Recently Announced!

The Marge Book The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (pre-order it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 9 Hardcover, March 2009 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN-10: 0-06-169880-6   ISBN-13: 978-0-00-6169880-4 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8" This is the U.S. Edition available from Amazon.uk; we await information on the UK edition.

Recently Released!

Flanders' Book of Faith The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 8 Hardcover, March 2008 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN-10: 0-00-726709-6   ISBN-13: 978-0-00-726709-5 RRP: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8"

The Book of Moe The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 7 Hardcover, March 2008 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN-10: 0-00-726708-8   ISBN-13: 978-0-00-726708-8 RRP: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8" The above two volume are the 7th and 8th volumes in this series - although they all stand independently. The first four volumes of this series can be found below here!

The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Released June 2007! Hardcover, Jun 2007, Harper (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN-10: 0-00-725494-6   ISBN-13: 978-0-00-725494-1 EAN-13: 9 780007 254941 02500 RRP: £25.00 136 pp., 28.2 x 23.2 cm A serious new publication, at a serious price, on how to draw our favorite family!

The Simpsons Masterpiece Gallery: A Big Book of Posters  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Released June 2007! Softcover, Jun 2007, Harper (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN-10: 0-00-725495-4   ISBN-13: 978-0-00-725495-8 RRP: £12.99 104 pp., 35.4 x 27.6 cm This is the U.S. printing available from Amazon.co.uk. The 1990 Poster Book was posters; this is art!

Greetings from the Simpsons Postcard Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) 32 Detachable, Dispatchable Postcards! By Matt Groening Released June 2007! Softcover, Jun 2007, Harper, HarperCollinsPublishers ISBN-10: 0-00-711014-6   ISBN-13: 978-0-00-711014-8 RRP: £6.99, 19.2 x 11.8 cm 32 postcards

Series Guides

The Simpsons One Step Beyond Forever! A Complete Guide to Seasons 13 and 14  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, October 2005 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-720819-7   EAN: 9 780007 208197 List Price: £9.99 128 pp., 9.07" by 8" The fourth volume of the definitive guide to The Simpsons, covering seasons 13 and 14. A must have for every fan.

The Ultimate Simpsons in a Big Ol' Box: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family Seasons 1-12  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Slipcase Edition, Three softcover volumes, 9.07" by 8" October 2003, HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-716671-0   EAN: 9 780007 166718 List Price: £30.00 The first three volumes of the definitive guide to The Simpsons, covering seasons 1 through 12. If for some strange reason you haven't acquired any of these yet, this box supplies the first three!

The Simpsons Beyond Forever! A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family... Still Continued  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, November 2002 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-715263-9   EAN: 9 780007 152636 List Price: £9.99 128 pp., 9.07" by 8" The third and latest volume of the definitive guide to The Simpsons, covering seasons 11 and 12. A must have for every fan.

The Simpsons Forever! A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family Continued  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, November 1999 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-653168-7   EAN: 9 780006 531685 List Price: £9.99 95 pp., 9.07" by 8" Second volume of the definitive guide to The Simpsons, covering seasons 9 and 10. A must have for every fan.

The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, November 1997, HarperCollinsPublishers ISBN: 0-0063-8898-1   EAN: 9 780006 388982 Softcover, Ted Smart, The Book People Ltd. ISBN: 0-583-33809-7   EAN: 9 780583 338097 List Price: £14.99 249 pp., 9.08" by 8.05" First volume of the definitive guide to The Simpsons, covering seasons 1 through 8. A must have for every fan. Nonetheless mistakes do occur. See the Errors in the Complete Guide for corrections and a description of the four slightly different printings of the U.S. softcover editions.

Simpsons Library of Wisdom

The latest volumes in this series are found above in Recent Releases here!

The Lisa Book The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 6 Hardcover, September 2006 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-723457-0   EAN: 9 780007 234578 RRP: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8"

The Krusty Book The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 5 Hardcover, September 2006 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-723453-8   EAN: 9 780007 234530 RRP: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8"

The Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 4 Hardcover, October 2005 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-720815-4   EAN: 9 780007 208159 List Price: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8"

The Ralph Wiggum Book The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 3 Hardcover, October 2004 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-720816-2   EAN: 9 780007 208166 List Price: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8"

The Bart Book The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 2 Hardcover, October 2004 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-719169-3   EAN: 9 780007 191693 List Price: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8" Note that the original U.S. edition of this volume was softcover.

The Homer Book The Simpsons Library of Wisdom  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening The Simpsons Library of Wisdom Volume 1 Hardcover, October 2004 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-719168-5   EAN: 9 780007 191680 List Price: £7.99 96 pp., 6.6" by 5.8" Note that the original U.S. edition of this volume was softcover.

