opening with The Janissary Tree (2006). Fifteen catalogued titles close with A Pilgrim's Guide to Sacred London (2017).

How many Jason Goodwin books are there?

Jason Goodwin has 15 books, released between 1990 and 2017. 6 of them belong to the Yashim The Ottoman Detective series.

Jason Goodwin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Jason Goodwin 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
    A Time for TeaJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #11990 · 287 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990287
  2. 2
    The Gunpowder GardensJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #21990 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990240
  3. 3
    On Foot to the Golden HornJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #31993 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993288
  4. 4
    Lords of the HorizonsJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #41998 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998368
  5. 5
    OtisJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #52001 · 286 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001286
  6. 6
    GreenbackJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #62003 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003336
  7. 7
    The Janissary TreeYashim The Ottoman Detective #12006 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006320
  8. 8
    The Snake StoneYashim The Ottoman Detective #22007 · 290 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007290
  9. 9
    The Bellini CardYashim The Ottoman Detective #32010 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010320
  10. 10
    An Evil EyeYashim The Ottoman Detective #42011 · 286 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011286
  11. 11
    The Baklava ClubYashim The Ottoman Detective #52014 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014272
  12. 12
    Learning AkkaJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #72015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015
  13. 13
    Yashim Cooks IstanbulYashim The Ottoman Detective #62016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016
  14. 14
    The Global Debt Crisis and How We Can Get Out of ItJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #82016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016
  15. 15
    A Pilgrim's Guide to Sacred LondonJason Goodwin Non-Fiction #92017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017

Jason Goodwin 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.

Jason Goodwin Non-Fiction

9 books

9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Yashim The Ottoman Detective in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Janissary Tree
  2. 2. The Snake Stone
  3. 3. The Bellini Card
  4. 4. An Evil Eye
  5. 5. The Baklava Club
  6. 6. Yashim Cooks Istanbul

Do you have to read Jason Goodwin books in order?

You only need to read Jason Goodwin books in order within the Yashim The Ottoman Detective series, which holds 6 of the 15 Jason Goodwin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jason Goodwin

Start with A Time for Tea (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jason Goodwin book?

A Pilgrim's Guide to Sacred London (2017) is the newest Jason Goodwin book released so far.

Is there a new Jason Goodwin book coming?

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

Awards Jason Goodwin has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Jason Goodwin. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards2007Won

Jason Goodwin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jason Goodwin title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jason Goodwin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,293 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jason Goodwin books, 7 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jason Goodwin books are about

12 of the 15 Jason Goodwin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 7 of 12 books
  • Eunuchs 4 of 12 books
  • Police 3 of 12 books
  • Court and courtiers 2 of 12 books
  • Courts and courtiers 2 of 12 books
  • Travel 2 of 12 books
  • Istanbul (turkey) 2 of 12 books
  • Royal Favorites 2 of 12 books
  • Tea trade 2 of 12 books