Seth Godin Books in Order

Seth Godin has written 82 books, published between 1987 and 2024. The first book is Business Rules of Thumb (1987) and the newest is This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
82
Published
1987–2024
Pages on record
9,319 in 45 of 82 books
Reading time
155–233 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,319 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 82 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Seth Godin, author

Seth Godin (Seth W. Godin, born 1960) is an American author, marketing expert, entrepreneur and former dot-com business executive who has also written as F. X. Nine. The catalogue lists 82 books between Business Rules of Thumb (1987) and This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (2024). Guerrilla Marketing for the Home-Based Business (1991) is an early title. Subjects include marketing, management, success in business, creative thinking and the Internet.

How many Seth Godin books are there?

Seth Godin has 82 books, released between 1987 and 2024.

Seth Godin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 82 Seth Godin 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. 1
    Business Rules of Thumb1987 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987165
  2. 2
    Guerrilla Marketing for the Home-Based BusinessGuerilla Marketing Press #11991 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991182
  3. 31991
  4. 4
    Quick Lit1992 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992297
  5. 51993600
  6. 6199386
  7. 7
    Video Renter's Bible: What to Rent Tonight1993 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199372
  8. 8
    Foolproof Lotus 1231993 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199356
  9. 9
    Foolproof DOS1993 · 55 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199355
  10. 10
    Foolproof Wordperfect1993 · 52 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199352
  11. 11
    Foolproof Windows1993 · 58 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199358
  12. 12
    Point and Click Investor1994 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994117
  13. 13
    E-mail Addresses of the Rich & Famous1994 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994130
  14. 14
    The Executive's Yellow Pages1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995
  15. 15
    Best of the Net1995 · 430 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995430
  16. 16
    Emarketing1995 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995262
  17. 171995149
  18. 181996122
  19. 19
    The Traveler's Yellow Pages1996 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996278
  20. 20
    Presenting Digital Cash1996 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996250
  21. 21
    Official Rules of Life1996 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996128
  22. 22
    Point & Click Business Builder1996 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996120
  23. 231997186
  24. 24
    If You're Clueless about Mutual Funds1997 · 201 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997201
  25. 251997218
  26. 26
    Bartender's Guide1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  27. 271997202
  28. 28
    The Best of New York1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  29. 29
    Rules of the Game of Football1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  30. 301997

Seth Godin 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.

Guerilla Marketing Press in order

1 book
  1. 1. Guerrilla Marketing for the Home-Based Business

Standalone books

81 books

81 Seth Godin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Seth Godin books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 82 Seth Godin books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Seth Godin

Start with Business Rules of Thumb (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Seth Godin book?

This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (2024) is the newest Seth Godin book released so far.

Is there a new Seth Godin book coming?

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

Seth Godin at a glance

Still publishing
Seth Godin published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Seth Godin books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
9,319 pages across the 45 of 82 books with a recorded length, a median of 201 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Seth Godin books, 40 of 82, were published in the 1990s.

What the Seth Godin books are about

69 of the 82 Seth Godin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: marketing is tagged on 8 of 69. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Marketing 8 of 69 books
  • Business 7 of 69 books
  • Success in business 7 of 69 books
  • Internet 6 of 69 books
  • Management 6 of 69 books
  • America Online (Online service) 5 of 69 books
  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS 4 of 69 books
  • Computer network resources 4 of 69 books
  • Creative thinking 4 of 69 books
  • Nonfiction 4 of 69 books
  • Investments 3 of 69 books
  • Almanacs 2 of 69 books