Michael Booth Books in Order
Michael Booth has written 8 books, published between 2005 and 2020. The first book is Just as Well I'm Leaving (2005) and the newest is Three Tigers, One Mountain (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2005–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,218 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 37–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,218 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Michael Booth is an English food and travel writer and journalist. His work has run in the Independent on Sunday, Condé Nast Traveller, Monocle and Time Out, and in the Danish paper Politiken. The 8 books catalogued under his name appeared between 2005 and 2020, with subject headings for travel, food habits, Japanese cooking and guidebooks. Just as Well I'm Leaving (2005) opens the list, and The Almost Nearly Perfect People (2014), The Meaning of Rice (2017) and Three Tigers, One Mountain (2020) follow.
How many Michael Booth books are there?
Michael Booth has 8 books, released between 2005 and 2020.
Michael Booth Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Michael Booth 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.
- 1Just as Well I'm Leaving2005 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420053521/4
- 220071921/4
- 3Sacre Cordon Bleu2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 4Super Sushi Ramen Express / Sushi and Beyond2009 · 318 pages · confirmed 1/420093181/4
- 5Eat, Pray, Eat2011 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/420112961/4
- 6The Almost Nearly Perfect People2014 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/420143881/4
- 7The Meaning of Rice2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420173361/4
- 8Three Tigers, One Mountain2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420203361/4
Michael Booth 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.
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7 books7 Michael Booth titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Michael Booth books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Michael Booth books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Michael Booth
Start with Just as Well I'm Leaving (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Michael Booth book?
Three Tigers, One Mountain (2020) is the newest Michael Booth book released so far.
Is there a new Michael Booth book coming?
No next Michael Booth book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Michael Booth at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Michael Booth title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Michael Booth books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,218 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Michael Booth books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Michael Booth books are about
7 of the 8 Michael Booth books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Travel 4 of 7 books
- Food habits 3 of 7 books