🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Ryan Holiday
This has allowed him to impart his many ideas, while many other publications have written about him too over the years. Working within modern social-media too, he’s been able to use his marketing skills to raise the profile of several different companies. Providing his services to a variety of big-name clients, he’s also keenly interested in philosophy, something which he’s often written about too. Namely his interest in stoicism and how it has affected him and his life through the years, looking at its teachings throughout history. Working with controversial authors himself in the past, he’s managed to use his ideas to gain greater attention to the work of others.
All Book Series by Ryan Holiday
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 2012
Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising
Book 2 of 13 · published 2013
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Book 3 of 13 · published 2014
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
Book 5 of 13 · published 2016 Co-authored · Stephen Hanselman
Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work That Lasts
Book 6 of 13 · published 2017
The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
Book 7 of 13 · published 2017
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Book 8 of 13 · published 2018
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
Book 10 of 13 · published 2020 Co-authored · Stephen Hanselman
What You're Made For: Powerful Life Lessons from My Career in Sports
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2025 Co-authored · George Raveling
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Ryan Holiday?
This has allowed him to impart his many ideas, while many other publications have written about him too over the years. Working within modern social-media too, he's been able to use his marketing skills to raise the profile of several different companies. Providing his services to a variety of big-name clients, he's also keenly interested in philosophy, something which he's often written about too.
Which Ryan Holiday series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Stoic Virtue series, the earliest of Ryan Holiday's multi-book series: it opens with Courage Is Calling (2021) and runs to 4 books across 2021–2025, ending with Wisdom Takes Work (2025).
How many books has Ryan Holiday written?
Ryan Holiday has 17 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2025. 4 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Stoic Virtue series with 4 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Ryan Holiday's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ryan Holiday's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Stoic Virtue (2021–2025, 4 books).
How are Ryan Holiday's books organised into series?
This guide splits Ryan Holiday's 17 books into 1 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Stoic Virtue (4 books, 2021–2025).