Jonathan Haidt Books in Order
Jonathan Haidt has written 10 books, published between 2002 and 2025. The first book is Flourishing (2002) and the newest is The Amazing Generation (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2002–2025
- Pages on record
- 754 in 2 of 10 books
Ten books across 23 years make up Jonathan Haidt's catalogue, published between 2002 and 2025. Haidt is an American social psychologist who teaches at the New York University Stern School of Business, and the psychology of morality is his subject: the theory of moral foundations sets out innate modules, shaped by biological and cultural evolution, behind human moral reasoning. The Happiness Hypothesis (2006), The Righteous Mind (2012), The Coddling of the American Mind (2018) and The Anxious Generation (2024) are among the titles, and The Amazing Generation (2025) is the newest. Positive psychology, political psychology and ethics are the listed subjects.
How many Jonathan Haidt books are there?
Jonathan Haidt has 10 books, released between 2002 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Vintage Short series.
Jonathan Haidt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Jonathan Haidt books in the order they were released, 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.
- 1Flourishing2002 · 335 pages · confirmed 2/420023352/4
- 2The Happiness Hypothesis2006 · confirmed 2/42006–2/4
- 3Meaning in Life and Why It Matters2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 4The Righteous Mind2012 · 419 pages · confirmed 2/420124192/4
- 52016–2/4
- 62018–2/4
- 7The Coddling of the American Mind2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 8All Minus One2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 9The Anxious Generation2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 10The Amazing Generation2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Jonathan Haidt 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.
Vintage Short in order
2 booksStandalone books
8 books8 Jonathan Haidt titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jonathan Haidt books in order?
You only need to read Jonathan Haidt books in order within the Vintage Short series, which holds 2 of the 10 Jonathan Haidt books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jonathan Haidt
Start with Flourishing (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jonathan Haidt book?
The Amazing Generation (2025) is the newest Jonathan Haidt book released so far.
Is there a new Jonathan Haidt book coming?
No next Jonathan Haidt book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jonathan Haidt at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jonathan Haidt published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Jonathan Haidt books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 754 pages across the 2 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 377 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jonathan Haidt books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jonathan Haidt books are about
3 of the 10 Jonathan Haidt 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.
- Congrès 1 of 3 books
- Congresses 1 of 3 books
- Ethics 1 of 3 books
- Geestelijke gezondheid 1 of 3 books
- Political psychology 1 of 3 books
- Politischer Konflikt 1 of 3 books
- Positive psychology 1 of 3 books
- Psychological Adaptation 1 of 3 books
- Psychologie 1 of 3 books
- Psychologie positive 1 of 3 books
- Psychology 1 of 3 books
- Religiöser Konflikt 1 of 3 books