Stuart Maconie Books in Order
Stuart Maconie has written 13 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is Blur: 3862 Days: The Official Story (1999) and the newest is With a Little Help from Their Friends (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,780 in 8 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 46–70 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,780 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Stuart Maconie, born 13 August 1961, is an English radio DJ, television presenter, writer, journalist and critic covering pop music and popular culture. Maconie co-hosts the weekend breakfast show on BBC Radio 6 Music with Mark Radcliffe, broadcast from MediaCityUK in Salford, and presented a solo Saturday afternoon show on Radio 2 from April 2006 to 29 March 2008. The catalogue lists 13 books from Blur: 3862 Days: The Official Story (1999) to With a Little Help from Their Friends (2026). Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North (2007), Never Mind the Quantocks (2012) and Long Road from Jarrow (2017) are among them, and subject tags cover travel, English social life and popular music.
How many Stuart Maconie books are there?
Stuart Maconie has 13 books, released between 1999 and 2026.
Stuart Maconie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Stuart Maconie 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.
- 1Blur: 3862 Days: The Official Story1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 2Folklore: The Official History of James2000 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/420002661/4
- 3Cider With Roadies2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420043201/4
- 4Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North2007 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/420073381/4
- 5Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England2009 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420093521/4
- 6Hope& Glory: The Days That Made Britain2011 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420113521/4
- 7Never Mind the Quantocks2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records2013 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420134321/4
- 9The Pie at Night: In Search of the North at Play2015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420153521/4
- 10Long Road from Jarrow: A Journey Through Britain Then and Now2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420173681/4
- 11The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save It2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 12The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and Its People2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 13With a Little Help from Their Friends2026 · confirmed 1/42026–1/4
Stuart Maconie 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
13 books13 Stuart Maconie titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Stuart Maconie books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 13 Stuart Maconie books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Stuart Maconie
Start with Blur: 3862 Days: The Official Story (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Stuart Maconie book?
With a Little Help from Their Friends (2026) is the newest Stuart Maconie book released so far.
Is there a new Stuart Maconie book coming?
No next Stuart Maconie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stuart Maconie at a glance
- Still publishing
- Stuart Maconie published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Stuart Maconie books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,780 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stuart Maconie books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Stuart Maconie books are about
12 of the 13 Stuart Maconie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 4 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Travel 4 of 12 books
- Social life and customs 3 of 12 books
- Anecdotes 2 of 12 books
- Biography 2 of 12 books
- Civilization 2 of 12 books
- England, description and travel 2 of 12 books
- England, social life and customs 2 of 12 books
- Great britain, description and travel 2 of 12 books
- Manners and customs 2 of 12 books
- Nonfiction 2 of 12 books
- Popular music, history and criticism 2 of 12 books