Matt Whyman books

Matt Whyman is a British author writing across YA thrillers, dark comedy, non-fiction about animals and sport, and children's fiction.

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Red House Young Writer’s Yearbook 2008 2008 Buy
Red House Young Writers’ Yearbook 2009 2009 Buy
Red Hou Se Young Writers’ Yearbook 2010 2010 Buy
Red House Young Writers’ Yearbook 2011 2011 Buy
Red House Young Writers’ Yearbook 2012 2012 Buy
The Booby Trap and Other Bits and Boobs 2013 Buy
War Girls 2014 Buy

Carl Hobbes Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Icecore 2007 Buy
Inside the Cage 2007 Buy
Goldstrike 2009 Buy

Football Legends Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Harry Kane 1970 Buy
Tammy Abraham 2021 Buy
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 2021 Buy
Kylian Mbappe 2021 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Divorce and Separation 1999 N/A
Torn in Two 1999 Buy
Smoking 2000 N/A
Drinking 2002 N/A
XY 2002 Buy
XY 100: One Hundred Strategies for Life 2004 Buy
Family Break-Up 2005 Buy
Unzipped 2007 Buy
Oink!: My Life with Mini-Pigs 2011 Buy
Walking with Sausage Dogs 2012 Buy
The Unexpected Genius of Pigs 2018 Buy
Our Planet: The One Place We All Call Home 2019 Buy
The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion 2019 Buy
Be More Sausage 2020 Buy
Failure is an Option 2022 Buy
Inside Mercedes F1 2024 Buy

So Below

Title Published Buy on Amazon
So Below: The Trilogy 2013 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Man or Mouse 2000 Buy
Columbia Road 2002 Buy
Superhuman 2003 Buy
Boy Kills Man 2005 Buy
The Wild 2005 Buy
Street Runners 2008 Buy
Bad Apple 2016 Buy

The Savages Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Savages 2013 Buy
American Savage 2014 Buy
Savage Ruin 2022 N/A

Matt Whyman has had an unusually varied career, spanning teenage problem pages, YA thrillers, dark comedy, and non-fiction about everything from mini-pigs to Formula 1 racing. His fiction tends toward the dark and surprising — The Savages follows a family of suburban cannibals trying to keep their secret, while Boy Kills Man deals with child assassins in Colombia.

His non-fiction is lighter in tone, with Oink!: My Life with Mini-Pigs and Walking with Sausage Dogs appealing to animal lovers, while The Unexpected Genius of Pigs takes a more scientific approach. He also wrote the official companion book for the Good Omens TV series and Inside Mercedes F1, showing a willingness to work across wildly different subjects.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Matt Whyman written?

Matt Whyman has written 41 books across seven series.

What was Matt Whyman's first book?

Matt Whyman’s first book is Harry Kane, published in 1970.

What is Matt Whyman best known for?

Whyman is known for The Savages, a darkly comic YA series about a family of secret cannibals living in suburban London, and for his non-fiction including Oink!: My Life with Mini-Pigs. He also writes YA thrillers and has worked as an agony uncle for teen magazines.

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