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Bluffer's Guide to ... Books in Order

Bluffer's Guide to ... contains 108 books, published between 1971 and 2019. The first book is Bluff your Way in Literature (1971) and the newest is Bluffer's Guide to Christmas (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
108
Published
1971–2019
Pages on record
5,673 in 73 of 108 books
Reading time
95–142 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,673 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 73 of 108 titles with a page count on record.

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Bluffer's Guide to ... is a humour series of short primers, each one covering a single subject well enough to bluff a conversation about it. The line runs to 108 books published between 1971 and 2019, from Bluff your Way in Literature (1971) to Bluffer's Guide to Christmas (2019). Individual guides take on antiques, golf, management, music, mathematics, gourmet cooking and travel. The median guide runs 64 pages, and the 1990s were the heaviest decade.

How many Bluffer's Guide to ... books are there?

Bluffer's Guide to ... has 108 books, released between 1971 and 2019.

Bluffer's Guide to ... Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 108 Bluffer's Guide to ... 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 The Bluffer's Guide to Antiques by Andre Launay, book 3 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1972)
  2. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Traveling. by Sandy Glass, book 5 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1972)
  3. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Golf by Adam Ruck, book 6 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1985)
  4. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide To Management by John Courtis, book 7 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1985)
  5. Cover of Bluffer's Guide to Music by Peter Gammond, book 8 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1985)
  6. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to the EU by Michael Toner, book 9 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1988)
  7. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Cricket by Nick Yapp, book 10 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1988)
  8. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Philosophy, book 12 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1989)
  9. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology: Bluff Your Way in Archaeology by Paul G. Bahn (1989)
  10. Cover of Bluff Your Way At Bird Watching by Steven Sonsino, book 14 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1989)
  11. Cover of Bluff Your Way In Theatre by Fidelis Morgan, book 15 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1989)
  12. Cover of Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing, book 16 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1989)
  13. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Japan, book 17 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1989)
  14. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Maths by Robert Ainsley, book 19 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1990)
  15. Cover of Bluff Your Way in Weather Forecasting by David Milsted, book 20 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1990)
  16. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to British Class by Peter Gammond, book 21 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1990)
  17. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to World Affairs by David Milsted, book 22 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1990)
  18. Cover of The Bluffer's Guide to Motoring by JohnMcManus, book 23 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1990)
  19. Cover of The Green Bluffer's Guide, book 24 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1990)
  20. Cover of Bluff Your Way in Feminism by Constance Leoff, book 25 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1991)
  21. Cover of Bluff Your Way on the Flight Deck by Ken Beere, book 26 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1992)
  22. Cover of Bluff Your Way in Antiques by Charles Hemming, book 27 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1992)
  23. Cover of Bluff Your Way in Consultancy by Nigel Viney, book 28 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1993)
  24. Cover of Bluffer's Guide to Whisky by David Milsted, book 29 of the Bluffer's Guide to ... series (1993)
  1. 1
    Bluff your Way in Literature1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  2. 2
    The Bluffer's Guide to Literature1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  3. 3
    The Bluffer's Guide to Antiques1972 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197264
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  4. 4
    The Bluffer's Guide to Gourmet Cooking1972 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197256
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  5. 5
    The Bluffer's Guide to Traveling.1972 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197264
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  6. 6
    The Bluffer's Guide to Golf1985 · 123 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985123
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  7. 7
    The Bluffer's Guide To Management1985 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198564
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  8. 8
    Bluffer's Guide to Music1985 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198564
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  9. 9
    The Bluffer's Guide to the EU1988 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198864
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  10. 10
    The Bluffer's Guide to Cricket1988 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198862
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  11. 11
    The Bluffer's Guide to Interior Decorating1988 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198864
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  12. 12
    The Bluffer's Guide to Philosophy1989 · 129 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989129
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  13. 13
    The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology: Bluff Your Way in Archaeology1989 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198962
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  14. 14
    Bluff Your Way At Bird Watching1989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198964
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  15. 15
    Bluff Your Way In Theatre1989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198964
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  16. 16
    Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing1989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198964
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  17. 17
    The Bluffer's Guide to Japan1989 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198964
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  18. 18
    Bluff Your Way in Public Speaking1989 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198962
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  19. 19
    The Bluffer's Guide to Maths1990 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199062
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  20. 20
    Bluff Your Way in Weather Forecasting1990 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199064
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  21. 21
    The Bluffer's Guide to British Class1990 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199064
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  22. 22
    The Bluffer's Guide to World Affairs1990 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199064
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  23. 23
    The Bluffer's Guide to Motoring1990 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199062
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  24. 24
    The Green Bluffer's Guide1990 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199062
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  25. 25
    Bluff Your Way in Feminism1991 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199164
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  26. 26
    Bluff Your Way on the Flight Deck1992 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199263
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  27. 27
    Bluff Your Way in Antiques1992 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199264
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  28. 28
    Bluff Your Way in Consultancy1993 · 62 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199362
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  29. 29
    Bluffer's Guide to Whisky1993 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199364
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  30. 30
    Bluff Your Way in Computers1993 · 63 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199363
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Where to start with Bluffer's Guide to ...

Start with Bluff your Way in Literature (1971), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bluffer's Guide to ... book?

Bluffer's Guide to Christmas (2019) is the newest Bluffer's Guide to ... book released so far.

Is there a new Bluffer's Guide to ... book coming?

No next Bluffer's Guide to ... book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bluffer's Guide to ... at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Bluffer's Guide to ... title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Bluffer's Guide to ... books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
5,673 pages across the 73 of 108 books with a recorded length, a median of 64 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bluffer's Guide to ... books, 36 of 108, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 108 titles, 3 are credited to Nick Yapp, 3 to David Milsted, 3 to Robert Ainsley and 3 to Alexander C. Rae. A further 82 writers are credited. 9 titles carry no credit.

What the Bluffer's Guide to ... books are about

46 of the 108 Bluffer's Guide to ... 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 20 of 46. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Humor 20 of 46 books
  • Humour 6 of 46 books
  • Antiques 2 of 46 books
  • Business / Economics / Finance 2 of 46 books
  • Handbooks, manuals 2 of 46 books
  • Humor, topic, sports 2 of 46 books
  • Mathematics 2 of 46 books
  • Miscellanea 2 of 46 books
  • Popular works 2 of 46 books