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Jeremy Clarkson Books in Order

Jeremy Clarkson has written 27 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is Motorworld / Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld (1996) and the newest is The Farmer's Dog (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
27
Published
1996–2025
Pages on record
5,681 in 17 of 27 books
Reading time
95–142 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,681 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 27 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jeremy Clarkson, author

Jeremy Clarkson, born 11 April 1960, is an English television presenter, journalist, author and farmer. With Richard Hammond and James May, Clarkson presented the motoring shows Top Gear from 2002 to 2015 and The Grand Tour from 2016 to 2024, and Clarkson has hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? since 2018 and starred in Clarkson's Farm since 2021. The catalogue holds 27 books from Motorworld (1996) to The Farmer's Dog (2025), including Born to be Riled (1999), Clarkson on Cars (2004), The World According to Clarkson (2004) and And Another Thing (2006). Automobiles, driving and English wit and humour are the main subjects, and Diddly Squat is a listed series.

How many Jeremy Clarkson books are there?

Jeremy Clarkson has 27 books, released between 1996 and 2025. They include 2 series and 13 titles listed outside any series.

Jeremy Clarkson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 27 Jeremy Clarkson 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.

  1. Cover of Motorworld / Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld by Jeremy Clarkson (1996)
  2. Cover of Clarksons Hot 100 by Jeremy Clarkson (1998)
  3. Cover of Jeremy Clarkson’s Planet Dagenham: Drivestyles of The Rich and Famous by Jeremy Clarkson (1998)
  4. Cover of Born to be Riled by Jeremy Clarkson (1999)
  5. Cover of The World According to Clarkson by Jeremy Clarkson, book 1 of the World According to Clarkson series (2004)
  6. Cover of For Crying Out Loud! by Jeremy Clarkson, book 2 of the World According to Clarkson series (2004)
  7. Cover of Clarkson on Cars by Jeremy Clarkson (2004)
  8. Cover of I Know You Got Soul by Jeremy Clarkson (2004)
  9. Cover of And Another Thing by Jeremy Clarkson, book 3 of the World According to Clarkson series (2006)
  10. Cover of Dont Stop Me Now by Jeremy Clarkson (2007)
  11. Cover of Round the Bend by Jeremy Clarkson (2007)
  12. Cover of Driven to Distraction by Jeremy Clarkson (2009)
  13. Cover of How Hard Can It Be? by Jeremy Clarkson, book 4 of the World According to Clarkson series (2010)
  14. Cover of The Top Gear Years by Jeremy Clarkson (2012)
  15. Cover of What Could Possibly Go Wrong. . . by Jeremy Clarkson (2012)
  16. Cover of Is It Really Too Much To Ask? by Jeremy Clarkson, book 5 of the World According to Clarkson series (2013)
  17. Cover of The Grand Tour Guide to the World by Jeremy Clarkson (2017)
  18. Cover of Pigs Might Fly by Jeremy Clarkson, book 3 of the Diddly Squat series (2023)
  1. 1
    Motorworld / Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld1996 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996208
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  2. 2
    Clarksons Hot 1001998 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998143
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  3. 3
    Jeremy Clarkson’s Planet Dagenham: Drivestyles of The Rich and Famous1998 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998160
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  4. 4
    Born to be Riled1999 · 554 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999554
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  5. 5
    The World According to ClarksonWorld According to Clarkson #12004 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004352
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  6. 6
    For Crying Out Loud!World According to Clarkson #22004 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004328
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  7. 7
    Clarkson on Cars2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004368
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  8. 8
    I Know You Got Soul2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    And Another ThingWorld According to Clarkson #32006 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006336
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  10. 10
    Dont Stop Me Now2007 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007362
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  11. 11
    Round the Bend2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007416
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  12. 12
    Driven to Distraction2009 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009412
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    How Hard Can It Be?World According to Clarkson #42010 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010352
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  14. 14
    The Big Book of Top Gear 2011Top Gear #92010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  15. 15
    The Top Gear Years2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  16. 16
    What Could Possibly Go Wrong. . .2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Is It Really Too Much To Ask?World According to Clarkson #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  18. 18
    As I Was Saying . . .World According to Clarkson #62015 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015400
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  19. 19
    The Grand Tour Guide to the World2017 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017250
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    If You’d Just Let Me FinishWorld According to Clarkson #72018 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?World According to Clarkson #82020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  22. 22
    Really?2020 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020576
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  23. 23
    A Year on the FarmDiddly Squat #12021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  24. 24
    ‘Til The Cows Come HomeDiddly Squat #22022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  25. 25
    Pigs Might FlyDiddly Squat #32023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  26. 26
    Home to RoostDiddly Squat #42024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  27. 27
    The Farmer's DogDiddly Squat #52025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Jeremy Clarkson series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Jeremy Clarkson 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.

World According to Clarkson in order

8 books
  1. 1. The World According to Clarkson
  2. 2. For Crying Out Loud!
  3. 3. And Another Thing
  4. 4. How Hard Can It Be?
  5. 5. Is It Really Too Much To Ask?
  6. 6. As I Was Saying . . .
  7. 7. If You’d Just Let Me Finish
  8. 8. Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?

Top Gear in order

1 book
  1. 9. The Big Book of Top Gear 2011

Standalone books

13 books

13 Jeremy Clarkson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jeremy Clarkson books in order?

You only need to read Jeremy Clarkson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Jeremy Clarkson

Start with A Year on the Farm (2021), the first Diddly Squat book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Motorworld / Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld (1996).

What is the newest Jeremy Clarkson book?

The Farmer's Dog (2025) is the newest Jeremy Clarkson book released so far.

Is there a new Jeremy Clarkson book coming?

No next Jeremy Clarkson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jeremy Clarkson at a glance

Still publishing
Jeremy Clarkson published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jeremy Clarkson books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,681 pages across the 17 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jeremy Clarkson books, 8 of 27, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jeremy Clarkson books are about

22 of the 27 Jeremy Clarkson 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 12 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Humor 12 of 22 books
  • English wit and humor 9 of 22 books
  • Automobiles 7 of 22 books
  • Social life and customs 6 of 22 books
  • Anecdotes 5 of 22 books
  • Manners and customs 5 of 22 books
  • Automobile driving 4 of 22 books
  • Automotive journalism 4 of 22 books
  • Nonfiction 4 of 22 books
  • Transportation 4 of 22 books
  • Automobile drivers 2 of 22 books
  • Automobile travel 2 of 22 books