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Ann Leary Books in Order

Ann Leary has written 8 books, published between 2004 and 2024. The first book is An Innocent, a Broad (2004) and the newest is I've Tried Being Nice (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2004–2024
Pages on record
1,554 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,554 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

See all 8 books in order Printable Ann Leary checklist

Ann Leary's eight catalogued books move between memoir and fiction. An Innocent, a Broad and The Long Weekend opened the run in 2004, Special Delivery followed in 2005 and Outtakes from a Marriage in 2008, then The Good House in 2013, The Children in 2016, The Foundling in 2022 and I've Tried Being Nice in 2024. Premature infants, motherhood, Americans in Great Britain, family life and the spouses of entertainers appear among the subjects.

How many Ann Leary books are there?

Ann Leary has 8 books, released between 2004 and 2024.

Ann Leary Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Ann Leary 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 An Innocent, a Broad by Ann Leary (2004)
  2. Cover of The Long Weekend by Ann Leary (2004)
  3. Cover of Special Delivery by Ann Leary (2005)
  4. Cover of Outtakes from a Marriage by Ann Leary (2008)
  5. Cover of The Good House by Ann Leary (2013)
  6. Cover of The Children by Ann Leary (2016)
  7. Cover of The Foundling by Ann Leary (2022)
  1. 1
    An Innocent, a Broad2004 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004244
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  2. 2
    The Long Weekend2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
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  3. 3
    Special Delivery2005 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005256
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  4. 4
    Outtakes from a Marriage2008 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008260
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Good House2013 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013292
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  6. 6
    The Children2016 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016246
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  7. 7
    The Foundling2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  8. 8
    I've Tried Being Nice2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Ann Leary 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.

Standalone books

8 books

8 Ann Leary titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ann Leary books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Ann Leary books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ann Leary

Start with An Innocent, a Broad (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ann Leary book?

I've Tried Being Nice (2024) is the newest Ann Leary book released so far.

Is there a new Ann Leary book coming?

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

Ann Leary at a glance

Still publishing
Ann Leary published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Ann Leary books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,554 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ann Leary books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Ann Leary books are about

6 of the 8 Ann Leary books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: americans, great britain is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.