- 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 BrooksPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXIThe Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie BrooksBook 2The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie BrooksPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXIIThe Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie BrooksBook 3The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie BrooksPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXIIThe Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie BrooksBook 4Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-TripPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXIIILottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-TripBook 5The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie BrooksPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXIIIThe Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie BrooksBook 6The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie BrooksPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXIVThe Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie BrooksBook 7Lottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean GirlsPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXVILottie Brooks vs The Ultra Mean GirlsBook 8The Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie BrooksPenguin Random House Children's UK · MMXXVIThe Seriously Epic Holiday of Lottie Brooks
Fit check
Right for your reader?
Where the series lands by age
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 17
- 19
- 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