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Stuff You Should Know Books in Order

Stuff You Should Know contains 17 books, published between 2008 and 2021. The first book is Jokes Every Man Should Know (2008) and the newest is Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2008–2021
Pages on record
1,904 in 13 of 17 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,904 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

See all 17 books in order Printable Stuff You Should Know checklist

Stuff You Should Know is a series of 17 catalogued books published between 2008 and 2021. Catalogue subjects record life skills guides, humour, and jokes and riddles. Titles follow a fixed formula: Stuff Every Husband Should Know (2011), Stuff Every American Should Know (2012), Stuff Every Geek Should Know (2014), Stuff Every Cook Should Know (2016) and Stuff Every Gardener Should Know (2017), with Jokes Every Man Should Know (2008) and Jokes Every Woman Should Know (2013) alongside. The credits are spread thinly, Eric San Juan and Candace Rose Rardon on 2 each, and one entry carries the publisher Quirk Books as its credit.

How many Stuff You Should Know books are there?

Stuff You Should Know has 17 books, released between 2008 and 2021.

Stuff You Should Know Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Stuff You Should Know 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 Jokes Every Man Should Know by Don Steinberg, book 1 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2008)
  2. Cover of Stuff Every Husband Should Know by Eric San Juan, book 2 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2011)
  3. Cover of Stuff Every American Should Know, book 3 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2012)
  4. Cover of Jokes Every Woman Should Know by Jennifer Worick, book 4 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2013)
  5. Cover of Stuff Every Groom Should Know by Eric San Juan, book 6 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2015)
  6. Cover of Stuff Every Gardener Should Know by Scott Meyer, book 8 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2017)
  7. Cover of Recipes Every College Student Should Know by Christine Nelson, book 9 of the Stuff You Should Know series (2017)
  1. 1
    Jokes Every Man Should Know2008 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008176
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  2. 2
    Stuff Every Husband Should Know2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  3. 3
    Stuff Every American Should Know2012 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Jokes Every Woman Should Know2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  5. 5
    Stuff Every Geek Should Know2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Stuff Every Groom Should Know2015 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Stuff Every Cook Should Know2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Stuff Every Gardener Should Know2017 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Recipes Every College Student Should Know2017 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Stuff Every Wine Snob Should Know2018 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Stuff Every Beer Snob Should Know2018 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Stuff Every Mom Should Know2018 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Stuff Every Dad Should Know2018 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Stuff Every Grandfather Should Know2019 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Stuff Every Tea Lover Should Know2020 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Stuff Every Cheese Lover Should Know2020 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know2021 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Where to start with Stuff You Should Know

Start with Jokes Every Man Should Know (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stuff You Should Know book?

Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know (2021) is the newest Stuff You Should Know book released so far.

Is there a new Stuff You Should Know book coming?

No next Stuff You Should Know book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Stuff You Should Know at a glance

Paused
No new Stuff You Should Know title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Stuff You Should Know books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,904 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stuff You Should Know books, 13 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 17 titles, 2 are credited to Eric San Juan, 2 to Candace Rose Rardon, 1 to Don Steinberg and 1 to Joseph D'Agnese. A further 10 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.

What the Stuff You Should Know books are about

13 of the 17 Stuff You Should Know books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 6 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.