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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
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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.

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 September 2026.

  1. Cover of Introducing Postmodernism by Chris Garrett, book 7 of the Graphic Guides series (1995)
  2. Cover of Introducing Media Studies, book 11 of the Graphic Guides series (1996)
  3. Cover of Introducing Derrida by Jeff Collins, book 13 of the Graphic Guides series (1997)
  4. Cover of Darwin for Beginners, book 26 of the Graphic Guides series (2003)
  5. Cover of Introducing Islam by Ziauddin Sardar, book 28 of the Graphic Guides series (2004)
  6. Cover of Introducing Postmodernism, book 29 of the Graphic Guides series (2004)
  7. Cover of Introducing Sociology, book 31 of the Graphic Guides series (2009)
  8. Cover of Introducing Hinduism by Borin Van Loon, book 32 of the Graphic Guides series (2010)
  9. Cover of Introducing Darwin by Jonathan Miller, book 33 of the Graphic Guides series (2010)
  10. Cover of Introducing Sociology by John Nagle, book 46 of the Graphic Guides series (2016)
  11. Cover of Gender by Meg-John Barker, book 48 of the Graphic Guides series (2019)
  12. Cover of Sexuality by Meg-John Barker, book 49 of the Graphic Guides series (2021)
  1. 1
    Introducing Freud1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  2. 2
    Introducing Stephen Hawking1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  3. 3
    Introducing Chomsky1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  4. 4
    Introducing Semiotics1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  5. 5
    Joyce for Beginners1994 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994176
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  6. 6
    Introducing Cultural Studies1994 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994173
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  7. 7
    Introducing Postmodernism1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  8. 8
    Introducing Wagner1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  9. 9
    Introducing Mathematics1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  10. 10
    Introducing Kant1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  11. 11
    Introducing Media Studies1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  12. 12
    Introducing Melanie Klein1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  13. 13
    Introducing Derrida1997 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997171
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  14. 14
    Introducing Rousseau1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  15. 15
    Introducing Critical Theory1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  16. 16
    Introducing Evolution1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  17. 17
    Introducing Philosophy of Science1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  18. 18
    Introducing Machiavelli1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  19. 19
    Introducing Kierkegaard1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  20. 20
    Introducing Evolutionary Psychology1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  21. 21
    Introducing Lacan2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  22. 22
    Introducing Existentialism2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  23. 23
    Introducing The Freud Wars2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  24. 24
    Sartre for Beginners2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  25. 25
    Introducing Feminism2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  26. 26
    Darwin for Beginners2003 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003176
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  27. 27
    Introducing Marxism2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  28. 28
    Introducing Islam2004 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004176
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  29. 29
    Introducing Postmodernism2004 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004189
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  30. 30
    Introducing Psychoanalysis2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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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.

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