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Adrian Mole Books in Order

Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend contains 10 books, published between 1982 and 2009. The first book is The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1982) and the newest is The Prostrate Years (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1982–2009
Pages on record
2,109 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
35–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,109 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Adrian Mole is Sue Townsend's comic diarist, and 10 titles are catalogued between 1982 and 2009. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1982) begins the sequence, which ages its narrator through The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984), The Wilderness Years (1993), The Cappuccino Years (1999), Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004) and The Prostrate Years (2009). Diary fiction, English social life and adolescence are the standing subjects.

How many Adrian Mole books are there?

Adrian Mole has 10 books, released between 1982 and 2009.

Adrian Mole Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Adrian Mole 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.

  1. Cover of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend, book 1 of the Adrian Mole series (1982)
  2. Cover of The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend, book 2 of the Adrian Mole series (1984)
  3. Cover of The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend, book 3 of the Adrian Mole series (1986)
  4. Cover of The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole by Sue Townsend, book 4 of the Adrian Mole series (1989)
  5. Cover of The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend, book 6 of the Adrian Mole series (1993)
  6. Cover of The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend, book 7 of the Adrian Mole series (1999)
  7. Cover of The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 by Sue Townsend, book 8 of the Adrian Mole series (2001)
  8. Cover of Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend, book 9 of the Adrian Mole series (2004)
  9. Cover of The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend, book 10 of the Adrian Mole series (2009)
  1. 1
    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/41982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  2. 2
    The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  3. 3
    The Adrian Mole Diaries1986 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986342
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  4. 4
    The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole1989 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989176
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  5. 5
    Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  6. 6
    The Wilderness Years1993 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993182
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  7. 7
    The Cappuccino Years1999 · 390 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999390
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  8. 8
    The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-20012001 · 283 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001283
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  9. 9
    Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction2004 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004332
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  10. 10
    The Prostrate Years2009 · 404 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009404
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Adrian Mole Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Adrian Mole books run from The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1982) to The Prostrate Years (2009), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Adrian Mole in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Adrian Mole books in order?

You should read the Adrian Mole books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Adrian Mole book also stands alone.

What order should you read Adrian Mole books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (1982), the earliest published title. After it come The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984), The Adrian Mole Diaries (1986), The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole (1989), Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians (1991), The Wilderness Years (1993), The Cappuccino Years (1999), The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 (2001), Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004) and The Prostrate Years (2009).

What is the newest Adrian Mole book?

The Prostrate Years (2009) is the newest Adrian Mole book released so far.

Is there a new Adrian Mole book coming?

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

Adrian Mole at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Adrian Mole title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Adrian Mole books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,109 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Adrian Mole books, 4 of 10, were published in the 1980s.

What the Adrian Mole books are about

9 of the 10 Adrian Mole books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Sue Townsend

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