Books in Print: Other Volumes

The Simpsons Ultra-Jumbo Rain-or-Shine Fun Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Originally released as The Simpsons Fun in the Sun and Rainy Day Book Omnibus, now re-released nine years later! Softcover, July 2006 HarperCollinsEntertainment  (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN-10: 0-00-723413-9   EAN: 9 780007 234134 RRP: £9.99 126 unnumbered pages, 11" by 9.25"

The Simpsons Guide to Springfield  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, October 1998, Boxtree, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. ISBN: 0-7522-2403-4   EAN: 9 780752 224039 List Price: £7.99 130 pp., 7.01" by 9.02"

Matt Groening's Cartooning With the Simpsons  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, October 1998, HarperCollins ISBN: 0-00-653102-4   EAN: 9 780006 531029 List Price: £5.99 32 pp., 10.89" by 8.50" Softcover, 1999, 32 pp. (attached to rear of British video tape) 32 pp., 5.62" by 3.75" free (promotional copy)

Bart Simpson's Guide to Life  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Hardcover, December 1996, HarperCollins ISBN: 0-00-638874-4   EAN: 9 780006 388746 List Price: £9.99 Softcover, August 1993, HarperPerennial ISBN: 0-06-096975-X   EAN: 9 780060 969752 List Price: £6.99? Hardcover, Ted Smart, The Book People Ltd. ISBN: 0-583-33168-8   EAN: 9 780583 331685 List Price: £9.99? Softcover, November 2000, HarperPerennial ISBN: 0-00-711005-7   EAN: 9 780007 110056 List Price: £6.99 186 pp., 8.29" by 5.30" The latest softcover version (temporarily?) added a yellow triangle to the cover proclaiming "now in paperback!".

The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, October 1997, HarperCollinsPublishers ISBN: 0-00-653018-4   EAN: 9 780006 530183 List Price: £9.99 (Originally £7.99 under 1991 U.S. Printing) 64 unnumbered pages, 9.94" by 11.88"

The Simpsons Rainy Day Fun Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, July 1997, HarperCollinsPublishers ISBN: 0-00-653016-6   EAN: 9 780006 530169 List Price: £7.99 (Originally £4.99 under 1991 U.S. Printing) 64 unnumbered pages, 10.86" by 9.15"

Books Out-Of-Print

The Simpsons Fun in the Sun Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, July 1998, HarperCollins ISBN: 0-00-653101-6   EAN: 9 780006 531012 List Price: £7.99 (Originally £4.99 under 1992 U.S. Printing) 64 unnumbered pages, 11" x 9.25"

The Simpsons Fun in the Sun and Rainy Day Book Omnibus By Matt Groening Softcover, 1997, HarperCollins ISBN: 0-00-770983-8   EAN: 9 780007 709830 List Price: £12.99 128 unnumbered pages, 11" x 9.25" Now re-released with a slightly different cover! Front cover is exactly the same as the original Rainy Day Fun Book, but flip it over and you've got the exact cover of the Fun in the Sun Book with a UPC code added to the bottom left corner.

Maggie Simpson's Alphabet Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Maggie Groening and Matt Groening Softcover, September 1991, Carnival (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-192631-4   EAN: 9 780001 926318 List Price: £3.50 32 unnumbered pages, 8" by 8"

Maggie Simpson's Counting Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Maggie Groening and Matt Groening Softcover, September 1991, Carnival (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-192632-2   EAN: 9 780001 926325 List Price: £3.50 32 unnumbered pages, 8" by 8"

Maggie Simpson's Book of Colors and Shapes  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Maggie Groening and Matt Groening Softcover, September 1991, Carnival (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-192629-2   EAN: 9 780001 926295 List Price: £3.50 32 unnumbered pages, 8" by 8"

Maggie Simpson's Book of Animals  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Maggie Groening and Matt Groening Softcover, September 1991, Carnival (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-192630-6   EAN: 9 780001 926301 List Price: £3.50 32 unnumbered pages, 8" by 8"

Greetings From the Simpsons  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, November 1990, HarperCollins ISBN: 0-00-711014-6 MSRP: £5.99 32 postcards, 4.75" x 7.31" The following US edition was also widely distributed and is far more common in the UK; Softcover, November 1990, HarperPerennial (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-06-096580-0   UPC: 099455 008952 UPC: (from inside front cover) 9 780060 965808 MSRP: $8.95  CDN$11.95 32 postcards, 4.75" x 7.31"

The Simpsons Xmas Book  (get it at Amazon.co.uk) By Matt Groening Softcover, October 1991, Carnival (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-00-192650-0   EAN: 9 780001 926509 List Price: £3.99 48 unnumbered pages, 8.5" by 9.5" The following US edition was also widely distributed and is far more common in the UK; Hardcover, November 1990, HarperPerennial (HarperCollinsPublishers ) ISBN: 0-06-096581-9   UPC: 099455 012959 UPC: (from flyleaf) 9 780060 985815 MSRP: $12.95  CDN$14.95 48 unnumbered pages, 8.75" by 9.75"

Announced But Never Released Appeared on amazon.uk, but then disappeared. This UK book however was never cleaned off amazon.com or the amazon.jp site though!

Lisa Simpson, Girl Detective: The Case of the Stolen Stacy By Matt Groening Hardcover, May 2005, HarperCollins Entertainment ISBN: 0-00-719941-4   EAN: 9 780007 199419 List Price: £7.99 160 pp.

Notes Carnival was an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. HarperCollinsEntertainment is an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. As per the Macmillan website: Boxtree was established in 1990 and soon grew into a successful independent publishing house. It became one of Pan Macmillan's imprints in June 1996. It started out with a focus on 'TV tie-ins' (books tied to television programmes) and quickly diversified into film tie-ins, pop music, sport, biographies and humour. DMG, renamed to The Wonderful Book Company, was purchased in 2003 by PDG, or Premiere Direct Group. It is the leading nationwide shopping-at-work provider. The Wonderful Book Company also reprints Simpson books.

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