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Ben Hatch

3 Series • 9 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: The Lawnmower Celebrity (2000)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8000-Mile Car Journey Around Britain (2011)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: Publishing Talk Magazine issue 2 (2012)

ⓘ About Ben Hatch

Ben likes cheese and is balding however he disguises this fact by spiking his hair to great height in order to distract people that he wishes to impress. He has written for The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, and The Daily Express among others. “The Lawnmower Celebrity” won BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Year. The novel is based on Ben’s woeful experiences of his teens and 20s when his father believed him to be an oaf. “Are We Nearly There Yet?” was a BBC Radio 2 Book of the Year and a Number One Bestseller. He is the tallest hatch that has ever lived, at 5 ft. 9 in. tall and he is the son of Sir David Hatch the radio producer and performer whose shadow Ben does not at all feel under.

All Book Series by Ben Hatch

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The Lawnmower Celebrity book cover

The Lawnmower Celebrity

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2000

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2000
2
The International Gooseberry book cover

The International Gooseberry

Book 2 of 3 · published 2001

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2001
3
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The P45 Diaries

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013

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2013
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Scotland with Your Family: From Peaceful Highlands to Cosmopolitan Cities book cover

Scotland with Your Family: From Peaceful Highlands to Cosmopolitan Cities

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2009 Co-authored · Dinah Hatch

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2009
2
Frommer's England with Your Family book cover

Frommer's England with Your Family

Book 2 of 5 · published 2010 Co-authored · Dinah Hatch

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2010
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Frommer's Britain for Free: Great Days Out That Won't Break the Bank book cover

Frommer's Britain for Free: Great Days Out That Won't Break the Bank

Book 3 of 5 · published 2010 Co-authored · Dinah Hatch

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2010
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Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8000-Mile Car Journey Around Britain book cover

Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8000-Mile Car Journey Around Britain

Book 4 of 5 · published 2011

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2011
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Road to Rouen

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2013

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2013
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Publishing Talk Magazine issue 2 book cover

Publishing Talk Magazine issue 2

Single-title series · published 2012

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2012

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Ben Hatch?

Ben likes cheese and is balding however he disguises this fact by spiking his hair to great height in order to distract people that he wishes to impress. He has written for The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, and The Daily Express among others. “The Lawnmower Celebrity” won BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Year. The novel is based on Ben’s woeful experiences of his teens and 20s when his father believed him to be an oaf. “Are We Nearly There Yet?” was a BBC Radio 2 Book of the Year and a Number One Bestseller.

Which Ben Hatch series should I start with?

Ben Hatch's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is The Lawnmower Celebrity (2000).

How many books has Ben Hatch written?

Ben Hatch has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2000 and 2013. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Non-Fiction, Standalone Novels and Anthologies.

In what order should Ben Hatch's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 9 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Ben Hatch's books organised into series?

This guide splits Ben Hatch's 9 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (5 books); Standalone Novels (3 books); Anthologies (1 book).