This is a list of all the books in the Horrible Histories book series.
Original books
Title Published Author Illustrator Terrible Tudors 1993 Terry Deary and Neil TongeMartin Brown Awesome Egyptians 1994 Terry Deary and Peter Hepplewhite Rotten Romans 1994Terry Deary Vicious Vikings 1994 Vile Victorians 1994 Blitzed Brits 1994 Groovy Greeks 1995 Measly Middle Ages 1996 Slimy Stuarts 1996 Awful Egyptians 1997 Cut-Throat Celts 1997 Angry Aztecs 1997 Terrifying Tudors* 1998 Frightful First World War 1998 Gorgeous Georgians 1998 Savage Stone Age 1999 Woeful Second World War 1999 Smashing Saxons 2000 Incredible Incas 2000 Stormin' Normans 2001 Barmy British Empire 2002 Ruthless Romans 2003 Villainous Victorians 2004 ∗Originally titled Even More Terrible Tudors
The original versions of the books each had a "The" interjected at the start of their titles. This was removed after 2007.
All books include alliteration in their title, except for: Awesome Egyptians, Awful Egyptians, and Stormin' Normans
Two Horrible Books in One
Title 1 Title 2 Published Angry Aztecs Incredible Incas 2002 Frightful First World War Woeful Second World War 2003 Terrible Tudors Slimy Stuarts 2003 Gorgeous Georgians Vile Victorians 2005 Barmy British Empire Blitzed Brits 2007 Awful Egyptians Ruthless Romans *2008 Groovy Greeks Rotten Romans 2009 Smashing Saxons Stormin' Normans 2009 Vicious Vikings Measly Middle Ages 2009
∗Originally titled Horribly Huge Book of Awful Egyptians and Ruthless Romans
These book compilations are published with the titles "Title 1 and Title 2".
Blood Curdling Box Set
It includes the books: Savage Stone Age, Awesome Egyptians, Groovy Greeks, Rotten Romans, Cut-Throat Celts, Smashing Saxons, Vicious Vikings, Stormin' Normans, Angry Aztecs, Incredible Incas, Measly Middle Ages, Terrible Tudors, Slimy Stuarts, Gorgeous Georgians, Vile Victorians, Villainous Victorians, Barmy British Empire, Frightful First World War, Woeful Second World War and Blitzed Brits.
Special editions
Title Published Author Illustrator Cruel Kings and Mean Queens 1995 Terry Deary Kate Sheppard Dark Knights and Dingy Castles 1997 Philip Reeve Rowdy Revolutions 1996 The Twentieth Century 1996 Wicked Words 1996 *Scotland 1997 Martin Brown Ireland 2000 **USA 2001 France 2002 England 2004 Rotten Rulers 2005 Mike Phillips Wales 2008 Martin Brown Cruel Crime2012Mike Phillips ∗Previously Bloody Scotland
∗∗Previously The USA
Handbooks
Title Published Author Illustrator The Horrible History of the World 2003 Terry Deary Martin Brown Perilous Pirates 2006 Wicked Witches 2007 Mike Phillips Vile Villains 2008 Martin Brown Spies 2009 Blitz Mike Phillips Wild Warriors 2010 Nasty Knights Martin Brown Terrible Trenches 2011
Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides
Previously Horrible Histories Cities
Some Horrible Histories have been based around a particular city, rather than a nation or a specific time period. They also have a map when the front cover is folded out, and explain some structures in the city when the back cover is folded out. Therefore, many people consider them to be a sub-series as well. (Even though Loathsome London doesn't have these qualities, it was included into this sub-series during the republishing of the series from 2008 to 2011.Amazon.com: London (Horrible Histories Gruesome Gd) (9781407104232): Terry Deary: BooksGruesome Guides
Title Published Author IllustratorYork2005Terry DearyMike Phillips Oxford 2010 Martin Brown Stratford-upon-Avon Mike Phillips Edinburgh *London 2016 Martin Brown Dublin 2017 Mike Phillips Liverpool 2024 ∗Previously Loathsome London
High Speed History
High Speed History is a Horrible Histories sub-series beginning in 2010 that features historical tales in a comic-strip format. Title Published Author Illustrator High Speed History: Egyptians 2010 Terry Deary Dave Smith High Speed History: Tudors High Speed History: Knights 2011 High Speed History: Rome
Annuals
Title Published Awesome Annual 2007 2007 Annual 2008 2008 Annual 2009 2009 Annual 2010 2010 Annual 2011 2011 Annual 2012 2012 Annual 2013 2013 Annual 2014 2014 Annual 2015 2015 Annual 2016 2016
Novelty books and others
Title Published Author Illustrator Dreadful Diary 1996 Terry Deary Martin Brown Poisonous Postcards 1997 The Massive Millennium Quiz Book 1999 The Mad Millennium: A Play Horrible Christmas 2000 The Awesome Ancient Quiz Book 2001 Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment 2002 Mike Phillips The Wicked History of the World 2003 Martin Brown The Mad Miscellany 2004 Terry Deary and Martin Brown Terrible Tomb of Tutankhamun Pop-up Adventure 2008 Terry Deary Horribly Huge Book of Terrible Tudors 2009 Terry Deary and Neil Tonge Horribly Huge Press-Out-and-Build Book Terry Deary Horribly Hilarious Joke Book Who's Horrible in History The Horrible History of Britain and Ireland 2010 Frightfully Funny Quiz Book Deadly Days in History 2013 The Beastly Best Bits The Big Fat Christmas Book 2014 Top 50 Kings & Queens 2015 Top 50 Villains 2016 This is a Horrible Book of Foul Facts Crackin' Castles Groovy Greeks Presents 'Orrible Olympics Gruesome Great Houses 2017 Horrible Histories of Great Britain Horrible Histories 25th Anniversary Yearbook Up in the Air 2021 On Track 2021 Horrible Histories All at Sea 2022 Ghosts 2022 The Worst in the World 2023 On The Road 2023 Paws, Claws and Jaws 2023 Terrible Thames 2024 Terrible Toilets 2025Terrible Traitors 2025
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