David Walliams Books in Order
David Walliams has written 56 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Inside Little Britain (2006) and the newest is The World’s Worst Superheroes (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 56
- Published
- 2006–2025
- Confirmed
- 45 of 56 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,863 in 25 of 56 books
Born David Edward Williams on 20 August 1971, David Walliams is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. Walliams rose to fame with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch shows Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011), judged Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022, and wrote and starred in the sitcom Big School. Walliams's children's books have sold more than 50 million copies. The catalogue lists 56 titles from Inside Little Britain (2006) to The World’s Worst Superheroes (2025), including The Boy in the Dress (2008), Mr Stink (2009), Billionaire Boy (2010), Gangsta Granny (2011) and Awful Auntie (2014).
One of David Walliams's books profiles a group of exaggerated characters known for bad behavior, such as unruly children, terrible teachers, and pets, each given their own chapter with illustrations.
How many David Walliams books are there?
David Walliams has 56 books, released between 2006 and 2025. They include 3 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.
David Walliams Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 56 David Walliams books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120064003/4
- 22008–3/4
- 32009–3/4
- 420102404/4
- 520113044/4
- 620123683/4
- 72012–3/4
- 82013323/4
- 920134484/4
- 102014–3/4
- 1120144103/4
- 12First Hippo On The Moon2014 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42014321/4
- 132015324/4
- 142015323/4
- 152015–4/4
- 1620153523/4
- 17Grandpas Great Escape2015 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420154641/4
- 1820162723/4
- 192016–3/4
- 2020164783/4
- 21Worlds Worst Children2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 2220172883/4
- 2320174213/4
- 2420171304/4
- 25Worlds Worst Children 22017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 262018–4/4
- 272018403/4
- 282018323/4
- 292018–4/4
- 3020184963/4
- 3120193123/4
- 322019–4/4
- 332019–3/4
- 3420192723/4
- 352019–3/4
- 36The Worlds Worst Teachers2019 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420193121/4
- 3720203123/4
- 382020–3/4
- 392020–3/4
- 40The World's Worst Parents2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 412021–3/4
- 422021–3/4
- 4320213843/4
- 44Little Monsters Rule2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 452022–3/4
- 462022–3/4
- 472022–4/4
- 48Marmalade2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 49The World's Worst Pets2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 502023–3/4
- 512023–3/4
- 52The World's Worst Monsters2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 532024–4/4
- 542024–3/4
- 552025–3/4
- 56The World’s Worst Superheroes2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
David Walliams 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.
David Walliams Standalone Novels
21 books21 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
David Walliams Picture in order
14 books- 1. The Slightly Annoying Elephant
- 2. The First Hippo on the Moon
- 3. The Queen's Orang-Utan
- 4. The Bear Who Went Boo!
- 5. There's a Snake in My School
- 6. Boogie Bear
- 7. Geronimo
- 8. Vain Valentine
- 9. The Creature Choir
- 10. Little Monsters
- 11. Marmalade: The Orange Panda
- 12. Spaceboy
- and 2 more in the table above
David Walliams Short Story
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
David Walliams Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Gangsta Granny in order
2 booksDavid Walliams Graphic Novels in order
1 book- 1. Astrochimp
Standalone books
11 books11 David Walliams titles here are not listed as part of any series.
David Walliams Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the David Walliams books run from Inside Little Britain (2006) to The World’s Worst Superheroes (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for David Walliams in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read David Walliams books in order?
You only need to read David Walliams books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with David Walliams
Start with Inside Little Britain (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Walliams book?
The World’s Worst Superheroes (2025) is the newest David Walliams book released so far.
Is there a new David Walliams book coming?
No next David Walliams 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 Walliams at a glance
- Still publishing
- David Walliams published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- David Walliams books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,863 pages across the 25 of 56 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Walliams books, 33 of 56, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 11 of the 56 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 45 in at least three.
What the David Walliams books are about
36 of the 56 David Walliams books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 23 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 23 of 36 books
- Humor 19 of 36 books
- Adventure stories 6 of 36 books
- Picture books 6 of 36 books
- Friendship 4 of 36 books
- Monsters 4 of 36 books
- Children 3 of 36 books
- Grandparents 3 of 36 books
- Secrets 3 of 36 books
- Animals 2 of 36 books