Mark Bittman Books in Order
Mark Bittman has written 44 books, published between 1994 and 2024. The first book is Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking (1994) and the newest is How To Cook Everything Kids (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 44
- Published
- 1994–2024
- Pages on record
- 11,334 in 30 of 44 books
- Reading time
- 189–283 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,334 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 44 titles with a page count on record.
Mark Bittman is an American food journalist and author, born in 1950, and a former New York Times columnist. Bittman promotes VB6, a flexitarian diet of vegan eating before 6 p.m. The catalogue lists 44 books from Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking (1994) to How To Cook Everything Kids (2024), including The Minimalist Cooks at Home (1999) and the How to Cook Everything series. Subjects include quick and easy cooking, international cooking and vegetarian cooking.
Source: Wikidata
How many Mark Bittman books are there?
Mark Bittman has 44 books, released between 1994 and 2024. 15 of them belong to the How to Cook Everything series.
Mark Bittman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 44 Mark Bittman 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 November 2026.
- 1Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking1994 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/419945441/4
- 2Leafy Greens: An A to Z Guide to Thirty Types of Greens Plus Two Hundred Delicious Recipes1995 · 197 pages · confirmed 1/419951971/4
- 319989441/4
- 4Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef1998 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419982241/4
- 5The Minimalist Cooks at Home: Recipes That Give You More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients in Less Time1999 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419992401/4
- 6Simple Good Food: Fusion Flavours to Cook at Home with a Four-star Chef1999 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/419992401/4
- 7Simple to Spectacular: How to Take One Basic Recipe to Four Levels of Sophistication2000 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420004321/4
- 8The Minimalist Cooks Dinner: More Than 100 Recipes for Fast Weeknight Meals and Casual Entertaining2001 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/420012111/4
- 920032101/4
- 1020031321/4
- 1120031441/4
- 1220031321/4
- 13The Minimalist Entertains2003 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/420032681/4
- 1420052601/4
- 15The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home2005 · 757 pages · confirmed 1/420057571/4
- 16How To Cook Everything Vegetarian2007 · 830 pages · confirmed 1/420078301/4
- 172007–1/4
- 18Mark Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times2007 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/420073401/4
- 19Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes2008 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420083361/4
- 20Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express: 404 Inspired Seasonal Dishes You Can Make in 20 Minutes or Less2009 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/420092331/4
- 2120104161/4
- 22The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living2010 · 645 pages · confirmed 1/420106451/4
- 23Bittman's Kitchen: What I Grill and Why2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 24All You Need to Make Great Food2012 · 486 pages · confirmed 1/420124861/4
- 25Summer: 20 Fresh, Seasonal Recipes2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 262012–2/4
- 272012–2/4
- 28The Mini Minimalist: Simple Recipes for Satisfying Meals2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 292013–1/4
- 302013–1/4
- 31VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good2013 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/420132761/4
- 32A Better Way to Cook Great Food2014 · 1056 pages · confirmed 1/4201410561/4
- 33The VB6 Cookbook: More than 350 Recipes for Healthy Vegan Meals All Day and Delicious Flexitarian Dinners at Night2014 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/420142721/4
- 34Truly Madly Pizza: One Incredibly Easy Crust, Countless Inspired Combinations & Other Tidbits to Make Pizza a Nightly Affair: A Cookbook2015 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/420152291/4
- 35A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more2015 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420152561/4
- 36Mark Bittman's Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix and Match for Endless Possibilities2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 372016–1/4
- 382018–1/4
- 39Simple Recipes for Great Food2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 40Dinner for Everyone: 100 Iconic Dishes Made 3 Ways--Easy, Vegan, or Perfect for Company: A Cookbook2019 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420194321/4
- 41How to Eat: All Your Food and Diet Questions Answered2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 42Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420213361/4
- 43Bittman Bread: No-Knead Whole-Grain Baking for Every Day2021 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420212561/4
- 442024–1/4
Mark Bittman 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.
How to Cook Everything in order
15 books- 1. Simple Recipes for Great Food
- 2. Simple Recipes Anyone Can Cook
- 3. Holiday Cooking
- 4. Quick Cooking
- 5. Easy Weekend Cooking
- 6. Bittman Takes on America's Chefs
- 7. Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food
- 8. Meat
- 9. Christmas
- 10. Thanksgiving
- 11. How to Cook Everything Fast
- 12. The Basics
- and 3 more in the table above
Standalone books
29 books29 Mark Bittman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mark Bittman books in order?
You only need to read Mark Bittman books in order within the How to Cook Everything series, which holds 15 of the 44 Mark Bittman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Mark Bittman
Start with Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mark Bittman book?
How To Cook Everything Kids (2024) is the newest Mark Bittman book released so far.
Is there a new Mark Bittman book coming?
No next Mark Bittman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mark Bittman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mark Bittman published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Mark Bittman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,334 pages across the 30 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mark Bittman books, 20 of 44, were published in the 2010s.
When Mark Bittman books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Mark Bittman titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 20 titles.
44 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Mark Bittman books are about
30 of the 44 Mark Bittman 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 14 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cooking 14 of 30 books
- Quick and easy cooking 9 of 30 books
- Cookbooks 6 of 30 books
- International cooking 5 of 30 books
- Menus 5 of 30 books
- International Cookery 4 of 30 books
- Quick and easy cookery 4 of 30 books
- Agriculture 3 of 30 books
- Cooking & Food 3 of 30 books
- Food habits 3 of 30 books
- Food industry and trade 3 of 30 books
- Home economics 3 of 30 books
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Each author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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