Frank Cottrell Boyce Books in Order

Brothers Damian and Anthony suddenly acquire a bag containing millions of pounds, but have only seventeen days to spend it. Their extraordinary good fortune creates competing ideas about what money can buy and what they should do with it.

Dylan’s quiet life in a tiny Welsh town changes when trucks begin delivering mysterious cargo to abandoned mines. Investigating the arrivals draws him into an unlikely adventure involving valuable paintings and a possible art crime of enormous proportions.

Twelve-year-old Liam looks old enough to be mistaken for an adult and decides to exploit the confusion. A series of lies wins him an extraordinary trip, but he and his new friends end up unexpectedly stranded in space.

Socially isolated George spends more time with miniature figures than people, until a mysterious aftershave makes him irresistible. Sudden popularity creates unfamiliar problems, and he must consider what will remain when the bottle’s magical effects finally disappear.

Two refugee brothers from Mongolia try to settle into a Liverpool school, taking their new friend Julie as a guide. Their stories blur memory and imagination, drawing her into an unusual friendship shaped by displacement and uncertainty.

Surreal stories twist familiar technology, culture, and commerce into unsettling possibilities. People sell fragments of their time, encounter impossible film footage, and discover that apparently ordinary relationships or shopping trips conceal realities stranger than they imagined.

Ted’s ordinary life changes when the new prime minister starts making national decisions that echo his personal wishes. As his whims acquire unexpected power, a bewildering adventure forces him to confront the consequences of influencing an entire country.

Rory Rooney unexpectedly turns green and is placed in a distant hospital with two similarly affected children. Convinced the change may signal superpowers, he sets out to escape the ward and discover what his new condition means.

Living with a foster family, Prez meets Sputnik, an alien who looks like a dog to everyone else. Earth is marked for destruction, and together they must compile ten convincing reasons why the planet deserves to be saved.

Alfie discovers a giant damaged robot in an airport’s lost-property department. Eric believes he is advanced technology, but he is nearly a century old, and Alfie must save him from destruction before his clumsy strength causes further chaos.

Laika and other street dogs are training for a journey to the moon, but waiting for the official mission tests her patience. Together with her friends, she devises a plan to reach the stars on their own terms.

Eleven-year-old Noah sneaks onto his sister’s field trip and ends up stranded with five other children on an uninhabited island. With their teacher missing and communication impossible, the discovery of a treasure map offers a new adventure.

Magic-loving cousins Middy and Nathan promise to restore Blackpool Tower after it mysteriously vanishes. Their pursuit of an explanation takes them to Las Vegas and a celebrated illusionist, testing their contrasting approaches to magic and performance.