Morris Gleitzman Books in Order
Morris Gleitzman has written 52 books, published between 1985 and 2021. The first book is The Other Facts of Life (Short Story) (1985) and the newest is Always (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 52
- Published
- 1985–2021
- Pages on record
- 6,565 in 42 of 52 books
- Reading time
- 109–164 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,565 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 42 of 52 titles with a page count on record.
Morris Gleitzman is an Australian children's and young adult novelist. Two Weeks with the Queen (1990) drew attention to AIDS in children's fiction. Gleitzman co-wrote several series with Paul Jennings, among them Wicked!, which became an animated series in 2000, and he has collected three volumes of his newspaper columns for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald as books for adults. Earlier still, Gleitzman wrote for the Norman Gunston Show. The subject tags name the Second World War, Jews, stepfamilies and humorous stories, and the catalogue holds 52 titles ending with Always (2021).
How many Morris Gleitzman books are there?
Morris Gleitzman has 52 books, released between 1985 and 2021. They include 6 separate series.
Morris Gleitzman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 52 Morris Gleitzman 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 Other Facts of Life (Short Story)Morris Gleitzman Standalone Novels #11985 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/419851442/4
- 219901122/4
- 319911502/4
- 4Two Weeks with the Queen (Short Story)Morris Gleitzman Standalone Novels #31991 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419911282/4
- 519922702/4
- 61993–2/4
- 719951282/4
- 819951402/4
- 919951822/4
- 1019961922/4
- 111997802/4
- 121997962/4
- 131997672/4
- 141997632/4
- 151997632/4
- 161997962/4
- 1719971392/4
- 1819981922/4
- 1919983682/4
- 2019991922/4
- 212000692/4
- 2220002882/4
- 2320001642/4
- 242000622/4
- 252000772/4
- 262000792/4
- 272000932/4
- 282000–2/4
- 2920011922/4
- 3020011922/4
- 3120021442/4
- 3220031922/4
- 3320041922/4
- 3420041852/4
- 3520041602/4
- 3620051492/4
- 3720051922/4
- 38Aristotle's Nostril (Short Story)Morris Gleitzman Standalone Novels #132005 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/420051442/4
- 392006–2/4
- 4020072082/4
- 412008–2/4
- 422009–2/4
- 4320101662/4
- 4420112242/4
- 452011–2/4
- 462011–2/4
- 472013–2/4
- 4820141592/4
- 4920151922/4
- 502017–2/4
- 5120172402/4
- 522021–2/4
Morris Gleitzman 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.
Morris Gleitzman Standalone Novels
20 books20 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Wicked! Series in order
7 booksOnce in order
7 booksDeadly! Series in order
6 booksToad in order
5 booksMisery Guts in order
3 books- 1. Misery Guts
- 2. Worry Warts
- 3. Puppy Fat
Blabber Mouth in order
3 booksMorris Gleitzman Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Morris Gleitzman books in order?
You only need to read Morris Gleitzman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Morris Gleitzman
Start with The Other Facts of Life (Short Story) (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Morris Gleitzman book?
Always (2021) is the newest Morris Gleitzman book released so far.
Is there a new Morris Gleitzman book coming?
No next Morris Gleitzman 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 Morris Gleitzman has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Morris Gleitzman. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Premio Bernard Versele2016Won
Morris Gleitzman at a glance
- Paused
- No new Morris Gleitzman title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Morris Gleitzman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,565 pages across the 42 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 154 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Morris Gleitzman books, 22 of 52, were published in the 2000s.
What the Morris Gleitzman books are about
47 of the 52 Morris Gleitzman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 28 of 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 28 of 47 books
- Humor 8 of 47 books
- Stepfamilies 5 of 47 books
- World War, 1939-1945 5 of 47 books
- Adventure stories 4 of 47 books
- Australia 4 of 47 books
- Friendship 4 of 47 books
- Human-animal relationships 4 of 47 books
- Jews 4 of 47 books