Steve Allen Books in Order
Steve Allen has written 37 books, published between 1955 and 2010. The first book is Bop Fables (1955) and the newest is Tasting The Fruit (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1955–2010
- Pages on record
- 7,740 in 26 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 129–194 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,740 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Steve Allen was an American television and radio personality, comedian, musician and writer who co-created and first hosted The Tonight Show in 1954. His books run to 37 catalogued titles, from Bop Fables (1955) and Fourteen for Tonight (1955) to Tasting The Fruit (2010), taking in the autobiography Mark it and Strike it (1961) and a Steve Allen Mystery series. Subjects cover American wit and humour, comedians, comedy and biblical interpretation. Allen died in 2000.
How many Steve Allen books are there?
Steve Allen has 37 books, released between 1955 and 2010. 10 of them belong to the Steve Allen Mystery series.
Steve Allen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Steve Allen 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.
- 1Bop Fables1955 · confirmed 2/41955–2/4
- 2The Public Hating1955 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/419552022/4
- 3Fourteen for Tonight1955 · confirmed 2/41955–2/4
- 4The Funny Men1956 · confirmed 2/41956–2/4
- 5Wry on the Rocks, A Collection of Poems1956 · confirmed 2/41956–2/4
- 6The Girls On The 10th Floor And Other Stories1958 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/419581882/4
- 7Mark it and Strike it: An Autobiography1961 · confirmed 2/41961–2/4
- 8The Wake1972 · 107 pages · confirmed 2/419721072/4
- 9Curses1973 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/419731192/4
- 10Schmock-Schmock!1975 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419751892/4
- 11Funny People1981 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/419813362/4
- 12Beloved Son1982 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/419822412/4
- 13More Funny People1982 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/419823222/4
- 141983–2/4
- 15How to Make a Speech1986 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419861892/4
- 16How to Be Funny1987 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/419872902/4
- 171988–2/4
- 1819893482/4
- 19Dumbth1989 · 359 pages · confirmed 2/419893592/4
- 20Meeting Of The Minds 4 Volume Boxed Set1989 · confirmed 2/41989–2/4
- 2119903472/4
- 22Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality1990 · 428 pages · confirmed 2/419904282/4
- 2319913802/4
- 24Hi Ho Steverino1992 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/419923082/4
- 25More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality1992 · 452 pages · confirmed 2/419924522/4
- 261993–2/4
- 27Make 'Em Laugh1993 · 339 pages · confirmed 2/419933392/4
- 28Steve Allen Songbook1994 · 80 pages · confirmed 2/41994802/4
- 29Reflections1994 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/419943262/4
- 30The Man Who Turned Back the Clock1995 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/419953482/4
- 3119953042/4
- 32But Seriously...1996 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/419963922/4
- 3319973832/4
- 341998–2/4
- 3519993522/4
- 36Steve Allen's Private Joke File2000 · 411 pages · confirmed 2/420004112/4
- 37Tasting The Fruit2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
Steve Allen 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.
Steve Allen Mystery in order
10 booksStandalone books
27 books27 Steve Allen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Steve Allen books in order?
You only need to read Steve Allen books in order within the Steve Allen Mystery series, which holds 10 of the 37 Steve Allen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Steve Allen
Start with Bop Fables (1955), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Steve Allen book?
Tasting The Fruit (2010) is the newest Steve Allen book released so far.
Is there a new Steve Allen book coming?
No next Steve Allen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Steve Allen at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Steve Allen title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Steve Allen books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 7,740 pages across the 26 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 331 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Steve Allen books, 15 of 37, were published in the 1990s.
What the Steve Allen books are about
20 of the 37 Steve Allen 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 2 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 2 of 20 books
- Authorship 2 of 20 books
- Bible 2 of 20 books
- Comedians, united states 2 of 20 books
- Comedy 2 of 20 books
- Comic, The 2 of 20 books
- Criticism, interpretation 2 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 20 books
- The Comic 2 of 20 books