Joanna Gaines Books in Order
Joanna Gaines has written 11 books, published between 2016 and 2025. The first book is The Magnolia Story (2016) and the newest is The World Needs the Wonder You See (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2016–2025
- Pages on record
- 32 in 1 of 11 books
Joanna Gaines, born in 1978, is an American interior designer, television personality and author. Gaines co-hosted the HGTV renovation show Fixer Upper from 2013 with her husband Chip Gaines, and the two run the Magnolia brand, which takes in the Magnolia Journal, the Magnolia Network, Magnolia Realty and the Hearth & Hand collection for Target. 11 catalogued books span The Magnolia Story (2016) to The World Needs the Wonder You See (2025). Magnolia Table (2018) and its second and third volumes are the cookbooks; Homebody (2018), We Are the Gardeners (2019) and The Stories We Tell (2022) fill out the list.
Joanna Gaines's Magnolia businesses include construction, decorating, a restaurant and a bakery. The Magnolia Table cookbooks include tips for gathering with loved ones alongside their recipes.
How many Joanna Gaines books are there?
Joanna Gaines has 11 books, released between 2016 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Magnolia Table series.
Joanna Gaines Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Joanna Gaines 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.
- 1The Magnolia Story2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 22018–1/4
- 3Homebody2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 4We Are the Gardeners2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 52020–1/4
- 6We Are the Gardeners Educator's Guide2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 7The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be2020 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42020321/4
- 8The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be Educator's Guide2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 92022–1/4
- 102023–1/4
- 11The World Needs the Wonder You See2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Joanna Gaines 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.
Magnolia Table in order
3 booksBiographies & Memoirs in order
1 bookStandalone books
7 books7 Joanna Gaines titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joanna Gaines books in order?
You only need to read Joanna Gaines books in order within the Magnolia Table series, which holds 3 of the 11 Joanna Gaines books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Joanna Gaines
Start with The Magnolia Story (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joanna Gaines book?
The World Needs the Wonder You See (2025) is the newest Joanna Gaines book released so far.
Is there a new Joanna Gaines book coming?
No next Joanna Gaines book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joanna Gaines at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joanna Gaines published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Joanna Gaines books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 32 pages across the 1 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joanna Gaines books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2020s.
What the Joanna Gaines books are about
2 of the 11 Joanna Gaines 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.
- Gardening 1 of 2 books
- Gardening, juvenile literature 1 of 2 books
- Gardens 1 of 2 books
- Self-acceptance 1 of 2 books