Billy Connolly Books in Order
Billy Connolly has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia (1996) and the newest is The Accidental Artist (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,280 in 5 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 21–32 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,280 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Sir William Connolly, the Scottish comedian known by the Scots nickname the Big Yin, was born on 24 November 1942. Connolly has also worked as an actor, musician, television presenter and artist, and has retired from stand-up. Many UK polls have ranked Connolly first among stand-up comedians of all time. A knighthood for services to entertainment and charity came in 2017, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave Connolly its Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2022. The 10 catalogued books run from Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia (1996) to The Accidental Artist (2025), and include Billy Connolly's Route 66 (2011), Tall Tales and Wee Stories (2019), Windswept & Interesting (2022) and Rambling Man: My Life on the Road (2023). Subject headings include travel, comedians and Scottish wit and humor.
How many Billy Connolly books are there?
Billy Connolly has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2025.
Billy Connolly Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Billy Connolly books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia1996 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/419961761/4
- 2Gullible's Travels1996 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/419961771/4
- 3Journey to the Edge of the World2009 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420093201/4
- 4Billy Connolly's Route 662011 · 303 pages · confirmed 1/420113031/4
- 5Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 6Made in Scotland2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 7Tall Tales and Wee Stories2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 8Windswept & Interesting2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 9Rambling Man: My Life on the Road2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 10The Accidental Artist2025 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420253041/4
Billy Connolly books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
10 books10 Billy Connolly titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Billy Connolly books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Billy Connolly books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Billy Connolly
Start with Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Billy Connolly book?
The Accidental Artist (2025) is the newest Billy Connolly book released so far.
Is there a new Billy Connolly book coming?
No next Billy Connolly book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Billy Connolly at a glance
- Still publishing
- Billy Connolly published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Billy Connolly books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,280 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 303 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Billy Connolly books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Billy Connolly books are about
6 of the 10 Billy Connolly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Travel 3 of 6 books