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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . (Non-Fiction) was the most recently released book by Steven Pinker, on September 23rd, 2025.

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Steven Pinker Stats: The highest rated book by Steven Pinker on Book Notification is The Better Angels of Our Nature, a Non-Fiction book. The second-highest rated book is Everybody Lies, a Non-Fiction book.

The most read book by Steven Pinker on Book Notification is The Better Angels of Our Nature, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is Enlightenment Now, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of Steven Pinker books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are The Better Angels of Our Nature, Enlightenment Now, and Everybody Lies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Language Learnability and Language Development
1984
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2
Visual Cognition
1986
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3
Learnability and Cognition
1989
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4
9
The Language Instinct
1994
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5
The Nurture Assumption (With: Judith Rich Harris)
1998
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6
6.7
The Stuff of Thought
2007
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7
8
The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television
2008
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8
8.6
The Better Angels of Our Nature
2010
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9
Language, Cognition, and Human Nature
2013
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10
8
The Sense of Style
2014
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11
8
Everybody Lies (With: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz)
2017
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12
7.5
Enlightenment Now
2018
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13
Rationality
2021
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14
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .
2025
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List of Allen Lane History Books in Publication Order

Well-researched books by top historians covering key events and figures in clear, accessible language.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8
Mitrokhin Archive (By: Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin)
1985
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2
9
The Anatomy of Fascism (By: Robert O. Paxton)
1994
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3
In Search of Nature (By: Edward O. Wilson)
1996
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4
Prague In Black and Gold (By: Peter Demetz)
1997
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5
A History of Twentieth-Century Russia (By: Robert Service)
1997
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6
Russia's War, 1941-1945 (By: Richard Overy)
1997
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7
7
How the Mind Works
1997
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8
The Chan's Great Continent (By: Jonathan D. Spence)
1998
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9
Evolution in Mind (By: Henry Plotkin, H.C. Plotkin)
1998
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10
9
The Meaning of It All (By: Richard P. Feynman)
1998
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11
Official Secrets (By: Richard Breitman)
1998
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12
Lourdes (By: Ruth Harris)
1999
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13
The Boy King / Tudor Church Militant (By: Diarmaid MacCulloch)
1999
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14
British Prime Ministers and Other Essays (By: A.J.P. Taylor)
1999
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15
The Greek Achievement (By: Charles Freeman)
1999
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16
Cassandra's Daughter (By: Joseph Schwartz)
1999
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17
Gladstone (By: Richard Shannon)
1999
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18
10
Rembrandt's Eyes (By: Simon Schama)
1999
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19
Ladies of Influence (By: Susan Williams)
2000
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20
The German Trauma (By: Gitta Sereny)
2000
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21
Troublesome Things (By: Diane Purkiss)
2000
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22
The Faustian Bargain (By: Jonathan Petropoulos)
2000
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23
Something New Under the Sun (By: John Robert McNeill)
2000
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24
Berlin (By: David Clay Large)
2000
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25
Enlightenment (By: Roy Porter)
2000
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26
The New Penguin History of Scotland (By: William W.J. Knox, R.A. Houston)
2001
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27
Interrogations (By: Richard Overy)
2001
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28
The Blank Slate
2002
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29
Four Colors Suffice (By: Robin J. Wilson)
2002
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30
Treason by the Book (By: Jonathan D. Spence)
2002
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31
Blood and Guts (By: Roy Porter)
2002
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32
The Cross and The Crescent (By: Richard Fletcher)
2003
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33
Trial Of The Cannibal Dog (By: Anne Salmond)
2003
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34
Flesh in the Age of Reason (By: Roy Porter)
2003
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35
Empire Made Me (By: Robert Bickers)
2003
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36
The Peninsular War (By: Charles J. Esdaile)
2003
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37
The Struggle for Mastery (By: David Arscott Carpenter)
2003
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38
1914-1918 : The History of the First World War (By: David Stevenson)
2004
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39
United We Stand (By: Alastair J. Reid)
2004
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40
The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century (By: J.M. Roberts)
2004
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41
La Vie En Bleu (By: H.R. Kedward)
2005
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42
Mussolini's Italy (By: Richard J.B. Bosworth)
2005
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43
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion (By: Charles Townshend)
2005
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44
Restoration (By: Tim Harris)
2005
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45
Revolution (By: Tim Harris)
2006
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46
The War of the World (By: Niall Ferguson)
2006
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47
The Disinherited (By: Henry Kamen)
2007
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48
Forgotten Wars (By: C.A. Bayly)
2007
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49
Fateful Choices (By: Ian Kershaw)
2007
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50
The Force of Destiny (By: Christopher Duggan)
2007
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51
Napoleon's Wars (By: Charles J. Esdaile)
2007
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List of The Munk Debates Books in Publication Order

