Jason Goodwin Reading Order

1 book (2016–2016)

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1	Sunshine Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1990–2017)

Jason Goodwin's nine-book non-fiction series spans from 1990 to 2017 and should be read in publication order beginning with A Time for Tea. The complete series explores diverse topics ranging from cultural history to financial systems, with each book serving as an independent work rather than a continuous narrative. Goodwin brings his characteristic blend of historical insight and engaging prose to subjects including gardens, travel, Ottoman history, biography, economics, and spiritual geography across the collection.

Start with A Time for Tea, the first of 9 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	A Time for Tea 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Gunpowder Gardens 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	On Foot to the Golden Horn 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Lords of the Horizons 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Otis 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Greenback 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Learning Akka 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Global Debt Crisis and How We Can Get Out of It 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Pilgrim's Guide to Sacred London 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2006–2016)

This historical mystery series follows an Ottoman detective across six books published between 2006 and 2016. The complete collection should be read in publication order, beginning with The Janissary Tree and concluding with Yashim Cooks Istanbul. Each novel blends mystery and historical fiction set in nineteenth-century Istanbul, offering readers a richly detailed exploration of the Ottoman Empire during a transformative period.

Start with The Janissary Tree, the first of 6 books in the Yashim The Ottoman Detective series.

#	Title
1	The Janissary Tree 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Snake Stone 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Bellini Card 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	An Evil Eye 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Baklava Club 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Yashim Cooks Istanbul 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible