Ruth Reichl Books in Order
Ruth Reichl has written 14 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is Tender at the Bone (1998) and the newest is The Paris Novel (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1998–2024
- Confirmed
- 1 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,277 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 55–82 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,277 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Ruth Reichl, born in 1948, is an American chef, food writer and editor who spent two decades as a food critic, mostly at the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. Reichl edited Gourmet magazine as editor-in-chief, co-produced the PBS program Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, hosted Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth and served as culinary editor for the Modern Library, and has won six James Beard Foundation Awards. The catalogue holds 14 Reichl books, including Tender at the Bone (1998), Comfort Me with Apples (2001), Garlic and Sapphires (2005) and The Paris Novel (2024). Subjects include cooking, memoir and New York restaurants.
How many Ruth Reichl books are there?
Ruth Reichl has 14 books, released between 1998 and 2024.
Ruth Reichl Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Ruth Reichl 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.
- 119982823/4
- 2The New York Times Guide to Restaurants in New York City 20011999 · 450 pages · confirmed 1/419994501/4
- 3Comfort Me with Apples2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420013201/4
- 4Endless Feasts2002 · 401 pages · confirmed 1/420024011/4
- 5Remembrance of Things Paris2004 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/420043441/4
- 6Garlic and Sapphires2005 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/420053331/4
- 7The Queen of Mold2005 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42005321/4
- 8History in a Glass2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 9For You Mom, Finally / Not Becoming My Mother2010 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/420101201/4
- 10Delicious!2014 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/420143801/4
- 11My Kitchen Year2015 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/420153271/4
- 12Save Me the Plums2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420192881/4
- 13Gourmand, Eggs2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 14The Paris Novel2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Ruth Reichl 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.
Random House Reader's Circle in order
1 bookStandalone books
13 books13 Ruth Reichl titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ruth Reichl books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Ruth Reichl books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Ruth Reichl
Start with Tender at the Bone (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ruth Reichl book?
The Paris Novel (2024) is the newest Ruth Reichl book released so far.
Is there a new Ruth Reichl book coming?
No next Ruth Reichl book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ruth Reichl at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ruth Reichl published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Ruth Reichl books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,277 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 327 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ruth Reichl books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Ruth Reichl books are about
11 of the 14 Ruth Reichl 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 5 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.