Jim Collins Books in Order
Jim Collins has written 10 books, published between 1992 and 2026. The first book is Beyond Entrepreneurship (1992) and the newest is What to Make of a Life (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1992–2026
- Pages on record
- 246 in 1 of 10 books
Business management is Jim Collins's subject: what makes companies effective, how they grow, and how they fail. Collins, born in 1958, is an American researcher, consultant and speaker. His 10 books run from Beyond Entrepreneurship (1992) to What to Make of a Life (2026), and take in Built to Last (1994), Good to Great (2001), How the Mighty Fall (2009), Great by Choice (2011) and Turning the Flywheel (2019). Roughly four years separate one title from the next, at a median of 246 pages.
Jim Collins coined the term "Level 5 Leadership" to describe executives who combine personal humility with strong professional resolve, and developed the "Flywheel Effect" as a model for how sustained small efforts build organizational momentum over time.
How many Jim Collins books are there?
Jim Collins has 10 books, released between 1992 and 2026.
Jim Collins Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Jim Collins 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.
- 1Beyond Entrepreneurship1992 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/419922461/4
- 2Built to Last1994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 3Turning Goals into Results1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 4Good to Great2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 6How the Mighty Fall2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 7Great by Choice2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 8BE 2.02017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 9Turning the Flywheel2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 10What to Make of a Life2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Jim Collins 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
10 books10 Jim Collins titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Jim Collins Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Jim Collins books run from Beyond Entrepreneurship (1992) to What to Make of a Life (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jim Collins in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Jim Collins books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Jim Collins books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jim Collins
Start with Beyond Entrepreneurship (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jim Collins book?
What to Make of a Life (2026) is the newest Jim Collins book released so far.
Is there a new Jim Collins book coming?
No next Jim Collins book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jim Collins at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jim Collins published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Jim Collins books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 246 pages across the 1 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 246 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jim Collins books, 3 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jim Collins books are about
1 of the 10 Jim Collins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Management 1 of 1 books
- Organizational effectiveness 1 of 1 books
- Small business 1 of 1 books
- Small business, management 1 of 1 books