Spike Milligan Books in Order

How many Spike Milligan books are there?

Spike Milligan has 89 books, released between 1959 and 2017. 5 of them were published after Spike Milligan's death in 2002. They include 4 series and 52 titles listed outside any series.

Spike Milligan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 89 Spike Milligan 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 November 2026.

Spike Milligan 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.

Do you have to read Spike Milligan books in order?

You only need to read Spike Milligan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Spike Milligan

Start with Silly Verse For Kids (1959), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Spike Milligan book?

The Goon Show (2017) is the newest Spike Milligan book released so far.

Is there a new Spike Milligan book coming?

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

Award nominations for Spike Milligan

Wikidata records 1 nomination for Spike Milligan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

• Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation1970Shortlistedfor The Bed Sitting Room

Spike Milligan at a glance

Died

Spike Milligan died in 2002, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Spike Milligan are still being published after Spike Milligan's death in 2002; the newest appeared in 2017.

Release pace

Spike Milligan books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

11,016 pages across the 71 of 89 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Spike Milligan books, 25 of 89, were published in the 1990s.

When Spike Milligan books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Spike Milligan titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 25 titles.

What the Spike Milligan books are about

71 of the 89 Spike Milligan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english wit and humor is tagged on 16 of 71. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• English wit and humor 16 of 71 books
• Humor 13 of 71 books
• Biography 10 of 71 books
• Milligan, spike, 1918-2002 10 of 71 books
• Comedians 8 of 71 books
• British Personal narratives 6 of 71 books
• Poetry 6 of 71 books
• Authors 5 of 71 books
• Radio programs 5 of 71 books
• Children's poetry 4 of 71 books
• Goon show (Radio program) 4 of 71 books