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Penny Junor Books in Order

Penny Junor has written 18 books, published between 1983 and 2018. The first book is Diana, Princess of Wales: A Biography (1983) and the newest is All The Queen's Corgis (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1983–2018
Pages on record
2,953 in 12 of 18 books
Reading time
49–74 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,953 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Penny Junor, born Penelope Jane Junor on 6 October 1949, is an English journalist and author. Subject tags include biography, princesses and prime ministers, and Junor's titles include Diana, Princess of Wales: A Biography (1983), Margaret Thatcher: Wife, Mother, Politician (1984), Burton: The Man Behind the Myth (1985) and John Major: from Brixton to Downing Street (1993). The catalogue also includes Baby Ware: Buying for the New Baby (1984) and Home Truths: Life Around My Father (2002). The 18 listed books end with All The Queen's Corgis (2018).

How many Penny Junor books are there?

Penny Junor has 18 books, released between 1983 and 2018.

Penny Junor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Penny Junor 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 Diana, Princess of Wales: A Biography by Penny Junor (1983)
  2. Cover of Burton: The Man Behind the Myth by Penny Junor (1985)
  3. Cover of What Every Woman Needs to Know by Penny Junor (1988)
  4. Cover of Charles And Diana: Portrait Of A Marriage by Penny Junor (1991)
  5. Cover of Queen Elizabeth II: 1952-1992: A Pictorial Celebration of Her Reign by Penny Junor (1991)
  6. Cover of John Major: from Brixton to Downing Street by Penny Junor (1993)
  7. Cover of Charles: Victim or villain? by Penny Junor (1998)
  8. Cover of Home Truths: Life Around My Father by Penny Junor (2002)
  9. Cover of Wonderful Tonight by Penny Junor (2007)
  10. Cover of My Life, My Way by Penny Junor (2008)
  1. 1
    Diana, Princess of Wales: A Biography1983 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983224
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  2. 2
    Baby Ware: Buying for the New Baby1984 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984159
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  3. 3
    Margaret Thatcher: Wife, Mother, Politician1984 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984226
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  4. 4
    Burton: The Man Behind the Myth1985 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985210
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  5. 5
    What Every Woman Needs to Know1988 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988203
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  6. 6
    Charles And Diana: Portrait Of A Marriage1991 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991181
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  7. 7
    Queen Elizabeth II: 1952-1992: A Pictorial Celebration of Her Reign1991 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991176
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  8. 8
    John Major: from Brixton to Downing Street1993 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993322
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  9. 9
    Charles: Victim or villain?1998 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998304
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  10. 10
    Home Truths: Life Around My Father2002 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002304
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  11. 11
    Wonderful Tonight2007 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007336
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  12. 12
    My Life, My Way2008 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008308
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  13. 13
    The Man Who Lives with Wolves2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  14. 14
    Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  15. 15
    Prince Harry: Brother, Soldier, Son2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  16. 16
    The Firm2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  17. 17
    The Duchess2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  18. 18
    All The Queen's Corgis2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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Penny Junor 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.

Standalone books

18 books

18 Penny Junor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Penny Junor books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 18 Penny Junor books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Penny Junor

Start with Diana, Princess of Wales: A Biography (1983), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Penny Junor book?

All The Queen's Corgis (2018) is the newest Penny Junor book released so far.

Is there a new Penny Junor book coming?

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

Penny Junor at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Penny Junor title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Penny Junor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,953 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 225 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Penny Junor books, 5 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Penny Junor books are about

12 of the 18 Penny Junor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Biography 10 of 12 books
  • Princes 3 of 12 books
  • Conservative Party (Great Britain) 2 of 12 books
  • Diana, princess of wales, 1961-1997 2 of 12 books
  • Politics and government 2 of 12 books
  • Prime ministers 2 of 12 books
  • Princesses 2 of 12 books