Hendrik Groen Books in Order
Hendrik Groen has written 3 books, published between 2017 and 2019. The first book is The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old (2017) and the newest is Two Old Men and a Baby (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
Hendrik Groen is the pen name of Peter de Smet.
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 2017–2019
- Total pages
- 1,088 across 3 books
- Reading time
- 18–27 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,088 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Hendrik Groen is the pen name of the Dutch writer Peter de Smet. Three books are catalogued: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old (2017), On the Bright Side (2018) and Two Old Men and a Baby (2019). The diary and its sequel each won the Audience Award for the Dutch Book. Retirement communities, older people and social conditions in the Netherlands are the recorded subjects, and the register is humorous.
How many Hendrik Groen books are there?
Hendrik Groen has 3 books, released between 2017 and 2019.
Hendrik Groen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 3 Hendrik Groen 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.
- 120174001/4
- 220184001/4
- 320192881/4
Hendrik Groen 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.
Hendrik Groen in order
3 booksDo you have to read Hendrik Groen books in order?
You only need to read Hendrik Groen books in order within the Hendrik Groen series, which holds 3 of the 3 Hendrik Groen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Hendrik Groen
Start with The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Hendrik Groen book?
Two Old Men and a Baby (2019) is the newest Hendrik Groen book released so far.
Is there a new Hendrik Groen book coming?
No next Hendrik Groen 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 Hendrik Groen has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Hendrik Groen. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek2016Won
Hendrik Groen at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Hendrik Groen title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Hendrik Groen books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,088 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hendrik Groen books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2010s.
What the Hendrik Groen books are about
All 3 Hendrik Groen 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 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 2 of 3 books
- Germanic literature 1 of 3 books
- Netherlands 1 of 3 books
- Older men 1 of 3 books
- Older people 1 of 3 books
- Retirement communities 1 of 3 books
- Social conditions 1 of 3 books