Ladybird Expert Books in Order
Ladybird Expert contains 39 books, published between 2010 and 2023. The first book is The Battle of Britain (2010) and the newest is Victory in Europe 1944-1945 (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 2010–2023
- Pages on record
- 112 in 2 of 39 books
Ladybird Expert is a book series of 39 titles by different authors, published from 2010 to 2023. Topics named in titles run from The Battle of Britain and Blitzkrieg to Quantum Mechanics, Evolution, Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence and Plate Tectonics. James Holland is credited on 12 books, Sam Willis on 3 and Jim Al-Khalili on 2. Victory in Europe 1944-1945 (2023) is the latest entry.
How many Ladybird Expert books are there?
Ladybird Expert has 39 books, released between 2010 and 2023.
Ladybird Expert Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Ladybird Expert 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 Battle of Britain2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 2Quantum Mechanics2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 3Evolution2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 4Climate Change2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 5Shackleton2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 6The Battle of the Atlantic2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 7Artificial Intelligence2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 8Big Bang2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 9Blitzkrieg2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 10Plate Tectonics2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 11Timbuktu2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 12Consciousness2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 13Genetics2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 14The Spanish Armada2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 15The Desert War2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 16Twentieth-Century Classical Music2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 17Nuclear Deterrence2018 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/42018561/4
- 18Witchcraft2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 19Bubbles2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 20The Eastern Front 1941-432018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 21Human Origins2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 22Æthelflæd2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 23Gravity2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 24Plato's Republic2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 25The Battle of The Nile2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 26D-Day2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 27Octopuses2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 28Battle of Trafalgar2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 29Exoplanets2019 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/42019561/4
- 30Beowulf2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 31Homer2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 32The Pacific War 1941-19432019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 33Armageddon2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 34The Bomber War2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 35Pain2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 36The War in Italy2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 37Burma 1943-19442022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 38Victory Against Japan 1944-19452023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 39Victory in Europe 1944-19452023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Where to start with Ladybird Expert
Start with The Battle of Britain (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ladybird Expert book?
Victory in Europe 1944-1945 (2023) is the newest Ladybird Expert book released so far.
Is there a new Ladybird Expert book coming?
No next Ladybird Expert book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ladybird Expert at a glance
- Paused
- No new Ladybird Expert title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Ladybird Expert books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 112 pages across the 2 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 56 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ladybird Expert books, 33 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 39 titles, 12 are credited to James Holland, 3 to Sam Willis, 2 to Jim Al-Khalili and 1 to Tony Juniper. A further 21 writers are credited.
What the Ladybird Expert books are about
3 of the 39 Ladybird Expert books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Astronomy 1 of 3 books
- End of the world 1 of 3 books
- Nuclear arms control 1 of 3 books