Scott Meyer

Scott Meyer is an American author of fictional and non fictional novels. Scott Meyer did not always work full time as a writer. He has held a variety of jobs along the way, such as a DJ on the radio, a comic that works in stand up, writing for video games, managing an office, and editor of a magazine about gardening.

The best place to start is the Stuff You Should Know series, the earliest of Scott Meyer's multi-book series: it opens with Jokes Every Man Should Know (2008) and runs to 17 books across 2008–2021, ending with Stuff Every Coffee Lover Should Know (2021). Scott Meyer's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Scott Meyer has 34 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2024. 25 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Stuff You Should Know series with 17 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Scott Meyer's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Stuff You Should Know (2008–2021, 17 books), Magic 2.0 (2013–2019, 6 books) and The Authorities (2015–2022, 2 books).

This guide splits Scott Meyer's 34 books into 3 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Stuff You Should Know (17 books, 2008–2021); Magic 2.0 (6 books, 2013–2019); The Authorities (2 books, 2015–2022).