Goon Show Books in Order
Goon Show by Spike Milligan contains 10 books, published between 1972 and 2017. The first book is The Goon Show Scripts (1972) and the newest is The Goon Show (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1972–2017
- Pages on record
- 1,066 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 18–27 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,066 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Goon Show covers 10 books tied to the British radio comedy programme of that name, all credited to Spike Milligan. The listing runs from The Goon Show Scripts (1972) and More Goon Show Scripts (1973) to The Goon Show (2017), taking in The Book of the Goons (1974), The Goon Show Companion (1976), Goon Cartoons (1982), The Lost Goon Shows (1988) and Goon Again (2001). Catalogue subjects record radio plays, radio scripts and comedy programmes in Great Britain. Median length is 150 pages.
How many Goon Show books are there?
Goon Show has 10 books, released between 1972 and 2017.
Goon Show Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Goon Show 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.
- 1The Goon Show Scripts1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 2More Goon Show Scripts1973 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/419731561/4
- 3The Book of the Goons1974 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419741441/4
- 4The Goon Show Companion: A History and Goonography1976 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/419761601/4
- 5Goon Cartoons1982 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/41982951/4
- 6More Goon Cartoons1983 · 95 pages · confirmed 1/41983951/4
- 7The Lost Goon Shows1988 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/419881591/4
- 8The Goons1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/419972561/4
- 9Goon Again2001 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4200111/4
- 10The Goon Show2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Goon Show?
No separate chronological order is on record for Goon Show, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Goon Show books in order?
You should read the Goon Show books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Goon Show book also stands alone.
Where to start with Goon Show
Start with The Goon Show Scripts (1972), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Goon Show book?
The Goon Show (2017) is the newest Goon Show book released so far.
Is there a new Goon Show book coming?
No next Goon Show book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Goon Show at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Goon Show title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Goon Show books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,066 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 150 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Goon Show books, 4 of 10, were published in the 1970s.
What the Goon Show books are about
7 of the 10 Goon Show books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: radio plays is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Radio plays 4 of 7 books
- Radio programs 4 of 7 books
- English Radio plays 3 of 7 books
- Radio broadcasting, great britain 2 of 7 books
More books by Spike Milligan
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Spike Milligan books in order 89 books
Other series by Spike Milligan
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.