Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King of the Ants | 1992 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
| 2 | Happy Now | 1993 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
| 3 | Full Whack | 1995 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
| 4 | Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen | 1996 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
| 5 | Monstroso | 2010 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
| 6 | Worst. Holiday. Ever | 2021 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
| 7 | Whatever Gets You Through the Night | 2023 | Charlie Higson | Buy |
Before Young Bond and The Enemy made him a household name in children’s fiction, Charlie Higson wrote adult crime novels. King of the Ants (1992) follows a drifter who gets drawn into murder for hire, and its mix of violence and dark humor set the tone for the books that followed. Happy Now and Full Whack continued in the same vein through the mid-1990s.
Higson returned to standalone fiction after finishing his YA series. Worst. Holiday. Ever (2021) is a children’s comedy, while Whatever Gets You Through the Night (2023) is a horror novel aimed at adults. The range is typical of Higson, who has never stayed in one genre for long.