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Jen Mann

5 Series • 22 Books

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Publication Order of Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat Books
Start with: Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 1 (2015)
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Publication Order of People I Want to Punch in the Throat Books
Start with: Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat (2012)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: My Lame Life: Queen of the Misfits (2017)

ⓘ About Jen Mann

Jen Mann is an author and blogger that is best known for her hysterical and wildly popular blog “People I Want to Punch in the Throat.” According to reports, the blog has been viewed more than 40 million times, and Mann has at some point been called Erma Bombek with f-bombs. Over the years, she has come to be known for her funny observations and hilarious rants on anything and everything. She would later pen several other hilarious works based on her observations and insights that would just be as successful as her debut. Jen Mann is the publisher and mastermind behind “I Just Want to Pee Alone Series,” which would also become a New York Times bestseller.

All Book Series by Jen Mann

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Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 1 book cover

Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 1

Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2015

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2015
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Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 2 book cover

Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 2

Book 2 of 6 · published 2015

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2015
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Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 3 book cover

Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 3

Book 3 of 6 · published 2015

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2015
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Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 4 book cover

Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 4

Book 4 of 6 · published 2015

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2015
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Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 5 book cover

Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 5

Book 5 of 6 · published 2016

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2016
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Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 6 book cover

Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 6

Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2017

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2017
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Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat book cover

Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2012

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2012
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People I Want to Punch in the Throat book cover

People I Want to Punch in the Throat

Book 2 of 4 · published 2014

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2014
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Working with People I Want to Punch in the Throat book cover

Working with People I Want to Punch in the Throat

Book 3 of 4 · published 2017

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2017
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Traveling with People I Want to Punch in the Throat book cover

Traveling with People I Want to Punch in the Throat

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
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My Lame Life: Queen of the Misfits book cover

My Lame Life: Queen of the Misfits

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2017

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2017
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How I F*cking Did It book cover

How I F*cking Did It

Book 2 of 3 · published 2019

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2019
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Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? book cover

Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me?

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2022

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2022
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I Just Want to Pee Alone book cover

I Just Want to Pee Alone

Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2013

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2013
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I Just Want to Be Alone book cover

I Just Want to Be Alone

Book 2 of 7 · published 2014

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2014
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I Still Just Want to Pee Alone book cover

I Still Just Want to Pee Alone

Book 3 of 7 · published 2015

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2015
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I Just Want to Be Perfect book cover

I Just Want to Be Perfect

Book 4 of 7 · published 2016

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2016
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But Did You Die?: Setting the Parenting Bar Low book cover

But Did You Die?: Setting the Parenting Bar Low

Book 5 of 7 · published 2017

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2017
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You Do You! book cover

You Do You!

Book 6 of 7 · published 2018

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2018
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I Just Want to Hang Out With You book cover

I Just Want to Hang Out With You

Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2020

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2020
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You Do You! book cover

You Do You!

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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I Just Want to Hang Out With You book cover

I Just Want to Hang Out With You

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020

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2020

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Jen Mann?

Jen Mann is an author and blogger that is best known for her hysterical and wildly popular blog “People I Want to Punch in the Throat.” According to reports, the blog has been viewed more than 40 million times, and Mann has at some point been called Erma Bombek with f-bombs. Over the years, she has come to be known for her funny observations and hilarious rants on anything and everything. She would later pen several other hilarious works based on her observations and insights that would just be as successful as her debut.

Which Jen Mann series should I start with?

The best place to start is the People I Want to Punch in the Throat series, the earliest of Jen Mann's multi-book series: it opens with Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat (2012) and runs to 4 books across 2012–2020, ending with Traveling with People I Want to Punch in the Throat (2020). Jen Mann's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Jen Mann written?

Jen Mann has 22 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2012 and 2022. 17 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the IJWTBA series with 7 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Jen Mann's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jen Mann's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are People I Want to Punch in the Throat (2012–2020, 4 books), IJWTBA (2013–2020, 7 books) and Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat (2015–2017, 6 books).

How are Jen Mann's books organised into series?

This guide splits Jen Mann's 22 books into 3 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: IJWTBA (7 books, 2013–2020); Just A Few People I Want to Punch in the Throat (6 books, 2015–2017); People I Want to Punch in the Throat (4 books, 2012–2020).