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D.B.C. Pierre Books in Order

D.B.C. Pierre has written 9 books, published between 2003 and 2022. The first book is Vernon God Little (2003) and the newest is Big Snake Little Snake (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

D.B.C. Pierre is the pen name of Peter Warren Finlay.

Books
9
Published
2003–2022
Pages on record
1,674 in 6 of 9 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,674 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

See all 9 books in order Printable D.B.C. Pierre checklist

D.B.C. Pierre is the working name of Peter Warren Finlay, born 1961 in South Australia and raised largely in Mexico, later resident in Ireland and in Cambridgeshire. A first novel, Vernon God Little (2003), took the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award in the same year, making Pierre the first writer to hold both for one book. Nine books are catalogued, reaching Big Snake Little Snake (2022) and taking in Ludmila's Broken English (2006), Lights Out in Wonderland (2010) and Meanwhile in Dopamine City (2020). Subjects record hedonism, quests, philosophy, aphorisms and horror tales.

How many D.B.C. Pierre books are there?

D.B.C. Pierre has 9 books, released between 2003 and 2022.

D.B.C. Pierre Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 D.B.C. Pierre 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. Cover of Petit Mal by D.B.C. Pierre (2013)
  2. Cover of Breakfast with the Borgias by D.B.C. Pierre (2014)
  3. Cover of Release the Bats by D.B.C. Pierre (2017)
  4. Cover of Meanwhile in Dopamine City by D.B.C. Pierre (2020)
  5. Cover of Big Snake Little Snake by D.B.C. Pierre (2022)
  1. 1
    Vernon God Little2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  2. 2
    Ludmila's Broken English2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  3. 3
    Suddenly Doctor Cox2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    Lights Out in Wonderland2010 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010314
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Petit Mal2013 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013208
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  6. 6
    Breakfast with the Borgias2014 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014256
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  7. 7
    Release the Bats2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017304
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  8. 8
    Meanwhile in Dopamine City2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Big Snake Little Snake2022 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022192
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D.B.C. Pierre 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

9 books

9 D.B.C. Pierre titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read D.B.C. Pierre books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 9 D.B.C. Pierre books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with D.B.C. Pierre

Start with Vernon God Little (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest D.B.C. Pierre book?

Big Snake Little Snake (2022) is the newest D.B.C. Pierre book released so far.

Is there a new D.B.C. Pierre book coming?

No next D.B.C. Pierre book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards D.B.C. Pierre has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for D.B.C. Pierre. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

D.B.C. Pierre at a glance

Paused
No new D.B.C. Pierre title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
D.B.C. Pierre books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,674 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most D.B.C. Pierre books, 4 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the D.B.C. Pierre books are about

5 of the 9 D.B.C. Pierre books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Aphorisms and apothegms 1 of 5 books
  • Australian Short stories 1 of 5 books
  • Authors, australian 1 of 5 books
  • Authorship 1 of 5 books
  • Englisch 1 of 5 books
  • English literature 1 of 5 books
  • Family secrets 1 of 5 books
  • Guesthouses 1 of 5 books
  • Hedonism 1 of 5 books
  • Horror 1 of 5 books
  • Men 1 of 5 books
  • Philosophy 1 of 5 books