Milk Street Books in Order

Milk Street by Christopher Kimball contains 13 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is The New Home Cooking (2017) and the newest is Milk Street Backroads Italy (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2017–2025
Pages on record
688 in 2 of 13 books

Milk Street is Christopher Kimball's cooking series, with subject headings for American cooking and quick and easy cooking. The series counts 13 books from 2017 to 2025. The New Home Cooking (2017) is the first, followed by Tuesday Nights (2018) and The New Rules (2019). Fast and Slow and Cookish came out in 2020, and Cook What You Have in 2022. Milk Street Backroads Italy (2025) is the newest title.

How many Milk Street books are there?

Milk Street has 13 books, released between 2017 and 2025.

Milk Street Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Milk Street 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. 1
    The New Home Cooking2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017336
  2. 2
    Tuesday Nights2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  3. 3
    The New Rules2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  4. 4
    Fast and Slow2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  5. 5
    Cookish2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  6. 6
    Tuesday Nights Mediterranean2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  7. 7
    Vegetables2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  8. 8
    The World in a Skillet2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  9. 9
    Cook What You Have2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  10. 10
    Secrets to the World’s Best Noodles2023 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023352
  11. 11
    Milk Street Simple2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  12. 12
    The Milk Street Cookbook2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  13. 13
    Milk Street Backroads Italy2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Is there a chronological order for Milk Street?

No separate chronological order is on record for Milk Street, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Milk Street books in order?

You should read the Milk Street books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Milk Street book also stands alone.

Where to start with Milk Street

Start with The New Home Cooking (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Milk Street book?

Milk Street Backroads Italy (2025) is the newest Milk Street book released so far.

Is there a new Milk Street book coming?

No next Milk Street book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Milk Street at a glance

Still running
Milk Street is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Milk Street books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
688 pages across the 2 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Milk Street books, 10 of 13, were published in the 2020s.

What the Milk Street books are about

3 of the 13 Milk Street books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Christopher Kimball

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.