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Alice Blanchard Books in Order

Alice Blanchard has written 15 books, published between 1996 and 2026. The first book is The Stuntman's Daughter and Other Stories (1996) and the newest is The World Above (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1996–2026
Pages on record
2,458 in 7 of 15 books
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Alice Blanchard is an American suspense novelist, born in 1959. The Stuntman's Daughter and Other Stories (1996) opens the catalogue and took the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. 15 books run to The World Above (2026), and the Natalie Lockhart novels form the one series, police procedurals built around a policewoman. Trace of Evil (2019) and The Witching Tree (2021) sit in the later run. Murder, psychopaths, sisters, and fathers and daughters recur.

How many Alice Blanchard books are there?

Alice Blanchard has 15 books, released between 1996 and 2026. 4 of them belong to the Natalie Lockhart series.

Alice Blanchard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Alice Blanchard books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of The Stuntman's Daughter and Other Stories by Alice Blanchard (1996)
  2. Cover of Darkness Peering by Alice Blanchard (1999)
  3. Cover of The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard (2003)
  4. Cover of Life Sentences by Alice Blanchard (2004)
  5. Cover of Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard, book 1 of the Natalie Lockhart series (2019)
  6. Cover of The Wicked Hour by Alice Blanchard, book 2 of the Natalie Lockhart series (2020)
  7. Cover of The Witching Tree by Alice Blanchard, book 3 of the Natalie Lockhart series (2021)
  8. Cover of The Shadow Girls by Alice Blanchard, book 4 of the Natalie Lockhart series (2023)
  1. 2
    Darkness Peering1999 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999312
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  2. 3
    The Breathtaker2003 · 433 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003433
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  3. 4
    Life Sentences2004 · 461 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004461
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  4. 5
    A Breath After Drowning2018 · 441 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018441
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  5. 6
    Trace of EvilNatalie Lockhart #12019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  6. 7
    The Wicked HourNatalie Lockhart #22020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020320
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  7. 8
    The Witching TreeNatalie Lockhart #32021 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021336
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  8. 9
    The Shadow GirlsNatalie Lockhart #42023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  9. 10
    It's Me, Violet2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  10. 11
    The Red-Haired Girl2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  11. 12
    Lola Ruins Everything2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  12. 13
    House Of Dead Things2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  13. 14
    The World Below2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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  14. 15
    The World Above2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
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Alice Blanchard books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Natalie Lockhart in order

4 books
  1. 1. Trace of Evil
  2. 2. The Wicked Hour
  3. 3. The Witching Tree
  4. 4. The Shadow Girls

Standalone books

11 books

11 Alice Blanchard titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alice Blanchard books in order?

You only need to read Alice Blanchard books in order within the Natalie Lockhart series, which holds 4 of the 15 Alice Blanchard books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Alice Blanchard

Start with The Stuntman's Daughter and Other Stories (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alice Blanchard book?

The World Above (2026) is the newest Alice Blanchard book released so far.

Is there a new Alice Blanchard book coming?

No next Alice Blanchard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Alice Blanchard at a glance

Still publishing
Alice Blanchard published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Alice Blanchard books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,458 pages across the 7 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alice Blanchard books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2020s.

What the Alice Blanchard books are about

8 of the 15 Alice Blanchard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.