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Adam Kay

British author and former doctor best known for the bestselling *This Is Going to Hurt* series, which has sold over 2.5 million copies and been adapted into a major BBC television show. This page provides the Adam Kay books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

2011How to Be a Bogus DoctorPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

2017This Is Going to HurtPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

2019What Seems to Be the Problem(With: Mark Watson)POoNB · 3Buy ↗

2019Twas the Nightshift Before ChristmasPOoNB · 4Buy ↗

2021Kay's Marvellous MedicinePOoNB · 5Buy ↗

2022Kay's AnatomyPOoNB · 6Buy ↗

2022Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of PatientsPOoNB · 7Buy ↗

2023Amy Gets EatenPOoPB · 1Buy ↗

2023Kay's Brilliant BrainsPOoNB · 8Buy ↗

2024Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor(With: Henry Paker)POoDPB · 1Buy ↗

2024Kay�s Incredible InventionsPOoNB · 9Buy ↗

2025A Particularly Nasty CasePOoSN · 1Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Picture Books1 book · 2023

01Amy Gets Eaten2023Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels1 book · 2025

01A Particularly Nasty Case2025Buy ↗

Publication Order of Dexter Procter Books1 book · 2024

01Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor(With: Henry Paker)2024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books9 books · 2011–2024

01How to Be a Bogus Doctor2011Buy ↗

02This Is Going to Hurt2017Buy ↗

03What Seems to Be the Problem(With: Mark Watson)2019Buy ↗

04Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas2019Buy ↗

05Kay's Marvellous Medicine2021Buy ↗

06Kay's Anatomy2022Buy ↗

07Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients2022Buy ↗

08Kay's Brilliant Brains2023Buy ↗

09Kay�s Incredible Inventions2024Buy ↗

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