List of Horrible Histories books

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 Tonge Martin Brown
Awesome Egyptians 1994 Terry Deary and Peter Hepplewhite
Rotten Romans 1994 Terry 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 Crime 2012 Mike 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.[1][2]

Title Published Author Illustrator
York 2005 Terry Deary Mike 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 & 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
Horrible Histories All at Sea
Up In The Air 2021 Terry Deary
On Track 2021
Ghosts 2022
The Worst in the World 2023
On The Road 2023
Paws, Claws and Jaws 2023
Terrible Themes 2024
Liverpool 2024
Terrible Toilets 2025
Terrible Traitors 2025

References