Premier international debates, bringing together thinkers to discuss pressing political, social, and cultural issues.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Munk Debates: Volume One (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2010
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2
Hitchens vs. Blair (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2011
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3
Does the 21st Century Belong to China? (By: Henry Kissinger)
2011
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4
North America’s Lost Decade (By: Ian Bremmer, Paul Krugman, David Rosenberg, Lawrence H. Summers)
2012
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5
Has the European Experiment Failed? (By: Niall Ferguson)
2012
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6
Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons? (By: Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
2013
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7
Should We Tax the Rich More? (By: Rudyard Griffiths, Paul Krugman)
2013
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8
Are Men Obsolete?: The Munk Debate on Gender (By: Camille Paglia, Caitlin Moran, Maureen Dowd, Hanna Rosin)
2014
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9
Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place? (By: Bret Stephens)
2015
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10
The 2015 Canadian Federal Election Debate on Foreign Policy (By: Steven Harper, Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair)
2015
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11
Should the West Engage Putin’s Russia? (By: Garry Kasparov)
2015
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12
8
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? (With: Alain de Botton, Matt Ridley, Malcolm Gladwell)
2016
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13
Can Donald Trump Make America Great Again? (By: Newt Gingrich)
2016
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14
The Global Refugee Crisis (By: Mark Steyn)
2016
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15
Is This the End of the Liberal International Order? (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2017
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16
Is American Democracy in Crisis? (By: Kimberley Strassel)
2018
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17
Political Correctness (By: Jordan B. Peterson)
2018
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18
The Rise of Populism (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2019
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19
China and the West (By: Rudyard Griffiths, H.R. McMaster, Michael Pillsbury, Kishore Mahbubani, Huiyao Wang)
2019
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20
Future of Capitalism (By: Rudyard Griffiths)
2021
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List of The Science Masters Books in Publication Order

Defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
4
The Last Three Minutes (By: Paul Davies)
1995
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2
7
River Out of Eden (By: Richard Dawkins)
1996
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3
One Renegade Cell (By: Robert A. Weinberg)
1998
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4
Symbiotic Planet (By: Lynn Margulis)
1998
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5
Words and Rules
1999
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6
Three Roads To Quantum Gravity (By: Lee Smolin)
2000
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7
What Evolution Is (By: Ernst W. Mayr)
2008
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8
6
Kinds Of Minds (By: Daniel C. Dennett)
2008
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9
The Human Brain (By: Susan A. Greenfield)
2008
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10
7.7
The Periodic Kingdom (By: Peter Atkins)
2008
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11
The Origin Of Humankind (By: Richard E. Leakey)
2008
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12
Laboratory Earth (By: Stephen H. Schneider)
2014
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13
The Origin Of The Universe (By: John D. Barrow)
2014
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14
The Pattern on the Stone (By: William Daniel Hillis)
2014
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List of Steven Pinker Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004
2004
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2
Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think
2006
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3
This Explains Everything
2013
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Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker was born in Montreal, .

Steven Pinker is known for writing in the Non-Fiction genre.

Steven Pinker has written 14 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1984 with the book Language Learnability and Language Development. The most recently released was When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . which was released in 2025. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by Steven at this time.

Steven Pinker has also written 2 books in the Allen Lane History series including How the Mind Works and The Blank Slate.

Steven Pinker: Awards & Accolades

Steven Pinker books have been nominated for multiple awards, Everybody Lies was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Science and Technology, in 2017. Enlightenment Now was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Nonfiction, in 2018.

Steven Pinker: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Enlightenment Now: Waterstones: The Books You've Always Meant to Read Selection in 2020.

Related Authors

Fans of Steven Pinker also enjoy these authors:

  1. Daniel Kahneman, author of: Thinking, Fast and Slow.
  2. Joshua Foer, author of: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.
  3. Dan Ariely, author of: Predictably Irrational.
  4. Julia Shaw, author of: Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality.
  5. Daniel T. Willingham, author of: Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy.
  6. Stanislas Dehaene, author of: Consciousness and the Brain.
  7. Richard E. Nisbett, author of: The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently.. and Why.
  8. Peter C. Brown, author of: The Fugitive Wife.
  9. Gerd Gigerenzer, author of: Reckoning with Risk.
  10. Christopher Chabris, author of: The Invisible Gorilla.

Steven Pinker: F.A.Q

Where was Steven Pinker Born?

Steven Pinker was born in Montreal, .

What was the first book Steven Pinker wrote?

The first book written by Steven Pinker was Language Learnability and Language Development, published in 1984.

What was the most recent book Steven Pinker wrote?

Their most recently released work was When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . . on September 23rd, 2025.

What is the most popular book by Steven Pinker?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Steven Pinker book is The Better Angels of Our Nature. Here are their most popular books and their average ratings:
  1. The Better Angels of Our Nature (8.57)
  2. Enlightenment Now (7.50)
  3. Everybody Lies (8.00)
  4. The Sense of Style (8.00)
  5. The Stuff of Thought (6.67)

What genres does Steven Pinker Write?

Steven Pinker primarily writes in the Non-Fiction genre. Their work includes sub-genres such as Psychology and Cognitive Psychology.

Are there upcoming new books by Steven Pinker?

Steven Pinker does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Steven Pinker written?

Steven Pinker has written 18 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 books in the Allen Lane History Series, 14 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in The Munk Debates Series, 1 book in The Science Masters Series.

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