Kit de Waal Books in Order
Kit de Waal has written 9 books, published between 2016 and 2026. The first book is My Name is Leon (2016) and the newest is Sweet Pea (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2016–2026
- Pages on record
- 262 in 1 of 9 books
Kit de Waal is the professional name of Mandy Theresa O'Loughlin, a British-Irish writer born in 1960. My Name is Leon (2016), published by Penguin Books, was the debut novel and opens a catalogue of 9 books that runs to Sweet Pea (2026). Subjects record ex-foster children, brothers, racially mixed families and family life. Supporting Cast (2020) is a collection of short stories. De Waal put part of the Penguin advance into the Kit de Waal Creative Writing Scholarship, set up to improve working-class representation in the arts, and holds a visiting professorship in creative writing at the University of Leicester.
How many Kit de Waal books are there?
Kit de Waal has 9 books, released between 2016 and 2026.
Kit de Waal Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Kit de Waal 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.
- 1My Name is Leon2016 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420162621/4
- 2Six Foot Six2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 3The Trick to Time2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 42018–1/4
- 5Becoming Dinah2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 6Supporting Cast2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 7Without Warning and Only Sometimes2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 8The Best of Everything2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
- 9Sweet Pea2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Kit de Waal 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.
Comma Singles in order
1 book- 44. Exterior Paint
Standalone books
8 books8 Kit de Waal titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kit de Waal books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Kit de Waal books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Kit de Waal
Start with My Name is Leon (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kit de Waal book?
Sweet Pea (2026) is the newest Kit de Waal book released so far.
Is there a new Kit de Waal book coming?
No next Kit de Waal book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kit de Waal at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kit de Waal published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Kit de Waal books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 262 pages across the 1 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kit de Waal books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kit de Waal books are about
1 of the 9 Kit de Waal books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Brothers 1 of 1 books
- Ex-foster children 1 of 1 books
- Family life 1 of 1 books
- Racially mixed families 1 of 1 books