Stephen Clarke Books in Order
Stephen Clarke has written 15 books, published between 2004 and 2020. The first book is A Year in the Merde (2004) and the newest is The Spy Who Inspired Me (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 15
- Published
- 2004–2020
- Pages on record
- 3,491 in 10 of 15 books
- Reading time
- 58–87 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,491 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.
Paris, French national characteristics and British people in Europe are among the subject tags for Stephen Clarke, alongside humorous fiction and French manners and customs. A Year in the Merde (2004) is the first of 15 books, and The Spy Who Inspired Me (2020) is the latest. The Paul West series is listed on the author page. Talk to the Snail (2006), Paris Revealed (2010), 1000 Years of Annoying the French (2012) and Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France (2014) are other titles.
How many Stephen Clarke books are there?
Stephen Clarke has 15 books, released between 2004 and 2020. 6 of them belong to the Paul West series.
Stephen Clarke Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 15 Stephen Clarke 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.
- 120043041/4
- 220053811/4
- 320054481/4
- 4Talk to the Snail: Ten Commandments for Understanding the French2006 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420062621/4
- 520083171/4
- 6Paris Revealed: The Secret Life of a City2010 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420103201/4
- 7A Brief History of the Future2011 · 428 pages · confirmed 1/420114281/4
- 81000 Years of Annoying the French2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 920122941/4
- 10Dirty Bertie: An English King Made in France2014 · 385 pages · confirmed 1/420143851/4
- 11How the French Won Waterloo: Or Think They Did2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 1220163521/4
- 13Elizabeth II, Queen of Laughs2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 14The French Revolution and What Went Wrong2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 15The Spy Who Inspired Me2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
Stephen Clarke 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.
Paul West in order
6 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Stephen Clarke titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Stephen Clarke books in order?
You only need to read Stephen Clarke books in order within the Paul West series, which holds 6 of the 15 Stephen Clarke books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Stephen Clarke
Start with A Year in the Merde (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Stephen Clarke book?
The Spy Who Inspired Me (2020) is the newest Stephen Clarke book released so far.
Is there a new Stephen Clarke book coming?
No next Stephen Clarke book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stephen Clarke at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Stephen Clarke title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Stephen Clarke books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,491 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stephen Clarke books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.
What the Stephen Clarke books are about
10 of the 15 Stephen Clarke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 6 of 10 books
- Manners and customs 4 of 10 books
- British 3 of 10 books
- French National characteristics 2 of 10 books
- Humor 2 of 10 books
- Paris (France) 2 of 10 books