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Adam Kay Books in Order

Adam Kay is a British author, comedian, television writer, and former junior doctor. His nonfiction memoir This Is Going to Hurt became an international bestseller, followed by further adult nonfiction and a substantial body of humorous children's nonfiction, picture books, and fiction. His children's books are frequently illustrated by Henry Paker. Kay's writing often combines medical history, anatomy, comedy, and personal experience.

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Adam Kay's Newest Book

Cover of Dexter Procter and the Case of the Disappearing Doctor

Dexter Procter and the Case of the Disappearing Doctor

children's novel · First published 2026

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Cover of This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

The defining and most widely known introduction to Adam Kay's adult nonfiction.

Cover of Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body

Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body

The best entry point to Kay's humorous children's nonfiction.

Cover of Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor

Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor

The starting point for his children's mystery fiction.

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Dexter Procter

A humorous children's mystery series about Dexter Procter, the world's youngest-ever doctor.

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  1. 1 Cover of Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor
    Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor

    Book 1 · children's novel · 2024

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  2. 2 Cover of Dexter Procter and the Case of the Disappearing Doctor
    Dexter Procter and the Case of the Disappearing Doctor

    Book 2 · children's novel · 2026

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Novels (1)
  1. Cover of A Particularly Nasty Case
    A Particularly Nasty Case

    novel · 2025

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Nonfiction (3)
  1. Cover of This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

    memoir · 2017

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  2. Cover of Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas
    Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

    memoir · 2019

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  3. Cover of Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
    Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients

    memoir · 2022

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Children's books (6)
  1. Cover of Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body
    Kay's Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body

    children's nonfiction · 2020

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  2. Cover of Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body
    Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body

    children's nonfiction · 2021

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  3. Cover of Kay's Brilliant Brains
    Kay's Brilliant Brains

    children's nonfiction · 2023

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  4. Cover of Kay's Incredible Inventions
    Kay's Incredible Inventions

    children's nonfiction · 2023

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  5. Cover of Amy Gets Eaten
    Amy Gets Eaten

    picture book · 2023

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  6. Cover of Simon Gets Sneezed
    Simon Gets Sneezed

    picture book · 2025

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Other (1)
  1. Kay's Anatomy: The Poo-tastic Puzzle Book

    activity book · 2025

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