- Comedy
- Lottie Brooks collection
- Ages 9–12
Lottie Brooks
Part of the collectionLottie Brooks→A warm, painfully relatable illustrated diary about secondary-school survival - friendship wobbles, first crushes and family chaos - perfect for fans of Dork Diaries.
- Books8 / 8
- Arcs1
- Span2021–2026
- StatusOngoing
The series
At a glance.
Katie Kirby's bestselling illustrated-diary series follows Lottie Brooks from the mortifying first days of Year Seven onwards, told entirely through her doodles, lists, text threads and over-shared thoughts of the day. Each book is a self-contained misadventure - a school trip, a chaotic Christmas, a first boyfriend, a skiing holiday - but the world grows richer as it goes: best friends Molly and Jess, the Queens of Eight Green, crush-turned-boyfriend Daniel, baby sister Bella and the cockapoo Pot Noodle. The comedy is warm, cringe-perfect and squarely aimed at the emotional weather of being eleven and twelve, with friendship at the dead centre of every book. Extremely accessible and re-readable, it champions loyalty, courage and being yourself under all the over-thinking.
A warm, painfully relatable illustrated diary about secondary-school survival - friendship wobbles, first crushes and family chaos - perfect for fans of Dork Diaries.
Primary themes
Overall tone
- Funny
- Irreverent
- Warm
- Heartwarming
Publication order recommended - Lottie's friendships and her relationship with Daniel develop across the run, though each book stands as its own story.
One arc
The shape of the series.
- IStandalone collection arcBooks 1–8 · 2021–2026Low sensitivity
Lottie's diaries
Eight doodle-packed diaries of Lottie Brooks surviving secondary school, first crushes and family chaos.
Every Lottie Brooks book is a self-contained diary of one big misadventure, so this collection covers the whole series to date. Across eight instalments Lottie faces the wrong pencil case, a stolen diary read aloud, a first boyfriend, a chaotic family Christmas and a disastrous skiing trip - and the emotional core is always friendship: keeping it, mending it, and fighting for the people who matter. Kirby's voice stays warm, cringe-perfect and hopeful, the sensitivity low throughout, and the diary format of doodles, lists and text threads makes each book a fast, confidence-building read. A dependable, laugh-out-loud series about being yourself when everything feels embarrassing.
Book 1The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks
Book 2The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks
Book 3The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks
Book 4Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip
Book 5The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks
Book 6The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks
Book 7Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean Girls
Book 8The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
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- Best fit · 9–12
- Read aloud · 9–12
- Independent · 9–12
Reluctant-reader friendliness
Very high
Read-aloud quality
Workable
Adult crossover
Low
Grows with the reader
Not especially
Sensitivity envelope
Low overall, and consistent.
Where it sits
In conversation with other series.
About the author