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This Modern World Books in Order

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow contains 13 books, published between 1992 and 2020. The first book is Greetings From This Modern World (1992) and the newest is Life in the Stupidverse (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1992–2020
Pages on record
2,566 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
43–64 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,566 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable This Modern World checklist

This Modern World is Tom Tomorrow's run of 13 books, dated 1992 to 2020. Subject headings list caricatures and cartoons, comic strips, pictorial American wit and humor, and United States politics and government. Greetings From This Modern World (1992) is the first book. Tune In Tomorrow (1994), When Penguins Attack! (2000) and Too Much Crazy (2011) follow, and Life in the Stupidverse (2020) is the newest.

How many This Modern World books are there?

This Modern World has 13 books, released between 1992 and 2020.

This Modern World Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 This Modern World 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 Greetings From This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow, book 1 of the This Modern World series (1992)
  2. Cover of Tune In Tomorrow by Tom Tomorrow, book 2 of the This Modern World series (1994)
  3. Cover of The Wrath of Sparky by Tom Tomorrow, book 3 of the This Modern World series (1996)
  4. Cover of Penguin Soup for the Soul by Tom Tomorrow, book 4 of the This Modern World series (1998)
  5. Cover of When Penguins Attack! by Tom Tomorrow, book 5 of the This Modern World series (2000)
  6. Cover of The Great Big Book of Tomorrow by Tom Tomorrow, book 6 of the This Modern World series (2003)
  7. Cover of Hell in a Handbasket by Tom Tomorrow, book 7 of the This Modern World series (2006)
  8. Cover of The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look by Tom Tomorrow, book 8 of the This Modern World series (2008)
  9. Cover of The Very Silly Mayor by Tom Tomorrow, book 9 of the This Modern World series (2009)
  10. Cover of Crazy Is the New Normal by Tom Tomorrow, book 11 of the This Modern World series (2016)
  11. Cover of Tom Tomorrow: 25 Years of Tomorrow by Tom Tomorrow, book 12 of the This Modern World series (2017)
  1. 1
    Greetings From This Modern World1992 · 103 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992103
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  2. 2
    Tune In Tomorrow1994 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994119
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  3. 3
    The Wrath of Sparky1996 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996117
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  4. 4
    Penguin Soup for the Soul1998 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998119
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  5. 5
    When Penguins Attack!2000 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000119
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  6. 6
    The Great Big Book of Tomorrow2003 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003236
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  7. 7
    Hell in a Handbasket2006 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006141
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  8. 8
    The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look2008 · 153 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008153
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  9. 9
    The Very Silly Mayor2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  10. 10
    Too Much Crazy2011 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011128
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  11. 11
    Crazy Is the New Normal2016 · 133 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016133
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  12. 12
    Tom Tomorrow: 25 Years of Tomorrow2017 · 1070 pages · confirmed 2/4
    20171070
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  13. 13
    Life in the Stupidverse2020 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020128
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Is there a chronological order for This Modern World?

No separate chronological order is on record for This Modern World, 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 This Modern World books in order?

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

Where to start with This Modern World

Start with Greetings From This Modern World (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest This Modern World book?

Life in the Stupidverse (2020) is the newest This Modern World book released so far.

Is there a new This Modern World book coming?

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

This Modern World at a glance

No recent titles
The newest This Modern World title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
This Modern World books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,566 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most This Modern World books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the This Modern World books are about

All 13 This Modern World books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: politics and government is tagged on 10 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Tom Tomorrow

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