Matt Richtel Books in Order
Matt Richtel has written 10 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is Hooked (2007) and the newest is Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2007–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,827 in 7 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 47–71 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,827 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Matt Richtel, born October 2, 1966, in Los Angeles, is an American writer and New York Times journalist. A Times series on distracted driving earned Richtel the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The catalogue lists 10 books from Hooked (2007) to Inspired (2022), including the Nat Idle series. Devil's Plaything (2011), The Cloud (2012), A Deadly Wandering (2014), The Doomsday Equation (2015) and An Elegant Defense (2019) are among them. Subjects include journalists, conspiracies, dementia, bereavement and computer technology.
How many Matt Richtel books are there?
Matt Richtel has 10 books, released between 2007 and 2022. 4 of them belong to the Nat Idle series.
Matt Richtel Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Matt Richtel 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.
- 120072922/4
- 220114332/4
- 32012–2/4
- 420124202/4
- 5A Deadly Wandering2014 · 403 pages · confirmed 2/420144032/4
- 6The Doomsday Equation2015 · 367 pages · confirmed 2/420153672/4
- 7Runaway Booger2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 8Dead on Arrival2017 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/420174642/4
- 9An Elegant Defense2019 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/420194482/4
- 10Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
Matt Richtel 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.
Nat Idle in order
4 books- 1. Hooked
- 2. Devil's Plaything
- 3. Floodgate
- 4. The Cloud
Standalone books
6 books6 Matt Richtel titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Matt Richtel books in order?
You only need to read Matt Richtel books in order within the Nat Idle series, which holds 4 of the 10 Matt Richtel books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Matt Richtel
Start with Hooked (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Matt Richtel book?
Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul (2022) is the newest Matt Richtel book released so far.
Is there a new Matt Richtel book coming?
No next Matt Richtel book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Matt Richtel at a glance
- Paused
- No new Matt Richtel title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Matt Richtel books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,827 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 420 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Matt Richtel books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Matt Richtel books are about
8 of the 10 Matt Richtel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 3 of 8 books
- Journalists 2 of 8 books
- Patients 2 of 8 books
- Thrillers 2 of 8 books