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Danny Wallace Books in Order

Danny Wallace has written 22 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Are You Dave Gorman? (2001) and the newest is Somebody Told Me... (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2001–2025
Pages on record
3,164 in 10 of 22 books
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Photo of Danny Wallace, author of the Hamish and The PDF series

Danny Wallace, born 16 November 1976, is a British comedian, writer and radio and television presenter. Join Me! (2003) and Yes Man (2005) are among Wallace's best known books. Wallace narrated the game Thomas Was Alone, voices Shaun Hastings in the Assassin's Creed series, and fronted the TV series How to Start Your Own Country. The catalogue lists 22 books from Are You Dave Gorman? (2001) to Somebody Told Me... (2025), including the Hamish and The PDF children's series.

How many Danny Wallace books are there?

Danny Wallace has 22 books, released between 2001 and 2025. 6 of them belong to the Hamish and The PDF series.

Danny Wallace Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Danny Wallace 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 Are You Dave Gorman? by Danny Wallace (2001)
  2. Cover of Join Me! by Danny Wallace (2003)
  3. Cover of Random Acts of Kindness by Danny Wallace (2004)
  4. Cover of Yes Man by Danny Wallace (2005)
  5. Cover of Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe by Danny Wallace (2006)
  6. Cover of Friends Like These by Danny Wallace (2007)
  7. Cover of Awkward Situations for Men / How to Be a Modern Man by Danny Wallace (2010)
  8. Cover of Charlotte Street by Danny Wallace (2011)
  9. Cover of More Awkward Situations for Men / What Not to Do (And How to Do It) by Danny Wallace (2011)
  10. Cover of Hamish and the Worldstoppers by Danny Wallace, book 1 of the Hamish and The PDF series (2015)
  11. Cover of Hamish and the Neverpeople by Danny Wallace, book 2 of the Hamish and The PDF series (2016)
  12. Cover of I Can’t Believe You Just Said That / F*** You Very Much by Danny Wallace (2016)
  13. Cover of Hamish and the Gravity Burp by Danny Wallace, book 3 of the Hamish and The PDF series (2017)
  1. 1
    Are You Dave Gorman?2001 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001384
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  2. 2
    Join Me!2003 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003337
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  3. 3
    Random Acts of Kindness2004 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004192
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  4. 4
    Yes Man2005 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005384
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  5. 5
    Danny Wallace and the Centre of the Universe2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006128
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Friends Like These2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Awkward Situations for Men / How to Be a Modern Man2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Charlotte Street2011 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011408
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    More Awkward Situations for Men / What Not to Do (And How to Do It)2011 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011280
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  10. 10
    Who is Tom Ditto?2014 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014368
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  11. 11
    Hamish and the WorldstoppersHamish and The PDF #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Hamish and the NeverpeopleHamish and The PDF #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    I Can’t Believe You Just Said That / F*** You Very Much2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Hamish and the Gravity BurpHamish and The PDF #32017 · 267 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017267
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Hamish and the Baby BOOM!Hamish and The PDF #42018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  16. 17
    Hamish and the Monster PatrolHamish and The PDF #62019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  17. 18
    The Day the Screens Went Blank2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  18. 19
    The Luckiest Kid in the World2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  19. 20
    The Boss of Everyone2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  20. 21
    Operation: Evil Genius2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  21. 22
    Somebody Told Me...2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Danny Wallace 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.

Hamish and The PDF in order

6 books
  1. 1. Hamish and the Worldstoppers
  2. 2. Hamish and the Neverpeople
  3. 3. Hamish and the Gravity Burp
  4. 4. Hamish and the Baby BOOM!
  5. 5. Hamish and the Terrible Terrible Christmas and Other Stories
  6. 6. Hamish and the Monster Patrol

Standalone books

16 books

16 Danny Wallace titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Danny Wallace books in order?

You only need to read Danny Wallace books in order within the Hamish and The PDF series, which holds 6 of the 22 Danny Wallace books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Danny Wallace

Start with Are You Dave Gorman? (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Danny Wallace book?

Somebody Told Me... (2025) is the newest Danny Wallace book released so far.

Is there a new Danny Wallace book coming?

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

Danny Wallace at a glance

Still publishing
Danny Wallace published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Danny Wallace books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,164 pages across the 10 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Danny Wallace books, 11 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

What the Danny Wallace books are about

13 of the 22 Danny Wallace 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 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.