Bruno Vincent Books in Order

The imaginary readers of Old Git magazine pose absurd questions and receive equally ridiculous answers. This collection parodies advice columns and popular curiosity books with invented explanations, rambling stories and deliberately crude humor.

Old Git magazine’s readers return with another collection of absurd questions and entirely unreliable answers. A bewildered new editor joins the exchanges as everyday puzzles become excuses for rude jokes, unlikely stories and comic misinformation.

New arrival Daniel Dorey discovers that the rain-soaked town of Tumblewater has an appetite for sinister stories. As he hears tales of gruesome punishments and murderous bakers, he is drawn into a frightening story of his own.

Seven years after his ghostly visitors reformed him, Scrooge faces a different Christmas threat: the dead are rising. With Cratchit now his business partner and Tiny Tim in trouble, familiar Dickens characters enter a macabre comic sequel.

Pursuing the villain who abducted his sister, Daniel Dorey ventures beneath Tumblewater and enters a school for criminals. Lessons in forgery, lockpicking and dagger-throwing may prove essential if he and his new classmates are to rescue her.

This fictional diary imagines a turbulent season in the life of footballer Mario Balotelli. Real-life eccentricities become the starting point for increasingly outrageous adventures involving secret guests, vigilante escapades and ambitions far beyond the football pitch.

The grown-up Famous Five decide to stop drinking and assume the challenge will be simple. Longer days, strained conversation, and growing irritation test their friendship as the benefits of sobriety collide with habits they had taken for granted.

Feeling persistently unwell, the grown-up Famous Five try increasingly unlikely remedies before embracing an exclusion diet. Their search for gluten-free food turns familiar adventures into a comic confrontation with online diagnoses, expensive ingredients, and modern wellness fashions.

The grown-up Famous Five attend a corporate retreat designed to improve teamwork. Between jargon, awkward exercises, and a hotel beside motorway services, mysterious messages suggest that workplace relationships may offer a more intriguing puzzle than the scheduled activities.

A baby arrives unexpectedly on the Famous Five’s doorstep when relatives need temporary help. Their confidence collapses under sleepless nights, conflicting advice, and the responsibility of caring for a child in this comic take on reluctant parenthood.

The Famous Five retreat to Kirrin Island during the Brexit referendum, but opposing loyalties follow them. As political tensions and a storm disrupt the holiday, George proposes an island exit of her own, with unexpectedly complicated consequences.

Asked to organize the Christmas party for cousin Rupert’s struggling business, the Famous Five embrace the challenge. Their determination to deliver a traditional celebration runs into the less straightforward realities of office festivities.

Visiting a cousin who has declared his island independent of Britain, the Famous Five expect an unusual break. A computer attack locks down his castle and turns the trip into a struggle to escape toward mainland Europe.

The Famous Five try to celebrate Mother’s Day with Aunt Fanny despite George’s record of forgetting important occasions. When Fanny comes to stay, old tensions intensify and the group must find a way to salvage the celebration.

The grown-up Famous Five decide to improve their fitness before the summer holidays. They expect teamwork and determination to deliver their ideal physiques, but the pursuit of beach-ready bodies proves less straightforward than their optimistic plan suggests.

Julian, Anne, Dick, George, and Timmy take on the task of helping Granny Barnard use the internet. Armed with familiar confidence and ginger beer, they discover that introducing a relative to technology can rival their old adventures for difficulty.

The Famous Five decide to find a home of their own, discovering that buying property is harder than their childhood adventures prepared them for. Cousin Rupert offers help as George, Julian, Dick, Anne and Timmy confront the housing market.

Camping in the woods, the Famous Five try to pass a sleepless night by telling ghost stories. Tales of werewolves, strange apparitions and familiar people behaving oddly soon leave the adventurers more frightened than comforted.

The Famous Five take Uncle Quentin to a garden centre for Father’s Day, hoping to find a shed for his experiments. Their pleasant outing becomes a frantic search when he suddenly disappears among the displays.

Twelve familiar fairy tales are reworked around the preoccupations of millennial life. Housing costs, social media, wellness trends, and changing expectations reshape the adventures of characters including Goldilocks, the Three Little Pigs, and Sleeping Beauty.

A nostalgic visit to Kirrin Island traps the Famous Five together when a national lockdown prevents their departure. Determined to remain cheerful, they attempt to turn their unexpected confinement into an adventure with fresh air and familiar surroundings.

Ninja enthusiasts Kate, Eddie, and Angus travel back to eighteenth-century Japan to learn from expert practitioners. Their adventures introduce stealth, disguise, weapons, and other techniques, combining an illustrated story with an exploration of historical ninja training.