Essential Guide Books in Order
Essential Guide contains 10 books, published between 2011 and 2014. The first book is The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass (2011) and the newest is The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2011–2014
Essential Guide is a publisher line rather than one writer's series: each of its 10 catalogued volumes, published between 2011 and 2014, carries a different credit. Eileen Bailey is named on two, and Mary DeTurris Poust, Erika Landau, Karla R. Dougherty, Martin Tashman, Liz Currin, Andrea Lieber and Linda Rhodes on one apiece. Titles include The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass (2011), The Essential Guide to Baby's First Year (2011), The Essential Guide to Asperger's Syndrome (2012), The Essential Guide to Caring for Aging Parents (2012) and The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving (2014).
How many Essential Guide books are there?
Essential Guide has 10 books, released between 2011 and 2014.
Essential Guide Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Essential Guide books in the order they were published, with the release year and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 2The Essential Guide to Baby's First Year2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 3The Essential Guide to Overcoming Obsessive Love2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 4The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 5The Essential Guide to Surviving Infidelity2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 6The Essential Guide to Jewish Prayer and Practices2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 7The Essential Guide to Asperger's Syndrome2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8The Essential Guide to Caring for Aging Parents2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9The Essential Guide to Bullying Prevention and Intervention2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 10The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
Where to start with Essential Guide
Start with The Essential Guide to Catholic Prayer and the Mass (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Essential Guide book?
The Essential Guide to Grief and Grieving (2014) is the newest Essential Guide book released so far.
Is there a new Essential Guide book coming?
No next Essential Guide book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Essential Guide at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Essential Guide title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Essential Guide books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Busiest decade
- Most Essential Guide books, 10 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 10 titles, 2 are credited to Eileen Bailey, 1 to Karla R. Dougherty, 1 to Martin Tashman and 1 to Erika Landau. A further 7 writers are credited.