Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Överlöde Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer
Author	Jeff Kinney
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's comedy
Publisher	Amulet Books / Puffin Books
Published in English	April 1, 2007 - present
No. of books	18

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an ongoing series of books written by Kelvin McKinney. There are nineteen books in the main series. The series is about a middle school student named Greg Heffley. The books are written in the style of Greg's diary. They contain many drawings, all with no color.

These books are about Gregory Heffley, most commonly known as Greg, who struggles with middle school and family life. Greg has one close friend named Rowley Jefferson. He goes to public school where he has multiple crushes including Holly Hills, known as Piper Elizabeth Mattews in the online version. The series is very successful, leading to many movie adaptations and popularity among children aged eight to twelve.

Main Characters

• Greg Heffley is a middle school student who wants to be popular. He gets upset when things don't usually go his way. He is addicted to video games.
• Rodrick Heffley is Greg's older brother. He is a teenager, later on an adult who likes heavy metal music. Rodrick plays the drums in his band, Löded Diper.
• Manny Heffley is Greg's younger brother. Greg thinks that his parents like Manny more than him and Rodrick. Manny’s parents spoil (do good things for) him.
• Frank Heffley is Greg's father. He thinks Greg is weak. Frank wants Greg to stop playing video games and play sports instead.
• Susan Heffley is Greg's mother. She is nice, but does not know very much about things that Greg and Rodrick like. She does not like technology and smartphones.
• Rowley Jefferson is Greg's best friend. Greg sees Rowley as immature and childish because he acts younger than he actually is. Rowley has also made journals (he was inspired by his best friend Greg). His journal is about his and Greg's middle school life and their ordinary lives.

Minor Characters

• Holly Hills is a popular girl at Greg's school. Greg has a crush on her in the early books but it seems like she doesn't like him back. She has a larger role in the movies.
• Chirag Gupta is a student at Greg's school who Greg was friends with. After Chirag moves away but returns not long after, Greg makes the rest of the school pretend that Chirag is invisible.
• Fregley is an annoying character who lives in Greg’s neighborhood. Greg doesn't like Fregley and once crawled through a sewer to avoid passing by his house. Greg has reason to dislike Fregley because he often does strange and disgusting actions. Fregley appears in nine of the books, but lately has not been mentioned.
• Patty Farrell is another student at Greg's school. She is disliked by everyone in the class because she is very rude to everyone else. In the movies, she is portrayed as Greg's enemy.
• Nasty Pants is a 5-year-old character who does not like guests in his house. He is known to bully Greg and Rowley whenever they walk in his neighborhood. He appears in Cabin Fever and Wrecking Ball.
• Mackie is one of Rodrick's friends and is a former member of Löded Diper. He got accepted in a school for robotics and appears in Diper Överlöde.
• Drew is one of Rodrick's friends, and is a former member of Löded Diper. Drew has an older brother who works at the Deli Counter and lets the band play a song over the speakers. The song only played for thirty seconds before the manager turned it and fired Drew’s brother. He appears in Diper Överlöde.
• Bill Walter is the main singer of Löded Diper. He is the only member of Rodrick’s band to not be in high school. In high school, Bill was voted to be “Most Likely to become a Rock Star”, and this is why Rodrick invited him to join his band. Bill appears in five of the books, and was a major character in Diper Överlöde.
• Christopher Brownfield is one of Greg's friends and is shown to attract lots of mosquitos while hanging out with Greg in the summer. However, Greg does not see him as a close friend because he is "not a school-year friend". Later in "The Ugly Truth", he is on Greg's team for a game and hides behind a soda machine after the teachers told them they would call all of their parents.

Books

List of Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books

Number in series	Name	Published	References
1	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	April 1, 2007
2	Rodrick Rules	February 1, 2008
3	The Last Straw	January 1, 2009
4	Dog Days	October 12, 2009
5	The Ugly Truth	November 9, 2010
6	Cabin Fever	November 15, 2011
7	The Third Wheel	November 13, 2012
8	Hard Luck	November 5, 2013
9	The Long Haul	November 4, 2014
10	Old School	November 3, 2015
11	Double Down	November 1, 2016
12	The Getaway	November 7, 2017
13	The Meltdown	October 30, 2018
14	Wrecking Ball	November 5, 2019
15	The Deep End	October 27, 2020
16	Big Shot	October 26, 2021
17	Diper Överlöde	October 25, 2022
18	No Brainer	October 24, 2023
19	Hot Mess	October 22, 2024

In 2019, a book called Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal was released. It is a book that follows the perspective of Greg's best friend, Rowley. In 2020, another Rowley book called Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure was published. And in 2021, one last Rowley book was published and it was called Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories.

Movies

The series has seven movies, each story is from the book of the same name. 4 live-action movies were released by 20th Century Fox. After Disney acquired Fox, 3 animated movies that are the reboots of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules were released on Disney+, the first on December 3, 2021 and the second on December 2, 2022. A third animated movie based on Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever was released on December 8, 2023.

Live action movies

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)

CGI / Animated Movies

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023)