Adrian Mole is one of the great comic characters in British fiction. Created by Sue Townsend in 1982, he is an ordinary English teenager who keeps a diary that reveals far more about himself than he intends. Adrian believes he is an unrecognized genius, a great poet, and a figure of romantic tragedy. The reader knows better, and that gap is where all the humor lives.
Over thirteen books, Townsend followed Adrian from adolescence into middle age. He grows up, has children, gets married and divorced, worries about his health, and never once stops being convinced that the world has failed to appreciate him. Millions of readers in the UK and beyond have followed along, making Adrian one of the most beloved fictional characters of the past fifty years.
Reading Order
See the complete Adrian Mole reading order for all books in the series.