Dork Diaries Books in Order: 18 books by Rachel Renee Russell

How many Dork Diaries books are there?

Dork Diaries has 18 books, released between 2009 and 2024. 16 of them belong to the Dork Diaries series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: non-fiction.

Dork Diaries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Dork Diaries 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.

Cover of Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell, book 1 of the Dork Diaries series (2009)

Cover of Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renee Russell, book 2 of the Dork Diaries series (2010)

Dork Diaries Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the books of the Dork Diaries series run from Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (2009) to Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Dork Diaries in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Dork Diaries books in order?

You should read the Dork Diaries series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (non-fiction) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Dork Diaries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Dork Diaries

Start with Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (2009), the earliest published book in the Dork Diaries series.

What is the first Dork Diaries book?

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life (2009) is the first book in the Dork Diaries series, and the numbered table above starts with it.

When did the first Dork Diaries book come out?

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, the first book in the Dork Diaries series, was published in 2009. The newest main-line book, Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister (2024), came out 15 years later.

What is the newest Dork Diaries book?

Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister (2024) is the newest book in the Dork Diaries series.

Is there a new Dork Diaries book coming?

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

Dork Diaries at a glance

Still running: Dork Diaries is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace: Dork Diaries books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 3,564 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 303 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Dork Diaries books, 15 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Dork Diaries books are about

17 of the 18 Dork Diaries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: diaries is tagged on 13 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Diaries 13 of 17 books
Children's fiction 9 of 17 books
Middle schools 9 of 17 books
Friendship 5 of 17 books
Schools 5 of 17 books
Popularity 4 of 17 books
Humor 3 of 17 books
Comics & graphic novels 2 of 17 books
Diary 2 of 17 books
Girls 2 of 17 books

More books by Rachel Renee Russell

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Rachel Renee Russell books in order 21 books