Lynne Truss

Lynne Truss

6 Series • 25 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Constable Twitten Books
Start with: A Shot in the Dark (2018)
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Publication Order of Inspector Steine Books
Start with: Inspector Steine - Series One (2008)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Tennyson’s Gift (1997)

ⓘ About Lynne Truss

Lynne Truss is one of the award winning novelists from The United Kingdom who has written a few famous novels based on the nonfiction genre. She is particularly famous for writing down the successful books titled ‘Approach To Punctuation’, ‘Eats, Shoots, and Leaves’, and ‘Cat Out Of Hell’. Apart from being a successful author, Lynne is also a well known journalist in England. Author Lynne was born on May 31, 1955, in Kingston, England, The United Kingdom. In the year 2014, she was included in the list of 200 prominent public figures who became signatories to a letter given to The Guardian for opposing the Scottish Independence. The list was made public by The Guardian in the run up of the September referendum on the issue.

All Book Series by Lynne Truss

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A Shot in the Dark

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2018

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2018
2
The Man That Got Away book cover

The Man That Got Away

Book 2 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
3
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Murder by Milk Bottle

Book 3 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
4
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See the Bunny Run / Psycho by the Sea

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Inspector Steine - Series One

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2008

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2008
2
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Casebook Of Inspector Steine

Book 2 of 3 · published 2009

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2009
3
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The Adventures of Inspector Steine

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2010

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2010
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Tennyson’s Gift

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 1997

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1997
2
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Going Loco

Book 2 of 5 · published 1999

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1999
3
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With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed

Book 3 of 5 · published 2004

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2004
4
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Cat Out of Hell

Book 4 of 5 · published 2014

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2014
5
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The Lunar Cats

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2016

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2016
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A Certain Age

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2005

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2005
2
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Natter from the Natural World

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2023

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2023
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Making the Cat Laugh

Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 1995

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1995
2
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Tennyson and His Circle

Book 2 of 8 · published 1999

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1999
3
Glued to the Gogglebox: 50 Years of British Television book cover

Glued to the Gogglebox: 50 Years of British Television

Book 3 of 8 · published 2003

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2003
4
Eats, Shoots & Leaves book cover

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Book 4 of 8 · published 2003

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2003
5
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Talk to the Hand

Book 5 of 8 · published 2005

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2005
6
The Girl's Like Spaghetti book cover

The Girl's Like Spaghetti

Book 6 of 8 · published 2007

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2007
7
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Twenty-Odd Ducks

Book 7 of 8 · published 2008

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2008
8
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Get Her Off the Pitch!

Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2009

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2009
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Midsummer Nights

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2009

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2009
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How Rude! Modern Manners Defined book cover

How Rude! Modern Manners Defined

Book 2 of 3 · published 2012

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2012
3
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Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2025

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2025

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Lynne Truss?

Lynne Truss is one of the award winning novelists from The United Kingdom who has written a few famous novels based on the nonfiction genre. She is particularly famous for writing down the successful books titled 'Approach To Punctuation', 'Eats, Shoots, and Leaves', and 'Cat Out Of Hell'. Apart from being a successful author, Lynne is also a well known journalist in England.

Which Lynne Truss series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Inspector Steine series, the earliest of Lynne Truss's multi-book series: it opens with Inspector Steine - Series One (2008) and runs to 3 books across 2008–2010, ending with The Adventures of Inspector Steine (2010). Lynne Truss's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Lynne Truss written?

Lynne Truss has 25 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1995 and 2025. 7 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Constable Twitten series with 4 books — and 18 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Lynne Truss's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Lynne Truss's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Inspector Steine (2008–2010, 3 books) and Constable Twitten (2018–2021, 4 books).

How are Lynne Truss's books organised into series?

This guide splits Lynne Truss's 25 books into 2 named series and 18 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Constable Twitten (4 books, 2018–2021); Inspector Steine (3 books, 2008–2010).