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Mark Kurlansky Books in Order

Mark Kurlansky has written 44 books, published between 1992 and 2026. The first book is A Continent of Islands (1992) and the newest is To Catch a Fish (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
44
Published
1992–2026
Pages on record
9,169 in 30 of 44 books
Reading time
153–229 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,169 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.

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Photo of Mark Kurlansky, author of the Food of a Younger Land series

Mark Kurlansky, born December 7, 1948, is an American journalist who writes fiction and non-fiction. Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997) became an international bestseller in more than fifteen languages. Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) won the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for non-fiction. The catalogue lists 44 books from A Continent of Islands (1992) to To Catch a Fish (2026), including The Basque History of the World (1999), Salt (2002) and 1968 (2003).

How many Mark Kurlansky books are there?

Mark Kurlansky has 44 books, released between 1992 and 2026. 6 of them belong to the Food of a Younger Land series.

Mark Kurlansky Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 44 Mark Kurlansky 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. Cover of A Continent of Islands by Mark Kurlansky (1992)
  2. Cover of A Chosen Few by Mark Kurlansky (1994)
  3. Cover of Cod by Mark Kurlansky (1997)
  4. Cover of The Last Fish Tale by Mark Kurlansky (1998)
  5. Cover of The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky (1999)
  6. Cover of The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories by Mark Kurlansky (2000)
  7. Cover of Salt by Mark Kurlansky (2002)
  8. Cover of 1968 by Mark Kurlansky (2003)
  9. Cover of The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky (2005)
  10. Cover of Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue by Mark Kurlansky (2005)
  11. Cover of The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi by Mark Kurlansky (2005)
  12. Cover of The Story of Salt by Mark Kurlansky (2006)
  13. Cover of Nonviolence by Mark Kurlansky (2006)
  14. Cover of The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food by Mark Kurlansky (2009)
  15. Cover of Edible Stories by Mark Kurlansky (2010)
  16. Cover of Battle Fatigue by Mark Kurlansky (2011)
  17. Cover of World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky (2011)
  18. Cover of What? Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History or Is This a Game of 20 Questions? by Mark…
  19. Cover of Birdseye by Mark Kurlansky (2012)
  20. Cover of Frozen in Time by Mark Kurlansky (2014)
  21. Cover of City Beasts by Mark Kurlansky (2015)
  22. Cover of Paper by Mark Kurlansky (2016)
  23. Cover of Havana by Mark Kurlansky (2017)
  24. Cover of Milk! by Mark Kurlansky (2018)
  1. 1
    A Continent of Islands1992 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992336
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  2. 2
    A Chosen Few1994 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994464
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  3. 3
    The Cod's Tale1997 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199748
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  4. 4
    Cod1997 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997304
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  5. 5
    The Last Fish Tale1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998320
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  6. 6
    The Basque History of the World1999 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999400
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  7. 8
    Choice Cuts2002 · 473 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002473
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  8. 9
    Salt2002 · 484 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002484
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  9. 10
    19682003 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003480
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  10. 11
    The Big Oyster2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005320
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  11. 12
    Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue2005 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005319
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  12. 13
    The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi2005 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200532
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  13. 14
    The Story of Salt2006 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200648
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  14. 15
    Nonviolence2006 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006224
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  15. 16
    The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American FoodFood of a Younger Land #12009 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009397
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  16. 17
    The Food of a Younger Land: The South EatsFood of a Younger Land #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  17. 18
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Far West EatsFood of a Younger Land #32009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  18. 19
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Middle West EatsFood of a Younger Land #42009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  19. 20
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Southwest EatsFood of a Younger Land #52009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  20. 21
    The Food of a Younger Land: The Northeast EatsFood of a Younger Land #62009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  21. 22
    Edible Stories2010 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010265
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  22. 23
    The Eastern Stars2010 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010352
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  23. 24
    Battle Fatigue2011 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011240
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  24. 25
    World Without Fish2011 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011208
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  25. 26
    Hank GreenbergJewish Lives #62011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  26. 27
    What? Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History or Is This a Game of 20 Questions?2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  27. 28
    Birdseye2012 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012272
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  28. 29
    Ready for a Brand New Beat2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013336
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  29. 30
    International Night2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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Mark Kurlansky 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.

Food of a Younger Land in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Food of a Younger Land: A Portrait of American Food
  2. 2. The Food of a Younger Land: The South Eats
  3. 3. The Food of a Younger Land: The Far West Eats
  4. 4. The Food of a Younger Land: The Middle West Eats
  5. 5. The Food of a Younger Land: The Southwest Eats
  6. 6. The Food of a Younger Land: The Northeast Eats

Jewish Lives in order

1 book
  1. 6. Hank Greenberg

Standalone books

37 books

37 Mark Kurlansky titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mark Kurlansky books in order?

You only need to read Mark Kurlansky books in order within the Food of a Younger Land series, which holds 6 of the 44 Mark Kurlansky books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mark Kurlansky

Start with A Continent of Islands (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mark Kurlansky book?

To Catch a Fish (2026) is the newest Mark Kurlansky book released so far.

Is there a new Mark Kurlansky book coming?

No next Mark Kurlansky 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 Kurlansky at a glance

Still publishing
Mark Kurlansky published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Mark Kurlansky books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,169 pages across the 30 of 44 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mark Kurlansky books, 15 of 44, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mark Kurlansky books are about

32 of the 44 Mark Kurlansky 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 14 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 14 of 32 books
  • Nonfiction 8 of 32 books
  • Biography 4 of 32 books
  • Literary collections 3 of 32 books
  • Short stories 3 of 32 books
  • Businessmen 2 of 32 books
  • Caribbean area 2 of 32 books
  • Civilization 2 of 32 books
  • Cod fisheries 2 of 32 books
  • Codfish 2 of 32 books
  • Cookery (Codfish) 2 of 32 books
  • Cooking (Codfish) 2 of 32 books