Terry Deary Books in Order

This illustrated nonfiction collection investigates ghost stories and legends from around the world and across history. It ranges from ancient Egyptian spirits and Celtic rituals to royal hauntings, Edinburgh tales, ghost hunters, and historical attempts to explain or banish the supernatural.

Told as Boudica’s imagined private diary, this illustrated historical book follows the Iceni queen through Roman rule in Britain. It covers her rise as a warrior leader, her relationships and tribe, and the rebellion and battles that brought her into conflict with Rome.

This Horrible Histories volume follows the history of railways around the world, from early British locomotives and railway labor to American surveyors and dangerous engineering failures. It presents inventions, accidents, tunnels, bridges, and industrial change in a newspaper-style format.

Written as William the Conqueror’s imagined diary, this illustrated account traces his life from Duke of Normandy to king of England. It covers his dealings with the Church and France, his relationship with Matilda, family feuds, and the Battle of Hastings.

This Horrible Histories volume explores the global story of cars and road transport. It covers steam-powered experiments, unusual vehicle designs, accidents, road raiders, supposedly cursed cars, and risky racing, using illustrated historical anecdotes and facts.

This illustrated history follows London’s River Thames through its grimmer and stranger stories, from crime and death to creepy creatures. It also visits the Frost Fairs, when the frozen river became a setting for remarkable public entertainments.

Created for the thirtieth anniversary of Horrible Histories, this illustrated roundup ranks history’s most dreadful examples in categories such as diseases, battles, emperors, punishments, schools, and jobs. It presents a series of irreverent historical top threes rather than a single chronological narrative.

Terry Deary examines how foreign enemies helped shape British identity and the reputations of its leaders. From Roman invaders to the Spanish Armada and Nazis, ten adversaries reveal the outside forces behind a nation’s celebrated history.

This city guide explores Cardiff’s history through odd local tales, conflict, industry, crime, and larger-than-life characters. It looks beyond familiar landmarks to find the grim, surprising, and sometimes silly stories hidden in the Welsh capital.

A gruesome guide to Liverpool’s past, exploring the city through strange characters, crime, seafaring stories, and turbulent change. Short facts and comic illustrations uncover the darker history behind its famous streets, docks, and landmarks.

This fact-filled history explores the often surprising roles animals have played across time. Its subjects range from Stone Age sacrifices and Roman arena spectacles to a Victorian signalman baboon and the bat-inspired development of sonar.

A brisk, illustrated guide to the unpleasant history of toilets and sanitation. Terry Deary traces loo-related facts from ancient Roman hygiene practices to the invention of the flushing toilet, with the series’ characteristic focus on the messier details.

Thirteen darkly comic cautionary stories follow badly behaved children into alarming predicaments. Deary turns their misfortunes into exaggerated warnings, mixing grim consequences with mischievous humor as readers discover what might happen when someone ignores the lesson.

In 1973, four strangers sharing a train carriage hear a fellow passenger announce he is a murderer. A death, blackmail, and another crime follow, drawing police officer Aline into an investigation with a steadily rising body count.

A funny, fact-packed guide to Bath that goes beyond its elegant crescents and Roman baths. It uncovers the city’s stranger residents, medical mishaps, crime, and historical disasters through brisk stories and gruesome details.

This guide to Glasgow digs into the city’s tough, funny, and surprising past. From industrial change and crime to unusual local characters and disasters, it offers a quick historical tour with the grimmer details left in.

Organized around the calendar, this illustrated history book supplies a gruesome, strange, or surprising historical event for every day of the year. Readers can discover which notorious figures and violent episodes share a birthday or date with them.

Rebellions across the world expose what happens when ordinary people challenge entrenched power. From Spartacus and a Bulgarian swineherd to inventive suffragists, Terry Deary follows the ambitions, setbacks, and unexpected victories of those who resisted authority.

This illustrated compendium examines fifty notorious betrayals from across history. Moving from ancient stories to royal intrigues, it considers people who turned on friends, rulers, or countries—and the motives behind their disloyalty.

An unidentified strangled corpse arrives at Sunderland station in 1973, baffling newly promoted sergeant Aline James. Forced to enlist an assassin and an accident-prone actor, she pursues a complex plot while further deaths threaten her unlikely team.

This history of football follows the game from its unruly medieval beginnings to later milestones, including the First World War Christmas match. It covers dangerous play, devoted supporters, injuries, and women’s place in the sport.

Deary examines ten wars to explore why societies fight and how conflict changes them. Greek alliances, Mongol tactics, military intelligence, and disease reveal recurring struggles over survival, invention, and the possibility of settling disputes without violence.