Reading order
Dork Diaries reading order
- Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous-Life2009
- Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl2010
- Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star2011
- Tales From A Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess2012
- Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All2012
- Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker2013
- Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star2014
- Tales From a Not-So-Happily Ever After2014
- Tales From a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen2015
- Tales From a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter2015
- Tales from a Not-So Friendly Frenemy2016
- Tales From a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe2017
- Every volume in order (16) ↓
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11- 8.18.1 / 10222 ratings
- Score
- 16 volumes
- Volumes
- 2009–2024
- Published
- about 90 h
- Reading time
- Ongoing
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
16 volumes2009–2024Ongoing
- Nikki Maxwell’s diary, full of doodles, crushes and embarrassing moments, written as she tries to fit in at a posh private school while hiding that her dad is the school’s exterminator.
- A natural next step for readers who liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
- Sixteen light, quick books; read in order for the running jokes, though any one works alone.
- Few have enough ratings yet; those that do score high.
A plan for the whole series
16 volumes, 4,932 pages, about 90 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 4 months.
- The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2024. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.
Stages
6 stages, with 5 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around March 23, 2027, about 4 weeks later than in one go.
- Stage 116 habout 3 weeksby November 19, 2026
- 1. Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous-Life
- 2. Tales From a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
- 3. Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 19, 2026
- 4. Tales From A Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
- 5. Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
- 6. Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 317 habout 3 weeksby January 19, 2027
- 7. Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star
- 8. Tales From a Not-So-Happily Ever After
- 9. Tales From a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen
- Short breakThe Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson · 96 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 416 h21 daysby February 12, 2027
- 10. Tales From a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter
- 11. Tales from a Not-So Friendly Frenemy
- 12. Tales From a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe
- Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.4
- Stage 517 habout 3 weeksby March 12, 2027
- 13. Tales From a Not-So-Happy Birthday
- 14. Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever
- 15. Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure
- Short breakAnimal Farm · George Orwell · 128 pp. · score 8.3
- Stage 66 h8 daysby March 23, 2027
- 16. Tales from a NOT-SO-Bratty Little Sister
- The end of the series
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≈ next to a page count: a volume with no page count in our data is counted at this series’s average.
How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
- Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-AllBuyTales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All–Not ranked yet
- Tales From a Not-So-Secret Crush CatastropheBuyTales From a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe–Not ranked yet
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Dork Diaries book is the best?
By reader score, Tales From A Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess (8.4/10). The lowest-rated is Tales from a Not-So Friendly Frenemy (8.1/10).
Which Dork Diaries book is the longest?
“Tales From A Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess” is the longest at 368 pages; the shortest is “Tales From a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe” with 272 pages.