Reading order
Hairy Maclary reading order
- Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy1983
- Hairy Maclary's Bone1984
- Hairy Maclary Scattercat1985
- Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper1987
- Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet1989
- Slinky Malinki1991
- Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness1991
- 7 volumes
- Volumes
- 1983–1991
- Published
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
Quick answer
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Publication order
7 volumes1983–1991Completed
Volume numbering in the sources is incomplete — the order below follows publication years.
A plan for the whole series
7 volumes, 230 pages, about 4 hours. At 45 min a day that is 6 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 4, 2026.
- The end of the series
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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
No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.
Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Hairy Maclary book is the longest?
“Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy” is the longest at 36 pages; the shortest is “Slinky Malinki” with 31 pages.