Nick Hornby Books in Order
Nick Hornby has written 24 books, published between 1992 and 2022. The first book is Fever Pitch (1992) and the newest is Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius (2022). One more title is announced: Cash Out (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24 + 1 announced
- Published
- 1992–2022
- Pages on record
- 5,364 in 20 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 89–134 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,364 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Hornby is an English writer of novels, memoir and criticism. Fever Pitch (1992) is the memoir that opens the catalogue; High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998) are the novels that followed, and all three were adapted as feature films. Music, sport and obsessive protagonists recur. Stuff I've Been Reading is his one named series, and books about reading run through the list, The Polysyllabic Spree (2004) among them. Hornby has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, for An Education (2009) and Brooklyn (2015). His 25 catalogued books reach Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius (2022), with Cash Out scheduled for 2027.
How many Nick Hornby books are there?
Nick Hornby has 24 published books, released between 1992 and 2022. 7 of them belong to the Stuff I've Been Reading series. One more, Cash Out (2027), is announced.
Nick Hornby Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Nick Hornby 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.
- 1Fever Pitch1992 · 239 pages · confirmed 1/419922391/4
- 2High Fidelity1995 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/419953231/4
- 3Fever Pitch: The Screenplay1997 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/419972471/4
- 4About a Boy1998 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/419983071/4
- 5How to Be Good2001 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/420013051/4
- 6Songbook2003 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/420032061/4
- 720042301/4
- 820052781/4
- 9A Long Way Down2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 1020061531/4
- 11Slam2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420073201/4
- 1220081311/4
- 13An Education2009 · 193 pages · confirmed 1/420091931/4
- 14Juliet, Naked2009 · 406 pages · confirmed 1/420094061/4
- 15Pray: Notes on a Football Season2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 1620121351/4
- 17Fan Mail2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 18Books, Movies, Rhythm, Blues2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 19Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great BooksStuff I've Been Reading #62013 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420134641/4
- 2020132551/4
- 21Funny Girl2014 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/420144521/4
- 22State of the Union2019 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/420191441/4
- 23Just Like You2020 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420203681/4
- 24Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius2022 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/420222081/4
- 25Cash Out2027 · confirmed 1/42027–1/4
Nick Hornby 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.
Stuff I've Been Reading in order
7 booksStandalone books
18 books18 Nick Hornby titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nick Hornby books in order?
You only need to read Nick Hornby books in order within the Stuff I've Been Reading series, which holds 7 of the 25 Nick Hornby books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Nick Hornby
Start with Fever Pitch (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nick Hornby book?
Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius (2022) is the newest Nick Hornby book released so far.
Is there a new Nick Hornby book coming?
Yes. Cash Out (2027) is the next Nick Hornby book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Awards Nick Hornby has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Nick Hornby. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- E. M. Forster Award1999Won
- Booker Prize2001Shortlistedfor How to Be Good
Nick Hornby at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nick Hornby is still publishing. Cash Out is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Nick Hornby books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,364 pages across the 20 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 251 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Hornby books, 10 of 25, were published in the 2000s.
What the Nick Hornby books are about
20 of the 25 Nick Hornby books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: books and reading is tagged on 7 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Books and reading 7 of 20 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 20 books
- Reviews 5 of 20 books
- Books 4 of 20 books
- Authors 3 of 20 books
- English literature 3 of 20 books
- History and criticism 3 of 20 books
- Literature, history and criticism 3 of 20 books
- Coming of age 2 of 20 books
- England 2 of 20 books
- Humor 2 of 20 books
- London (England) 2 of 20 books