Thomas Keller Books in Order
Thomas Keller has written 12 books, published between 1999 and 2020. The first book is The French Laundry Cookbook (1999) and the newest is The French Laundry, Per Se (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1999–2020
- Pages on record
- 3,522 in 10 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 59–88 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,522 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Thomas Aloysius Keller, born 14 October 1955, is an American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. Keller's Napa Valley restaurant, the French Laundry in Yountville, California, has taken multiple James Beard Foundation awards, among them Best California Chef in 1996 and Best Chef in America a year later. The catalogue holds 12 books published between 1999 and 2020, opening with The French Laundry Cookbook (1999) and taking in Bouchon (2004), Under Pressure (2008), Ad Hoc at Home (2009) and Bouchon Bakery (2012). Subjects record French and American cooking, baking, restaurants and cooks. Williams-Sonoma Tools & Techniques (2005) carries a publisher credit rather than an author one.
How many Thomas Keller books are there?
Thomas Keller has 12 books, released between 1999 and 2020.
Thomas Keller Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Thomas Keller 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.
- 1The French Laundry CookbookMichael Ruhlman Cookbooks, Food & Wine #11999 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/419993361/4
- 220043411/4
- 320053521/4
- 4The Complete Keller2006 · 696 pages · confirmed 1/420066961/4
- 5What's Cooking?2007 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/42007641/4
- 620082951/4
- 720093591/4
- 8The Essential Thomas Keller2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 920123991/4
- 10Thomas Keller Bouchon Collection2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 11Crock Pot Cookbook2017 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/420172801/4
- 12The French Laundry, Per Se2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420204001/4
Thomas Keller 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.
Michael Ruhlman Cookbooks, Food & Wine in order
5 booksWilliams-Sonoma Cook in order
1 bookStandalone books
6 books6 Thomas Keller titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Thomas Keller books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Thomas Keller books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Thomas Keller
Start with The French Laundry Cookbook (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Thomas Keller book?
The French Laundry, Per Se (2020) is the newest Thomas Keller book released so far.
Is there a new Thomas Keller book coming?
No next Thomas Keller book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Thomas Keller at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Thomas Keller title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Thomas Keller books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,522 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 346 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Thomas Keller books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Thomas Keller books are about
10 of the 12 Thomas Keller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cooking, french is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cooking, french 4 of 10 books
- Baking 3 of 10 books
- Cooking 3 of 10 books
- French Cooking 3 of 10 books
- Bouchon (Restaurant) 2 of 10 books
- Bouchon Bakery 2 of 10 books
- Cooking, american 2 of 10 books
- Restaurants 2 of 10 books