Ian K Smith Books in Order
Browse Ian K. Smith's books in order, with summaries of his crime novels, diet programmes, cookbooks, and self-help guides to help you choose where to start.
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Ian K Smith books in publication order
24 books
Dr. Ian Smith's Guide to Medical Websites
by Ian K Smith
2001
This directory collects Ian Smith's selections of general medical websites and resources devoted to individual specialties. Short descriptions and ratings assess each site's content sources, navigation, interactivity, and update frequency, offering a snapshot of online health information at publication.
The Take-Control Diet
by Ian K Smith
2001
Smith explains energy balance, metabolism, and common dieting misconceptions while outlining a personalised approach to eating and exercise. The book encourages readers to build a plan around their preferences and routines, combining food choices with aerobic and anaerobic activity.
The Blackbird Papers
by Ian K Smith
2004
FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe doubts the apparent hate-crime explanation for his scientist brother's murder. Investigating the Dartmouth professor's laboratory leads him toward an unfinished paper on unexplained blackbird deaths and the possibility that the killing conceals another crime.
The Fat Smash Diet
by Ian K Smith
2006
This ninety-day eating and exercise programme is organised into four phases, beginning with a restrictive introductory stage and gradually reintroducing foods. More than fifty recipes accompany Smith's approach to changing everyday food habits without relying on calorie counting.
Extreme Fat Smash Diet
by Ian K Smith
2007
Smith presents three structured dieting cycles matched to different goals and personal profiles. Recipes, scheduled meals and snacks, exercise suggestions, and maintenance strategies accompany a more intensive version of the approach introduced in The Fat Smash Diet.
The 4 Day Diet
by Ian K Smith
2008
Seven four-day modules provide a flexible framework for changing eating habits, with later stages arranged to suit individual routines. Smith combines meal guidance and recipes with motivation, realistic goal-setting, temptation management, tracking habits, and recognising progress.
4 Day Detox
by Ian K Smith
2010
This short guide presents the introductory four-day module from Smith's larger diet programme. Specific food instructions accompany its focus on breaking established eating patterns and preparing mentally for further changes, providing an entry point to the seven-module plan.
Happy
by Ian K Smith
2010
Smith examines habits and attitudes associated with lasting contentment, moving beyond happiness based solely on achievement or acquisition. His programme explores optimism, realistic expectations, family and community connections, simple pleasures, and ways to remain engaged with the present.
EAT
by Ian K Smith
2011
Ten principles organise Smith's flexible approach to everyday eating, including food variety, portions, beverages, and retaining different nutrient groups. The book considers situations such as travel, restaurant meals, late work, and holidays, aiming to make routines easier to maintain.
Shred
by Ian K Smith
2012
Smith lays out a six-week programme combining scheduled meals and snacks, meal replacements, and planned exercise. Variations across the programme are intended to address dieting plateaus, with thirty meal-replacement recipes and options for adapting the plan to different routines.
The Truth About Men
by Ian K Smith
2012
Smith offers his perspective on men's expectations and behaviour in romantic relationships, addressing attraction, commitment, labels, and communication. The guide examines recurring misunderstandings and presents advice intended to help readers interpret a partner's actions and discuss their needs.
Super Shred
by Ian K Smith
2013
This condensed version of the Shred approach uses four week-long stages to organise meals, snacks, replacements, and changing routines. More than fifty smoothie and soup recipes support the programme, which is designed for use at home, work, or while travelling.
The Shred Diet Cookbook
by Ian K Smith
2014
More than two hundred recipes and snack suggestions accompany the meal-spacing and replacement principles of Smith's Shred programmes. Smoothies, soups, stews, protein-focused dinners, side dishes, breakfast foods, potatoes, and pasta provide options for building meals within that framework.
Blast the Sugar Out!
by Ian K Smith
2017
A five-week programme structures meals, snacks, exercise, and substitutions intended to reduce sugar consumption. Smith supplies more than fifty sugar swaps and over forty-five recipes, presenting a daily framework centred on food choices and carbohydrate awareness.
The Ancient Nine
by Ian K Smith
2018
Harvard student Spencer Collins's possible admission to an exclusive final club draws him and friend Dalton Winthrop into a century-old mystery. Investigating a vanished student and a hidden group of powerful alumni puts their own safety at risk.
The Clean 20
by Ian K Smith
2018
Smith builds a twenty-day eating programme around twenty readily available foods rather than removing entire food groups. Daily meal plans, sixty recipes and substitutions, and short workouts accompany his emphasis on reducing heavily processed foods and making deliberate choices.
Clean and Lean
by Ian K Smith
2019
A thirty-day programme combines an emphasis on less processed food with intermittent fasting and exercise options for different fitness levels. Smith uses thirty core foods as the basis for varied meals and snacks, supplying daily guidance with room for choices.
Mind over Weight
by Ian K Smith
2020
This guide focuses on the psychological work involved in changing food habits and pursuing weight goals. Smith addresses motivation, cravings, confidence, realistic planning, and environmental influences, with practical steps intended to help readers choose and maintain an approach that suits them.
The Unspoken
by Ian K Smith
2020
Former Chicago detective Ashe Cayne becomes a private investigator after refusing to join a police cover-up. Hired to locate a wealthy woman's missing adult daughter, he discovers concealed family secrets and dangerous connections among the city's influential people.
Fast Burn!
by Ian K Smith
2021
Smith presents a nine-week eating and exercise programme combining intermittent fasting with structured meals and occasional plant-focused weeks. Recipes, daily guidance, and gym or home workouts provide a practical framework for pursuing weight loss through an energy deficit.
Wolf Point
by Ian K Smith
2021
A prominent Chicago official's death is ruled a suicide, but his children hire Ashe Cayne because they believe he was murdered. The reluctant investigator follows the case into political corruption, racial tensions, and concealed dealings across the city.
Plant Power
by Ian K Smith
2022
Smith presents a four-week programme for increasing plant foods while retaining some meat, fish, dairy, and fats. Explanations of nutrition, a point system, meal plans, recipes, and snack ideas support a gradual shift toward a predominantly plant-based plate.
The Overnights
by Ian K Smith
2023
Private investigator Ashe Cayne agrees to protect Chicago news anchor Morgan Shaw after threats escalate. Her investigation of a police shooting draws him into competitive television news, powerful enemies, and the search for a young man’s killer.
Eat Your Age
by Ian K Smith
2025
Smith organizes diet, movement, sleep, and health monitoring advice by decade, from the thirties onward. Age-specific food suggestions and fitness assessments offer readers a framework for adjusting daily habits as their bodies and health risks change.
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