Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Essential Supervisor’s Handbook | 2007 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 2 | The Essential Performance Review Handbook | 2008 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 3 | The Essential Phone Interview Handbook | 2009 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 4 | The Essential Credit Repair Handbook | 2011 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 5 | The Essential Job Interview Handbook | 2013 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 6 | The Essential Digital Interview Handbook | 2013 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 7 | The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook | 2015 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 8 | The Essential Executor’s Handbook | 2016 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 9 | The Essential Social Media Marketing Handbook | 2017 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
| 10 | The Essential HR Handbook | 2019 | Gail Z. Martin | Buy |
The Essential Handbook series is a collection of ten non-fiction guides published between 2007 and 2019. Each book addresses a specific professional development topic, starting with The Essential Supervisor’s Handbook (2007) and spanning subjects like performance reviews, phone interviews, credit repair, workplace conflict resolution, and social media marketing. The books are practical reference works, designed to be picked up when a reader faces a specific workplace challenge.
This series sits apart from Gail Z. Martin’s fantasy fiction career. The Essential Handbooks are business-focused guides, several of which were co-authored, that cover the nuts and bolts of professional life. They began appearing the same year Martin published her debut novel, The Summoner, and continued in parallel with her fiction output for over a decade.