Matthew Syed Books in Order
Matthew Syed has written 10 books, published between 2010 and 2022. The first book is Bounce (2010) and the newest is Maths Made Easy (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2010–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,229 in 6 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 20–31 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,229 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Matthew Philip Syed, born on 2 November 1970, is an English writer and radio presenter who previously played table tennis for England. Syed was the English number one, won the men's singles at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in 1997, 2000 and 2001, and represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona and 2000 Sydney Olympics. After moving into journalism, Syed has written for The Times since 1999. The catalogue lists 10 books from Bounce (2010) to Maths Made Easy and Times Tables Made Easy (both 2022), including Black Box Thinking (2015), The Greatest (2017), You Are Awesome (2018), Rebel Ideas (2019) and Dare to Be You (2020). Subject headings include success, failure, expertise and organizational behavior.
How many Matthew Syed books are there?
Matthew Syed has 10 books, released between 2010 and 2022.
Matthew Syed Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Matthew Syed 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.
- 1Bounce2010 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420103121/4
- 2Black Box Thinking2015 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/420153221/4
- 3The Greatest2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 4You Are Awesome2018 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/420181471/4
- 5Rebel Ideas2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 6You Are Awesome Journal2020 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420201441/4
- 7Dare to Be You2020 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420201601/4
- 8The Dare to Be You Journal2021 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420211441/4
- 9Times Tables Made Easy2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 10Maths Made Easy2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Matthew Syed 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Matthew Syed titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Matthew Syed books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Matthew Syed books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Matthew Syed
Start with Bounce (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Matthew Syed book?
Maths Made Easy (2022) is the newest Matthew Syed book released so far.
Is there a new Matthew Syed book coming?
No next Matthew Syed book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Matthew Syed at a glance
- Paused
- No new Matthew Syed title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Matthew Syed books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,229 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 154 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Matthew Syed books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
What the Matthew Syed books are about
3 of the 10 Matthew Syed books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: success is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Success 2 of 3 books
- Ability 1 of 3 books
- Authorship, juvenile literature 1 of 3 books
- Autobiographies 1 of 3 books
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management 1 of 3 books
- Errors 1 of 3 books
- Excellence 1 of 3 books
- Expertise 1 of 3 books
- Failure (Psychology) 1 of 3 books
- Gifted persons 1 of 3 books
- Organizational behavior 1 of 3 books
- Psychology 1 of 3 books