Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Books in Order
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul contains 9 books, published between 1997 and 2012. The first book is Teenage Soul (1997) and the newest is The Real Deal Friends (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1997–2012
- Pages on record
- 2,064 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 34–52 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,064 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.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul covers nine books published between 1997 and 2012, with Jack Canfield credited on 8 of them. Teenage Soul (1997) opens the listing and The Real Deal Friends (2012) closes it, by way of Teenage Soul II (1998), Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff (2001), Christian Teenage Soul (2003), Teenage Soul IV (2004), Teenage Soul: The Real Deal: School (2005), Teen Soul (2012) and Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges (2012). Catalogue subjects record anecdotes, adolescence, conduct of life, religious life, and children's and youths' writings.
How many Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books are there?
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul has 9 books, released between 1997 and 2012.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul 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.
- 1Teenage Soul1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 2Teenage Soul II1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419984001/4
- 4Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff2001 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420013521/4
- 6Christian Teenage Soul2003 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/420032831/4
- 7Teenage Soul IV2004 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/420043371/4
- 8Teenage Soul: The Real Deal: School2005 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/420052921/4
- 9Teen Soul2012 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420124001/4
- 10Teenage Soul: The Real Deal Challenges2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11The Real Deal Friends2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
Do you have to read Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books in order?
You should read the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul book also stands alone.
Where to start with Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Start with Teenage Soul (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul book?
The Real Deal Friends (2012) is the newest Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul book released so far.
Is there a new Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul book coming?
No next Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,064 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 8 are credited to Jack Canfield. One title carries no credit.
What the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books are about
7 of the 9 Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: conduct of life is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Conduct of life 5 of 7 books
- Teenagers 5 of 7 books
- Anecdotes 4 of 7 books
- Youth, conduct of life 4 of 7 books