Bruno Vincent Books in Order

Bruno Vincent has written 22 books, published between 2007 and 2020. The first book is Do Ants Have Arseholes? (2007) and the newest is Five Go Absolutely Nowhere (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 22 books listed here are in the Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups series, which has its own page: Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups books in order.

Books
22
Published
2007–2020
Pages on record
1,223 in 10 of 22 books

Bruno Vincent writes humour and parody. The Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups series recasts the Famous Five in adult situations, with titles such as Five Go Gluten Free and Five Go Parenting (2016). Vincent's earliest books are the question-and-answer titles Do Ants Have Arseholes? (2007) and Do Bats Have Bollocks? (2008). Grisly Tales from Tumblewater (2010) began a second series, and horror tales for children appear among the subjects. The catalogue holds 22 books through Five Go Absolutely Nowhere (2020).

How many Bruno Vincent books are there?

Bruno Vincent has 22 books, released between 2007 and 2020. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Bruno Vincent Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Bruno Vincent 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.

  1. 1
    Do Ants Have Arseholes?2007 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007192
  2. 2
    Do Bats Have Bollocks?2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  3. 3
    Grisly Tales from TumblewaterGrisly Tales from Tumblewater #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  4. 4
    A Christmas Carol II2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011
  5. 5
    School for VillainsGrisly Tales from Tumblewater #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  6. 62012
  7. 7
    Five Go Gluten FreeEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #12016 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201696
  8. 82016
  9. 9
    Five Go ParentingEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #32016 · 103 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016103
  10. 10
    Five on Brexit IslandEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #42016 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016112
  11. 11
    Five Give Up the BoozeEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #52016 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201696
  12. 12
    Five Get Gran OnlineEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #62017 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017112
  13. 132017
  14. 142017
  15. 15
    Five Get Beach Body ReadyEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #92017 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017112
  16. 162017
  17. 172017
  18. 182017
  19. 192017
  20. 20
    Fairy Tales for Millennials2019 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019192
  21. 21
    So You Want to be a Ninja?2020 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    202096
  22. 22
    Five Go Absolutely NowhereEnid Blyton for Grown-Ups #142020 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020112

Bruno Vincent series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Bruno Vincent 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.

Grisly Tales from Tumblewater in order

2 books
  1. 1. Grisly Tales from Tumblewater
  2. 2. School for Villains

Standalone books

6 books

6 Bruno Vincent titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Bruno Vincent books in order?

You only need to read Bruno Vincent books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Bruno Vincent

Start with Five Go Gluten Free (2016), the first Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Do Ants Have Arseholes? (2007).

What is the newest Bruno Vincent book?

Five Go Absolutely Nowhere (2020) is the newest Bruno Vincent book released so far.

Is there a new Bruno Vincent book coming?

No next Bruno Vincent book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bruno Vincent at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Bruno Vincent title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Bruno Vincent books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,223 pages across the 10 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bruno Vincent books, 18 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

What the Bruno Vincent books are about

13 of the 22 Bruno Vincent books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 5 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Humor 5 of 13 books
  • Famous Five (Fictitious characters) 3 of 13 books
  • Humour 2 of 13 books
  • Questions and answers 2 of 13 books
  • Satire 2 of 13 books