Tom Chatfield Books in Order
Tom Chatfield has written 9 books, published between 2010 and 2019. The first book is Fun Inc.: Why Play is the 21st Century's Most Serious Business (2010) and the newest is Think Critically (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2010–2019
- Pages on record
- 1,570 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 26–39 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,570 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Tom Chatfield, born in 1980, is a British author and broadcaster whose books address digital culture and technology. Chatfield was appointed chair of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society in 2023. Nine catalogued books run from Fun Inc. (2010) to Think Critically (2019), and the subjects recorded include information technology, critical thinking, the video games industry, digital communications and the information society. Six books have a recorded length, at a median of 281 pages.
How many Tom Chatfield books are there?
Tom Chatfield has 9 books, released between 2010 and 2019.
Tom Chatfield Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Tom Chatfield 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.
- 1Fun Inc.: Why Play is the 21st Century's Most Serious Business2010 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/420102581/4
- 2Summer of Unrest: Activism or Slacktivism?: The Future of Digital Politics2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 32011–1/4
- 42012–1/4
- 5Netymology: From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World2013 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420133121/4
- 6Live This Book2015 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420152561/4
- 7Critical Thinking: Your Guide to Effective Argument, Successful Analysis and Independent Study2017 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/420173281/4
- 8The Gomorrah Gambit / This is Gomorrah2019 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420193041/4
- 9Think Critically2019 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/420191121/4
Tom Chatfield 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.
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7 books7 Tom Chatfield titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tom Chatfield books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Tom Chatfield books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Tom Chatfield
Start with Fun Inc.: Why Play is the 21st Century's Most Serious Business (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Chatfield book?
Think Critically (2019) is the newest Tom Chatfield book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Chatfield book coming?
No next Tom Chatfield book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Chatfield at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Tom Chatfield title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Tom Chatfield books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,570 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 281 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Chatfield books, 9 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tom Chatfield books are about
7 of the 9 Tom Chatfield books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: critical thinking is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Critical thinking 2 of 7 books
- Information technology 2 of 7 books