Dawn French Books in Order
Dawn French has written 12 books, published between 1990 and 2026. The first book is Big Knits: Bold, Beautiful, Designer Knitwear (1990) and the newest is Enough (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1990–2026
- Pages on record
- 1,723 in 7 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 29–43 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,723 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Dawn French is a British actress, comedian and writer, known for writing and starring in the BBC sketch series French and Saunders with Jennifer Saunders, and for The Vicar of Dibley and Murder Most Horrid. Seven British Academy Television Award nominations and a 2009 BAFTA Fellowship, shared with Saunders, stand against the name. The 12 catalogued books start unexpectedly, with two knitting pattern collections in 1990, then move to Dear Fatty (2008) and novels including A Tiny Bit Marvellous (2010), Oh Dear Silvia (2012) and Because of You (2020). Enough (2026) is the newest.
How many Dawn French books are there?
Dawn French has 12 books, released between 1990 and 2026.
Dawn French Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Dawn French 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.
- 1Big Knits: Bold, Beautiful, Designer Knitwear1990 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/419901271/4
- 2Great Big Knits: Over Twenty Designer Patterns1990 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/419901121/4
- 3A Feast of French and Saunders1991 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/419911241/4
- 4Dear Fatty2008 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420083841/4
- 5A Tiny Bit Marvellous2010 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420103201/4
- 6Oh Dear Silvia2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 7According to Yes2015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420153521/4
- 8Me. You. A Diary2017 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420173041/4
- 9Me. You. Not a Diary2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 10Because of You2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 11The Twat Files2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 12Enough2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Dawn French 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
12 books12 Dawn French titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Dawn French books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Dawn French books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Dawn French
Start with Big Knits: Bold, Beautiful, Designer Knitwear (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dawn French book?
Enough (2026) is the newest Dawn French book released so far.
Is there a new Dawn French book coming?
No next Dawn French book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dawn French at a glance
- Still publishing
- Dawn French published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Dawn French books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,723 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dawn French books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Dawn French books are about
9 of the 12 Dawn French books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.