The Lottie Brooks books must be read in chronological order, which matches their publication order, in this sequence:[2-12]
| Order | Cover | Title | First published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks | 2021[13] | Introduces Lottie, her family, school, and first conflicts. |
| 2 |
|
The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks | 2022[14] | Continues from Molly’s return, Bella’s arrival, and Lottie’s friendships. |
| 3 |
|
The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks | 2022[15] | Builds on Lottie’s friendships, Daniel, Amber, and the group’s dynamics. |
| 4 |
|
Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School-Trip | 2023[16-17] | Follows Lottie into Year 8 and continues the Daniel, Antoine, Jess, and Amber threads. |
| 5 |
|
The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks | 2023[18] | Continues the romantic complications and moves into Christmas. |
| 6 |
|
The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks | 2024[19] | Follows Lottie and Daniel as a couple while friendship pressures increase. |
| 7 |
|
Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life | 2024[20-21] | A guide with activities, advice, and new material. |
| 8 |
|
Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls | 2025[22] | Amber distances herself from the Queens of Eight Green. |
| 9 |
|
The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks | 2026[23] | Continues after Amber’s return and follows Lottie into a new holiday setting. |
| 10 |
|
Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas | 2026[24] | A short-story collection set around Lottie. |
Works in sequence
The core reading experience is the main diary sequence following Lottie’s school life, family changes, friendships, and crushes in order. These books form the main continuity and should be read before moving on to companion or short-story material. In practice, this means all of the books in the series except the two supplementary titles: Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life and Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas.[2-11]
The supplementary books expand the series with advice, activities, extra stories, or a wider focus on the supporting characters. They may be skipped without causing confusion in the main storyline, since they do not contain essential plot developments for following Lottie’s ongoing diary narrative. However, they are worthwhile for readers who want additional humor, character perspectives, and bonus material beyond the main books.[8][11]
1. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (2021)[13] introduces Lottie Brooks as she begins writing a diary during the summer before high school. It establishes her family life, her anxieties about growing up, her friendship with Jess, her longing for popularity, and her encounters with Amber and Poppy.[2]
It also introduces the series’ emotional arc: embarrassment, social mistakes, family chaos, and gradual self-understanding.[2]
2. The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (2022)[14] continues after Molly’s return and Bella’s birth, placing Lottie between new family responsibilities, old friendships, and new school pressures. This story expands the friendship group through conflicts involving Molly, Jess, and Amber, while also developing Lottie’s crush on Daniel and her increasing awareness of puberty.[3]
It is a continuation of the social and domestic changes begun in book one.[3]
3. The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks
The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks (2022)[15] focuses on Lottie’s feelings about Daniel, her friendship circle, and the tensions caused by Amber’s behavior. It follows Lottie through misunderstandings, jealousy, a holiday encounter with Antoine, and a growing realization that friendships matter more than romantic drama.[4]
This book is important for understanding the group dynamic that continues into the later books.[4]
4. Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School-Trip
Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School-Trip (2023)[16-17] moves Lottie into Year 8 and brings together several ongoing threads: Antoine, Daniel, Amber, Jess, and Lottie’s place within her friendship group. Much of the book centers on a residential school trip, where rivalries, embarrassment, loyalty, and jealousy collide.[5]
It also shows the group settling into a new school-year pattern.[5]
5. The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks (2023)[18] narrows the action to the Christmas season while continuing Lottie’s unresolved feelings involving Daniel and Antoine. It combines school events, Secret Santa, family chaos, surprise guests, and romantic confusion into a seasonal installment that still advances the main continuity.[6]
By the end of this book, Lottie’s relationship with Daniel moves into a new stage, setting up the situation at the start of the next book.[6]
6. The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks
The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (2024)[19] begins with Lottie and Daniel established as a couple, while Amber’s jealousy and the group’s friendship tensions continue. The Brooks family also gains Pot Noodle, a new dog whose arrival adds another layer to Lottie’s crowded life.[7]
In this book, Lottie must manage a boyfriend, a pet, her family, and friends who feel neglected.[7]
7. Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life
Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life (2024)[20-21] presents advice, activities, quizzes, writing spaces, and extra material from Lottie and her friends. It includes new stories and contributions from Jess, Amber, and Lottie’s mother.[8]
Readers following the story may treat it as supplementary material rather than a required step before continuing.[8]
8. Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls
Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls (2025)[22] returns to the main friendship sequence, with Amber spending time with the Ultra Mean Girl Gang and ignoring the Queens of Eight Green. Lottie’s home life also changes as her mother returns to work, Bella becomes more demanding, and Pot Noodle continues causing trouble.[9]
This book focuses on Lottie’s attempt to repair the friendship group before Amber’s new social circle causes lasting damage.[9]
9. The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks
The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks (2026)[23] follows Lottie after Amber has returned to the Queens of Eight Green and invited her on a skiing holiday. The setting shifts away from ordinary school and home routines, but the story continues the same friendship continuity and Lottie’s pattern of facing embarrassment.[10]
It is a holiday installment that depends on the established relationship between Lottie and Amber.[10]
10. Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas
Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas will be published on October 6, 2026[24] and is a festive short-story collection rather than a standard diary installment. It broadens the perspective to include characters such as Burger Tom, Molly, Bella, Toby, Poppy, Jess, and the hamsters, while still giving Lottie a disastrous Christmas story of her own.[11]
It is best read after the earlier books, when the characters are already familiar.[11]
References
- Lottie Brooks. Penguin Books.
- The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241460887.
- The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241460900.
- The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241562031.
- Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School-Trip. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241562055.
- The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241647431.
- The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241647271.
- Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241647202.
- Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241725597.
- The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241803455.
- Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas. Puffin. ISBN: 9780241831564.
- Order Lottie Brooks Books. Katie Kirby.
- The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks. Penguin Books.
- The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks. Penguin Books UK.
- The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School-Trip. Penguin Books UK.
- Lottie Brooks’s Totally Disastrous School-Trip by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life. Penguin Books UK.
- Lottie Brooks’s Essential Guide to Life by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.
- Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas by Katie Kirby. Penguin Books Australia.