Jean Piaget books in order
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic
- Lived
- 1896–1980
- Country
- Switzerland
- Books
- 54
Jean Piaget published 1 novel, 45 non-fiction books and 8 other books, beginning with The Origins of Intelligence in Children (1952).
Updated September 2026
Where to start with Jean Piaget
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The Origins of Intelligence in Children
Jean Piaget's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
Le Développement De La Notion De Temps Chez L'enfant (1946)
Non-fiction in order
Judgment and Reasoning in the Child (1928)
The Moral Judgement of the Child (1948)
Play, Dreams, and Imitation in Childhood (1951)
The Language and Thought of the Child (1952)
The Origins of Intelligence in Children (1952)
Logic and Psychology (1953)
The Child's Construction of Reality (1954)
The Construction of Reality in the Child (1954)
The Child's Conception of Space (1956)
The Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence (1958)
The Child's Conception of Geometry (1960)
The Child's Conception of the World (1960)
The Child's Conception of Number (1964)
Insights and Illusions of Philosophy (1965)
The Child's Conception of Physical Causality (1965)
Six Psychological Studies (1967)
The Child's Conception of Time (1969)
The Psychology of the Child (1969)
Genetic Epistemology (1970)
Psychology and Epistemology (1970)
Structuralism (1970)
The Child's Conception of Movement and Speed (1970)
Mental Imagery in the Child (1971)
Play and Development (1972)
The Child and Reality (1972)
The Principles of Genetic Epistemology (1972)
To Understand Is to Invent (1972)
Main Trends in Interdisciplinary Research (1973)
Main Trends in Psychology (1973)
Success and Understanding (1974)
The Language and Thought of a Child (1974)
Understanding Causality (1974)
The Origin of the Idea of Chance in Children (1975)
The Grasp of Consciousness (1976)
The Grasp of Consciousness (La Prise De Conscience, Engl. ). Action and Concept in the Young Child (1976)
The Development of Thought (1977)
The Essential Piaget (1977)
Behavior and Evolution (1978)
Adaptation and Intelligence (1980)
Experiments in Contradiction (1980)
Intelligence and Affectivity (1981)
The Equilibration of Cognitive Structures (1985)
Possibility and Necessity (1987)
Psychogenesis and the History of Science (1988)
The Mechanisms of Perception (2007)
Other books in order
The Moral Judgment Of The Child (1962)
The Psychology of Intelligence (1964)
Biology and Knowledge (1966)
Le Structuralisme (1968)
Piagets Theory of Intellectual Development (1969)
Psychology and Epistemology: Towards a Theory of Knowledge (1972)
Piaget on Piaget (1977)
Seis Estudios De Psicología (2015)
About Jean Piaget
Jean William Fritz Piaget was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Jean Piaget FAQ
- How many books has Jean Piaget written?
- Jean Piaget published 1 novel, 45 non-fiction books and 8 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Jean Piaget's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with The Origins of Intelligence in Children.
- What is Jean Piaget's last book?
- Intelligence and Affectivity (1981).
- What is Jean Piaget's most famous book?
- The Origins of Intelligence in Children (1952) is Jean Piaget's most widely read book.
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.