True Stories Books in Order
True Stories by Terry Deary contains 16 books, published between 1992 and 2012. The first book is True Monster Stories (1992) and the newest is True Mystery Stories (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1992–2012
- Total pages
- 2,162 across 16 books
- Reading time
- 36–54 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,162 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
True Stories is a Terry Deary series for young readers, with 16 books from 1992 to 2012 filed as juvenile literature. True Monster Stories (1992) is the first book, followed by True Horror Stories (1993), True Crime Stories (1994) and True Shark Stories (1995). True Ghost Stories (1995), True Detective Stories (1996), True UFO Stories (1997) and True Spy Stories (1998) come after. Ghosts, crime, sharks and disasters are among the subjects. True Mystery Stories (2012) is the last title.
How many True Stories books are there?
True Stories has 16 books, released between 1992 and 2012.
True Stories Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 True Stories 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.
- 1True Monster Stories1992 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/419921122/4
- 2True Horror Stories1993 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/419931242/4
- 3True Crime Stories1994 · 110 pages · confirmed 2/419941102/4
- 4True Shark Stories1995 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419951282/4
- 5True Ghost Stories1995 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419951282/4
- 6True Detective Stories1996 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/419961122/4
- 7True UFO Stories1997 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/419971122/4
- 8True Spy Stories1998 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419981282/4
- 9True Horror Stories / True Monster Stories / True Ghost Stories1998 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/419983602/4
- 10True War Stories1998 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419981282/4
- 11True Disaster Stories1999 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419991282/4
- 12Terribly True Crime Stories2006 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/420061122/4
- 13Terribly True Disaster Stories2006 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/420061122/4
- 14Terribly True Shark Stories2006 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/420061122/4
- 15Terribly True Ghost Stories2006 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420061282/4
- 16True Mystery Stories2012 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420121282/4
Is there a chronological order for True Stories?
No separate chronological order is on record for True Stories, 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 True Stories books in order?
You should read the True Stories books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each True Stories book also stands alone.
Where to start with True Stories
Start with True Monster Stories (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest True Stories book?
True Mystery Stories (2012) is the newest True Stories book released so far.
Is there a new True Stories book coming?
No next True Stories book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
True Stories at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest True Stories title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- True Stories books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,162 pages across all 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 126 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most True Stories books, 11 of 16, were published in the 1990s.
What the True Stories books are about
15 of the 16 True Stories books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 15 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 15 of 15 books
- Crime 3 of 15 books
- Ghosts 3 of 15 books
- Case studies 2 of 15 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 15 books
- Crime, juvenile literature 2 of 15 books
- Criminals 2 of 15 books
- Criminals, juvenile literature 2 of 15 books
- Curiosities and wonders 2 of 15 books
- Disasters 2 of 15 books
- Ghosts, juvenile literature 2 of 15 books
- Sharks 2 of 15 books
More books by Terry Deary
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Terry Deary books in order 340 books
Other series by Terry Deary
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.