Nigel Slater Books in Order
Nigel Slater has written 27 books, published between 1992 and 2024. The first book is "Marie Claire" Cookbook (1992) and the newest is A Thousand Feasts (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1992–2024
- Pages on record
- 7,335 in 21 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 122–183 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,335 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Nigel Slater is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster, born in 1956. Quick cooking is his signature subject: Real Fast Food (1992), Real Fast Desserts (1993), The 30-Minute Cook (1994) and 30-minute Suppers (1996) all work that ground, with Real Cooking (1997) and Real Good Food (1997) after them. Slater wrote for Marie Claire for five years before moving to The Observer Magazine, where his column has run for more than a decade, and he is the principal writer for Observer Food Monthly. His 27 catalogued books reach A Thousand Feasts (2024), at a median of 288 pages.
How many Nigel Slater books are there?
Nigel Slater has 27 books, released between 1992 and 2024.
Nigel Slater Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Nigel Slater 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"Marie Claire" Cookbook1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419921921/4
- 2Real Fast Food1992 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/419923191/4
- 3Marie Claire's Creative Cuisine1992 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419923521/4
- 4Real Fast Desserts1993 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419931901/4
- 5Real Fast Puddings1993 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419932381/4
- 630 Minute Cookbook1994 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419942561/4
- 7The 30-Minute Cook1994 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/419942551/4
- 830-minute Suppers1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 9Real Cooking1997 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419972881/4
- 10Real Good Food1997 · 228 pages · confirmed 1/419972281/4
- 11Real Food1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 12Appetite2000 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/420004481/4
- 13Thirst2002 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420021921/4
- 1420032381/4
- 15Eating for England2005 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420052801/4
- 162005–1/4
- 17Tender2009 · 628 pages · confirmed 1/420096281/4
- 1820125321/4
- 1920125321/4
- 20Ripe2012 · 591 pages · confirmed 1/420125911/4
- 21Eat2013 · 440 pages · confirmed 1/420134401/4
- 222015–1/4
- 23The Christmas Chronicles2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 24Greenfeast: Spring, Summer2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420193361/4
- 25Greenfeast: Autumn, Winter2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420192881/4
- 26A Cook's Book2023 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/420235121/4
- 272024–1/4
Nigel Slater 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.
Memoirs in order
6 booksStandalone books
21 books21 Nigel Slater titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nigel Slater books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 27 Nigel Slater books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Nigel Slater
Start with "Marie Claire" Cookbook (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nigel Slater book?
A Thousand Feasts (2024) is the newest Nigel Slater book released so far.
Is there a new Nigel Slater book coming?
No next Nigel Slater book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nigel Slater at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nigel Slater published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Nigel Slater books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,335 pages across the 21 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nigel Slater books, 11 of 27, were published in the 1990s.
What the Nigel Slater books are about
22 of the 27 Nigel Slater books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cooking is tagged on 9 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cooking 9 of 22 books
- Quick and easy cooking 6 of 22 books
- Quick and easy cookery 4 of 22 books
- Food habits 3 of 22 books
- Home economics 3 of 22 books
- International cooking 3 of 22 books
- COOKING / Essays 2 of 22 books
- Desserts 2 of 22 books
- International Cookery 2 of 22 books