Nick Offerman Books in Order
Nick Offerman has written 7 books, published between 2013 and 2021. The first book is Paddle Your Own Canoe (2013) and the newest is Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 2013–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,702 in 5 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 28–43 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,702 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Offerman writes humour and memoir. An American actor, comedian and carpenter known for playing Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, Offerman has 7 books catalogued between 2013 and 2021, from Paddle Your Own Canoe (2013) to Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (2021). The run covers personal anecdote, American history, woodworking and advice on conduct, plus the Bedtime Stories for Cynics collections. No new Offerman title has been catalogued since 2021.
How many Nick Offerman books are there?
Nick Offerman has 7 books, released between 2013 and 2021. 2 of them belong to the Bedtime Stories for Cynics series.
Nick Offerman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Nick Offerman 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.
- 1Paddle Your Own Canoe2013 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420133521/4
- 2Gumption2015 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/420153821/4
- 3Good Clean Fun2016 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/420163441/4
- 42017–1/4
- 5The Greatest Love Story Ever Told2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420182881/4
- 62019–1/4
- 7Where the Deer and the Antelope Play2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420213361/4
Nick Offerman 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.
Bedtime Stories for Cynics in order
2 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Nick Offerman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nick Offerman books in order?
You only need to read Nick Offerman books in order within the Bedtime Stories for Cynics series, which holds 2 of the 7 Nick Offerman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Nick Offerman
Start with Paddle Your Own Canoe (2013), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nick Offerman book?
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (2021) is the newest Nick Offerman book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Offerman book coming?
No next Nick Offerman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nick Offerman at a glance
- Paused
- No new Nick Offerman title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Nick Offerman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,702 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Offerman books, 6 of 7, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nick Offerman books are about
5 of the 7 Nick Offerman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 3 of 5 books
- Actors and actresses 2 of 5 books
- Anecdotes 2 of 5 books
- Actors, biography 1 of 5 books
- Carpenters 1 of 5 books
- Conduct of life 1 of 5 books
- Travel 1 of 5 books
- Entertainment & Performing Arts 1 of 5 books
- History 1 of 5 books
- Humor 1 of 5 books
- Humor, topic, marriage & family 1 of 5 books