Susie Dent Books in Order
Susie Dent has written 20 books, published between 2001 and 2026. The first book is Key Skills Survival Guide (2001) and the newest is Death Writ Large (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2001–2026
- Pages on record
- 3,207 in 10 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,207 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Susie Dent is an English lexicographer and etymologist, born in 1964, who has appeared in Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's Countdown since 1992 and on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. The books take the English language as their subject, new words, slang, regional speech and usage, in titles such as The Language Report (2003), Larpers and Shroomers (2004), How to Talk Like a Local (2008) and Words of the Year (2008). Twenty are catalogued, from Key Skills Survival Guide (2001) to Death Writ Large (2026), at a median length of 170 pages.
How many Susie Dent books are there?
Susie Dent has 20 books, released between 2001 and 2026. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Susie Dent Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Susie Dent 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.
- 1Key Skills Survival Guide2001 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42001801/4
- 220031511/4
- 320041651/4
- 4Treetops Non-Fiction: Winning Words2005 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/42005321/4
- 520051631/4
- 6The Language Report: English on the Move, 2000-2007Language Report #42007 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420071761/4
- 7Words of the Year2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 8How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420082241/4
- 9What Made The Crocodile Cry?2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 10Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable2012 · 1480 pages · confirmed 1/4201214801/4
- 11Susie Dent's Weird Words2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 12Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 13Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420193361/4
- 14An Emotional Dictionary2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 15Words to Live By2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 16Roots of Happiness2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 1720244001/4
- 18Interesting Stories about Curious Words2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 202026–1/4
Susie Dent 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.
Language Report in order
4 booksClarendon Lexicographers in order
2 booksStandalone books
14 books14 Susie Dent titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Susie Dent books in order?
You only need to read Susie Dent books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Susie Dent
Start with Key Skills Survival Guide (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susie Dent book?
Death Writ Large (2026) is the newest Susie Dent book released so far.
Is there a new Susie Dent book coming?
No next Susie Dent book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Susie Dent at a glance
- Still publishing
- Susie Dent published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Susie Dent books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,207 pages across the 10 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 170 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susie Dent books, 9 of 20, were published in the 2000s.
What the Susie Dent books are about
12 of the 20 Susie Dent books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english language is tagged on 9 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English language 9 of 12 books
- New words 4 of 12 books
- Spoken English 4 of 12 books
- Usage 3 of 12 books
- Vocabulary 3 of 12 books
- Written English 3 of 12 books
- Dictionaries 2 of 12 books
- English language, spoken english 2 of 12 books
- English language, usage 2 of 12 books
- Grammar 2 of 12 books
- Juvenile literature 2 of 12 books
- Slang 2 of 12 books