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Neil Strauss Books in Order

Neil Strauss has written 11 books, published between 1998 and 2023. The first book is The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998) and the newest is Blood ANZ: A Memoir by the Jonas Brothers (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1998–2023
Pages on record
3,156 in 9 of 11 books
Reading time
53–79 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,156 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Neil Strauss, author

Neil Darrow Strauss, born on March 9, 1969, is an American journalist and author who has also used the pen names Style and Chris Powles. Strauss is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and wrote regularly for The New York Times. The Game (2005) recounts Strauss's time in the seduction community while trying to become a pickup artist; Rules of the Game (2007), Emergency (2009) and The Truth (2015) followed. The catalogue also carries rock musicians' memoirs such as The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998) and The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (2001).

How many Neil Strauss books are there?

Neil Strauss has 11 books, released between 1998 and 2023.

Neil Strauss Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Neil Strauss 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 The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Neil Strauss (1998)
  2. Cover of The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Neil Strauss (2001)
  3. Cover of Don't Try This at Home by Neil Strauss (2004)
  4. Cover of The Game by Neil Strauss (2005)
  5. Cover of Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss (2007)
  6. Cover of Emergency by Neil Strauss (2009)
  7. Cover of Everyone Loves You When You're Dead by Neil Strauss (2011)
  8. Cover of The Truth by Neil Strauss (2015)
  9. Cover of The Weight of Gold: Winning Is Only the Beginning by Neil Strauss (2018)
  1. 1
    The Long Hard Road Out of Hell1998 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998269
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  2. 2
    The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band2001 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001464
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Don't Try This at Home2004 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004253
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    How to Make Money Like a Porn Star2005 · 116 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005116
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Game2005 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005452
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Rules of the Game2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Emergency2009 · 418 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009418
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Everyone Loves You When You're Dead2011 · 507 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011507
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Truth2015 · 421 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015421
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Weight of Gold: Winning Is Only the Beginning2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Blood ANZ: A Memoir by the Jonas Brothers2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Neil Strauss 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

11 books

11 Neil Strauss titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Neil Strauss books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Neil Strauss books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Neil Strauss

Start with The Long Hard Road Out of Hell (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Neil Strauss book?

Blood ANZ: A Memoir by the Jonas Brothers (2023) is the newest Neil Strauss book released so far.

Is there a new Neil Strauss book coming?

No next Neil Strauss book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Neil Strauss at a glance

Paused
No new Neil Strauss title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Neil Strauss books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,156 pages across the 9 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 418 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Neil Strauss books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Neil Strauss books are about

9 of the 11 Neil Strauss books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: man-woman relationships is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.