David Thorne Books in Order
David Thorne has written 16 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails. (2012) and the newest is Just Because It Happened To You Doesn't Make It Interesting (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2012–2024
- Pages on record
- 810 in 3 of 16 books
David Thorne, born in 1972, is an Australian humourist and satirist who built his audience online. Thorne came to notice in 2008 for an email exchange in which he offers a drawing of a seven-legged spider in payment of an overdue bill; the exchange spread by email and social networks to his site 27b/6, and those emails and essays became The Internet is a Playground. 16 catalogued books run from I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs (2012) to Just Because It Happened To You Doesn't Make It Interesting (2024). Thorne's work has featured on the BBC, on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on the Late Show with David Letterman.
How many David Thorne books are there?
David Thorne has 16 books, released between 2012 and 2024.
David Thorne Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 David Thorne 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.
- 1I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails.2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 2The Internet is a Playground2014 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/420143662/4
- 3Look Evelyn Duck Dynasty Wiper Blades. We Should Get Them2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 4That's Not How You Wash a Squirrel2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 5Wrap It In A Bit of Cheese Like You're Tricking The Dog2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 6The Collected Works of 27B/62016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 7Walk It Off, Princess2017 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/420172442/4
- 8The Ducks in the Bathroom Are Not Mine2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 9Crows, Papua New Guinea, and Boats2018 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/420182002/4
- 10I Wont Be Coming Into Work Today Because You're All Dickheads2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 11Burning Bridges to Light the Way2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 12Deadlines Don't Care If Janet Doesn't Like Her Photo2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 13Everyone's Friendly and Nobody Gets Upset2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 14How to Talk to Girls and Lizards2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 15Yesterday's Words at Tomorrow's Prices2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 16Just Because It Happened To You Doesn't Make It Interesting2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
David Thorne 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
16 books16 David Thorne titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Thorne books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 David Thorne books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with David Thorne
Start with I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails. (2012), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Thorne book?
Just Because It Happened To You Doesn't Make It Interesting (2024) is the newest David Thorne book released so far.
Is there a new David Thorne book coming?
No next David Thorne book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Thorne at a glance
- Still publishing
- David Thorne published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- David Thorne books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 810 pages across the 3 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Thorne books, 11 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the David Thorne books are about
3 of the 16 David Thorne books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: australian wit and humor is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Australian wit and humor 2 of 3 books
- Electronic mail messages 2 of 3 books
- Humor 2 of 3 books
- Internet 2 of 3 books
- Practical jokes 2 of 3 books
- Email 1 of 3 books