Rick Stein Books in Order
Rick Stein has written 31 books, published between 1988 and 2019. The first book is English Seafood Cookery (1988) and the newest is Rick Stein’s Secret France (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1988–2019
- Pages on record
- 4,121 in 22 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 69–103 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,121 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Seafood cookery sits at the centre of Rick Stein's catalogue, whose subjects also take in fish cookery, British and international cooking, curry, Mexican and Middle Eastern cooking, and travel. The listing holds 31 books published between 1988 and 2019, opening with English Seafood Cookery (1988) and closing with Rick Stein's Secret France (2019). Rick Stein's Fruits of the Sea (1995), Fish (1996), Rick Stein's Taste of the Sea (1996), Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey (1999) and Rick Stein's Complete Seafood (2001) are among the titles listed.
How many Rick Stein books are there?
Rick Stein has 31 books, released between 1988 and 2019.
Rick Stein Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Rick Stein 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.
- 1English Seafood Cookery1988 · confirmed 2/41988–2/4
- 2Rick Stein's Fruits of the Sea1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419952242/4
- 3Fresh from the Sea1996 · 57 pages · confirmed 2/41996572/4
- 4Fish1996 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/41996322/4
- 5Rick Stein's Taste of the Sea1996 · confirmed 2/41996–2/4
- 6Rick Stein Cooks Fish1997 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/41997642/4
- 7Rick Stein Cooks Seafood1998 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/41998642/4
- 8Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey1999 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419992562/4
- 9Rick Stein's Complete Seafood2001 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420012642/4
- 10Rick Stein's Seafood2001 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420012562/4
- 11Rick Stein's Food Heroes / Rick Stein’s Guide to the Food Heroes of Britain2002 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420021922/4
- 12Rick Stein's My Favourite Seafood Recipes2002 · confirmed 2/42002–2/4
- 13Rick Stein's Seafood Lovers' Guide2002 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420021922/4
- 14Main Courses2004 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/42004482/4
- 15Puddings2004 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/42004482/4
- 16Best of British Fish2005 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420051922/4
- 17More Recipes from Rick Stein's Food Heroes2005 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/420052042/4
- 18Rick Stein's French Odyssey2005 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420052082/4
- 19Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes2007 · confirmed 2/42007–2/4
- 20Rick Stein's Coast to Coast2008 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420082882/4
- 21Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 2220112082/4
- 23Rick Stein's Spain2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 24Under a Mackerel Sky2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 25Starters2013 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/42013482/4
- 26Rick Stein's India2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420133202/4
- 27From Venice to Istanbul2014 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/420143192/4
- 28Rick Stein's Fish & Shellfish2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 29Rick Stein's Long Weekends2016 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/420163192/4
- 30The Road to Mexico2017 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/420173182/4
- 31Rick Stein’s Secret France2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
Rick Stein 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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30 books30 Rick Stein titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Rick Stein books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 31 Rick Stein books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Rick Stein
Start with English Seafood Cookery (1988), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Rick Stein book?
Rick Stein’s Secret France (2019) is the newest Rick Stein book released so far.
Is there a new Rick Stein book coming?
No next Rick Stein book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rick Stein at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Rick Stein title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Rick Stein books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,121 pages across the 22 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 206 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rick Stein books, 13 of 31, were published in the 2000s.
What the Rick Stein books are about
23 of the 31 Rick Stein books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cooking (seafood) is tagged on 8 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.