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Simon Rich Books in Order

Simon Rich has written 14 books, published between 2005 and 2024. The first book is Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations (2005) and the newest is Glory Days (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2005–2024
Pages on record
1,850 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,850 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Simon Rich checklist

Simon Rich, born 5 June 1984, is an American humorist, novelist and screenwriter. Rich has published two novels and six humor collections, and several of the pieces ran in The New Yorker. The work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Rich joined Saturday Night Live as one of its youngest hired writers and was a staff writer at Pixar. The FXX comedy Man Seeking Woman, created by Rich from the collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth, premiered on 14 January 2015. The catalogue lists 14 books from Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations (2005) to Glory Days (2024).

How many Simon Rich books are there?

Simon Rich has 14 books, released between 2005 and 2024.

Simon Rich Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Simon Rich 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. Cover of Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations by Simon Rich (2005)
  2. Cover of Free-Range Chickens by Simon Rich (2008)
  3. Cover of Man Seeking Woman by Simon Rich (2013)
  4. Cover of Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich (2014)
  5. Cover of Hits and Misses by Simon Rich (2018)
  6. Cover of New Teeth by Simon Rich (2021)
  7. Cover of Glory Days by Simon Rich (2024)
  1. 1
    Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations2005 · 139 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005139
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  2. 2
    Free-Range Chickens2008 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008176
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Elliot Allagash2010 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010227
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Miracle Workers / What in God's Name2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Married Kama Sutra2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Man Seeking Woman2013 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Last Girlfriend on Earth2013 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013213
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Spoiled Brats2014 · 209 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014209
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The World of Simon Rich2016 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016176
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Hits and Misses2018 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018230
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Screwball2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    New Teeth2021 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    I'm Terrified of Bath Time2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Glory Days2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Simon Rich 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.

Standalone books

14 books

14 Simon Rich titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Simon Rich books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 14 Simon Rich books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Simon Rich

Start with Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Simon Rich book?

Glory Days (2024) is the newest Simon Rich book released so far.

Is there a new Simon Rich book coming?

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

Simon Rich at a glance

Still publishing
Simon Rich published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Simon Rich books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,850 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 213 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Simon Rich books, 9 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Simon Rich books are about

11 of the 14 Simon Rich books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.