Jenny Eclair Books in Order
Jenny Eclair has written 12 books, published between 1994 and 2022. The first book is The Book Of Bad Behaviour (1994) and the newest is The Writing on the Wall (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1994–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,430 in 8 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 41–61 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,430 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Jenny Eclair, born Jenny Clare Hargreaves on 16 March 1960 in Malaysia, is an English comedian, novelist and actress. Eclair appeared in Grumpy Old Women from 2004 to 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012. The catalogue holds 12 books from The Book Of Bad Behaviour (1994) to The Writing on the Wall (2022), including Camberwell Beauty (2000), Having a Lovely Time (2005), Life, Death and Vanilla Slices (2012) and Moving (2015). Recorded subjects include humour, middle-aged women, adultery and ocean travel.
How many Jenny Eclair books are there?
Jenny Eclair has 12 books, released between 1994 and 2022.
Jenny Eclair Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Jenny Eclair 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.
- 1The Book Of Bad Behaviour1994 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419941281/4
- 2Camberwell Beauty2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 3Having a Lovely Time2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420053201/4
- 4Wendy: The Bumper Book of Fun for Women of a Certain Age2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 5Grumpy Old Couples2010 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/420102851/4
- 6Chin Up, Britain2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 7Life, Death and Vanilla Slices2012 · 343 pages · confirmed 1/420123431/4
- 8Moving2015 · 388 pages · confirmed 1/420153881/4
- 9Listening In: Stories2017 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420172621/4
- 10Inheritance2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420194001/4
- 11Older and Wider2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420203041/4
- 12The Writing on the Wall2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Jenny Eclair 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 Jenny Eclair titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jenny Eclair books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Jenny Eclair books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Jenny Eclair
Start with The Book Of Bad Behaviour (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jenny Eclair book?
The Writing on the Wall (2022) is the newest Jenny Eclair book released so far.
Is there a new Jenny Eclair book coming?
No next Jenny Eclair book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jenny Eclair at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jenny Eclair title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Jenny Eclair books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,430 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jenny Eclair books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jenny Eclair books are about
9 of the 12 Jenny Eclair 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 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Humor 5 of 9 books