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Mike Gayle Books in Order

Mike Gayle has written 22 books, published between 1998 and 2025. The first book is My Legendary Girlfriend (1998) and the newest is Hope Street (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1998–2025
Pages on record
4,925 in 15 of 22 books
Reading time
82–123 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,925 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Mike Gayle, author

Mike Gayle writes humorous fiction about relationships. Twenty-two books are catalogued from My Legendary Girlfriend (1998) to Hope Street (2025), including Mr. Commitment (1999), Turning Thirty (2001), Dinner for Two (2002), Brand New Friend (2005), Wish You Were Here (2007) and The To-Do List (2008). Man-woman relationships, marriage, friendship, fatherhood, self-realization and journalists are the recurring subjects. The median book runs 336 pages, and Gayle is still publishing.

How many Mike Gayle books are there?

Mike Gayle has 22 books, released between 1998 and 2025.

Mike Gayle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Mike Gayle 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 My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle (1998)
  2. Cover of Mr. Commitment by Mike Gayle (1999)
  3. Cover of Turning Thirty by Mike Gayle (2001)
  4. Cover of Dinner for Two by Mike Gayle (2002)
  5. Cover of His 'N' Hers by Mike Gayle (2004)
  6. Cover of Brand New Friend by Mike Gayle (2005)
  7. Cover of Wish You Were Here by Mike Gayle (2007)
  8. Cover of The Life and Soul of the Party by Mike Gayle (2008)
  9. Cover of The To-Do List by Mike Gayle (2008)
  10. Cover of Men at Work by Mike Gayle (2011)
  11. Cover of Turning Forty by Mike Gayle (2013)
  12. Cover of Seeing Other People by Mike Gayle (2014)
  13. Cover of The Man I Think I Know by Mike Gayle (2018)
  14. Cover of All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (2020)
  15. Cover of The Museum of Ordinary People by Mike Gayle (2022)
  1. 1
    My Legendary Girlfriend1998 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998277
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Mr. Commitment1999 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Turning Thirty2001 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001357
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Dinner for Two2002 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002338
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    His 'N' Hers2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Brand New Friend2005 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Wish You Were Here2007 · 377 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007377
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Life and Soul of the Party2008 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008327
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The To-Do List2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Importance of Being a Bachelor2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Men at Work2011 · 87 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201187
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Stag and Hen Weekend2012 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Turning Forty2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Seeing Other People2014 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014362
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Hope Family Calendar2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    The Man I Think I Know2018 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Half a World Away2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    All the Lonely People2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    The Museum of Ordinary People2022 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    A Song of Me and You2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    The One That Got Away2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    Hope Street2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Mike Gayle 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.

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22 books

22 Mike Gayle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mike Gayle books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 22 Mike Gayle books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Mike Gayle

Start with My Legendary Girlfriend (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mike Gayle book?

Hope Street (2025) is the newest Mike Gayle book released so far.

Is there a new Mike Gayle book coming?

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

Mike Gayle at a glance

Still publishing
Mike Gayle published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mike Gayle books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,925 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mike Gayle books, 8 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mike Gayle books are about

15 of the 22 Mike Gayle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: friendship is tagged on 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.