Graphic Guides Books in Order
Graphic Guides contains 49 books, published between 1979 and 2021. The first book is Introducing Freud (1979) and the newest is Sexuality (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 49
- Published
- 1979–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,758 in 10 of 49 books
Graphic Guides is a line of comic-book introductions to large subjects. 49 titles run from Introducing Freud (1979) to Sexuality (2021), with the 1990s the busiest decade. Thinkers and fields each get a volume: Introducing Stephen Hawking, Introducing Chomsky, Introducing Semiotics, Introducing Postmodernism, Introducing Kant and Joyce for Beginners. Evolution, sociology, modernism and cultural studies are among the subjects. The median volume runs 176 pages.
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How many Graphic Guides books are there?
Graphic Guides has 49 books, released between 1979 and 2021.
Graphic Guides Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 49 Graphic Guides 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 November 2026.
- 1Introducing Freud1979 · confirmed 1/41979–1/4
- 2Introducing Stephen Hawking1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 3Introducing Chomsky1993 · confirmed 1/41993–1/4
- 4Introducing Semiotics1993 · confirmed 1/41993–1/4
- 5Joyce for Beginners1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419941761/4
- 6Introducing Cultural Studies1994 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/419941731/4
- 7Introducing Postmodernism1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 8Introducing Wagner1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 9Introducing Mathematics1995 · confirmed 1/41995–1/4
- 10Introducing Kant1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 11Introducing Media Studies1996 · confirmed 1/41996–1/4
- 12Introducing Melanie Klein1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 13Introducing Derrida1997 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/419971711/4
- 14Introducing Rousseau1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 15Introducing Critical Theory1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 16Introducing Evolution1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 17Introducing Philosophy of Science1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 18Introducing Machiavelli1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 19Introducing Kierkegaard1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 20Introducing Evolutionary Psychology1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 21Introducing Lacan2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 22Introducing Existentialism2001 · confirmed 1/42001–1/4
- 23Introducing The Freud Wars2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 24Sartre for Beginners2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 25Introducing Feminism2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 26Darwin for Beginners2003 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420031761/4
- 27Introducing Marxism2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 28Introducing Islam2004 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420041761/4
- 29Introducing Postmodernism2004 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/420041891/4
- 30Introducing Psychoanalysis2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 31Introducing Sociology2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 32Introducing Hinduism2010 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/420101711/4
- 33Introducing Darwin2010 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/420101741/4
- 34Introducing Slavoj Zizek2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 35Introducing Joyce2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 36Introducing Continental Philosophy2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 37Introducing Genetics / Genetics for Beginners2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 38Introducing Linguistics2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 39Introducing Quantum Theory2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 40Introducing Buddha2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 41Introducing Infinity2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 42Introducing Aesthetics2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 43Introducing Psychology2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 44Introducing Literary Criticism2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 45Queer2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 46Introducing Sociology2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 47Introducing Mind and Brain2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 48Gender2019 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420191761/4
- 49Sexuality2021 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420211761/4
Where to start with Graphic Guides
Start with Introducing Freud (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Graphic Guides book?
Sexuality (2021) is the newest Graphic Guides book released so far.
Is there a new Graphic Guides book coming?
No next Graphic Guides book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Graphic Guides at a glance
- Paused
- No new Graphic Guides title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Graphic Guides books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,758 pages across the 10 of 49 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Graphic Guides books, 19 of 49, were published in the 1990s.
- Attribution
- Of the 49 titles, 10 are credited to Oscar Zárate, 5 to Ziauddin Sardar, 4 to Christopher Kul-Want and 4 to Borin Van Loon. A further 26 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.
When Graphic Guides books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Graphic Guides titles appeared. 1990s was the most productive decade with 19 titles.
49 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Graphic Guides books are about
12 of the 49 Graphic Guides books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: comics & graphic novels is tagged on 2 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Comics & graphic novels 2 of 12 books
- Darwin, charles, 1809-1882 2 of 12 books
- Evolution 2 of 12 books
- Evolution (Biology) 2 of 12 books
- Popular works 2 of 12 books
- Sociology 2 of 12 books