Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How to Be a Bogus Doctor | 2011 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 2 | This Is Going to Hurt | 2017 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 3 | What Seems to Be the Problem | 2019 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 4 | Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas | 2019 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 5 | Kay’s Marvellous Medicine | 2021 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 6 | Kay’s Anatomy | 2022 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 7 | Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients | 2022 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 8 | Kay’s Brilliant Brains | 2023 | Adam Kay | Buy |
| 9 | Kay’s Incredible Inventions | 2024 | Adam Kay | Buy |
Adam Kay’s non-fiction spans memoirs for adults and science books for children. This Is Going to Hurt (2017) launched his writing career with a diary-based memoir about junior doctoring that sold millions of copies worldwide and was adapted for BBC television. Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas (2019) collected his festive hospital stories, and Undoctored (2022) covered his life after leaving medicine.
His children’s non-fiction has been equally successful. Kay’s Marvellous Medicine, Kay’s Anatomy, Kay’s Brilliant Brains, and Kay’s Incredible Inventions use gross facts, historical anecdotes, and illustrations to make science and medicine accessible to young readers. His earlier work How to Be a Bogus Doctor (2011) and What Seems to Be the Problem (2019) are also tied to his medical background.