Steven Johnson Books in Order
Steven Johnson has written 14 books, published between 1997 and 2021. The first book is Interface Culture (1997) and the newest is Extra Life (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1997–2021
- Pages on record
- 3,414 in 12 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 57–85 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,414 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Steven Berlin Johnson, born June 6, 1968, is an American author of popular science and history, and also a TV and podcast host and software creator. Fourteen books are catalogued, from Interface Culture (1997) to Extra Life (2021). The Ghost Map (2006), Where Good Ideas Come From (2010) and How We Got to Now (2014) are among them. Subject headings include nonfiction, invention, information technology and the information society.
How many Steven Johnson books are there?
Steven Johnson has 14 books, released between 1997 and 2021.
Steven Johnson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Steven Johnson 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.
- 1Interface Culture1997 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/419972641/4
- 2Mind Wide Open1999 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/419992741/4
- 3Emergence2001 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420012881/4
- 4Everything Bad is Good for You2005 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/420052541/4
- 5The Ghost Map2006 · 299 pages · confirmed 1/420062991/4
- 6The Invention of Air2008 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/420082541/4
- 7Where Good Ideas Come From2010 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/420103261/4
- 8The Innovator's Cookbook2011 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420112621/4
- 9Future Perfect2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10How We Got to Now2014 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/420142931/4
- 11Wonderland2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420163361/4
- 12Farsighted2018 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/420182441/4
- 13Enemy of All Mankind2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 14Extra Life2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420213201/4
Steven Johnson 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 books14 Steven Johnson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Steven Johnson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Steven Johnson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Steven Johnson
Start with Interface Culture (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Steven Johnson book?
Extra Life (2021) is the newest Steven Johnson book released so far.
Is there a new Steven Johnson book coming?
No next Steven Johnson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Steven Johnson at a glance
- Paused
- No new Steven Johnson title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Steven Johnson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,414 pages across the 12 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 281 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Steven Johnson books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Steven Johnson books are about
All 14 Steven Johnson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: long now manual for civilization is tagged on 4 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Long Now Manual for Civilization 4 of 14 books
- Inventions 3 of 14 books
- Nonfiction 3 of 14 books
- Social aspects 3 of 14 books
- Information technology 2 of 14 books
- Society 2 of 14 books