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Carol Goodman Books in Order

Carol Goodman has written 28 books, published between 2002 and 2026. The first book is The Lake of Dead Languages (2002) and the newest is Our Marriage Is Murder (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
2002–2026
Pages on record
7,512 in 20 of 28 books
Reading time
125–188 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,512 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Carol Goodman writes gothic fiction. The American novelist, a creative writing professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, has 28 catalogued books running from The Lake of Dead Languages (2002) to Our Marriage Is Murder (2026). Goodman won the Hammett Prize in 2003 for The Seduction of Water and has twice taken the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Goodman also publishes as Juliet Dark, and writes with her husband Lee Slonimsky under the joint name Lee Carroll. Three series are catalogued: Black Swan Rising, the Fairwick Trilogy and Blythewood.

How many Carol Goodman books are there?

Carol Goodman has 28 books, released between 2002 and 2026. They include 3 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.

Carol Goodman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Carol Goodman 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 Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman (2002)
  2. Cover of The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman (2003)
  3. Cover of The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman (2004)
  4. Cover of The Ghost Orchid by Carol Goodman (2006)
  5. Cover of The Night Villa by Carol Goodman (2008)
  6. Cover of Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman (2010)
  7. Cover of The Demon Lover / Incubus by Carol Goodman, book 1 of the Fairwick Trilogy (2011)
  8. Cover of The Watchtower by Carol Goodman, book 2 of the Black Swan Rising series (2011)
  9. Cover of The Water Witch by Carol Goodman, book 2 of the Fairwick Trilogy (2012)
  10. Cover of Blythewood by Carol Goodman, book 1 of the Blythewood series (2013)
  11. Cover of The Angel Stone / Dark Possession by Carol Goodman, book 3 of the Fairwick Trilogy (2013)
  12. Cover of The Shape Stealer by Carol Goodman, book 3 of the Black Swan Rising series (2013)
  13. Cover of Ravencliffe by Carol Goodman, book 2 of the Blythewood series (2014)
  14. Cover of Hawthorn by Carol Goodman, book 3 of the Blythewood series (2015)
  15. Cover of River Road by Carol Goodman (2016)
  16. Cover of The Night Visitors by Carol Goodman (2019)
  17. Cover of The Stranger Behind You by Carol Goodman (2021)
  18. Cover of The Disinvited Guest by Carol Goodman (2022)
  19. Cover of The Bones of the Story by Carol Goodman (2023)
  1. 1
    The Lake of Dead Languages2002 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002432
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  2. 2
    The Seduction of Water2003 · 367 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003367
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  3. 3
    The Drowning Tree2004 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004356
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  4. 4
    The Ghost Orchid2006 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006336
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  5. 5
    The Sonnet Lover2007 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007384
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  6. 6
    The Night Villa2008 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008413
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  7. 7
    Black Swan RisingBlack Swan Rising #12010 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010400
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  8. 8
    Arcadia Falls2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    The Demon Lover / IncubusFairwick Trilogy #12011 · 437 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011437
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  10. 10
    The WatchtowerBlack Swan Rising #22011 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011397
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  11. 11
    The Water WitchFairwick Trilogy #22012 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012340
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  12. 12
    BlythewoodBlythewood #12013 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013512
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  13. 13
    The Angel Stone / Dark PossessionFairwick Trilogy #32013 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013303
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  14. 14
    The Shape StealerBlack Swan Rising #32013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  15. 15
    RavencliffeBlythewood #22014 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014432
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  16. 16
    HawthornBlythewood #32015 · 406 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015406
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  17. 17
    River Road2016 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016304
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  18. 18
    The Widow's House2017 · 333 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017333
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  19. 19
    The Metropolitans2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017368
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  20. 20
    The Other Mother2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  21. 21
    The Night Visitors2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019320
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  22. 22
    The Sea of Lost Girls2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
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  23. 23
    The Stranger Behind You2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021336
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  24. 24
    The Disinvited Guest2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  25. 25
    The Bones of the Story2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  26. 26
    Return to Wyldcliffe Heights2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  27. 27
    Writers and Liars2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  28. 28
    Our Marriage Is Murder2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Carol Goodman 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.

Black Swan Rising in order

3 books
  1. 1. Black Swan Rising
  2. 2. The Watchtower
  3. 3. The Shape Stealer

Fairwick Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Demon Lover / Incubus
  2. 2. The Water Witch
  3. 3. The Angel Stone / Dark Possession

Blythewood in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blythewood
  2. 2. Ravencliffe
  3. 3. Hawthorn

Standalone books

19 books

19 Carol Goodman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carol Goodman books in order?

You only need to read Carol Goodman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Carol Goodman

Start with The Lake of Dead Languages (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carol Goodman book?

Our Marriage Is Murder (2026) is the newest Carol Goodman book released so far.

Is there a new Carol Goodman book coming?

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

Carol Goodman at a glance

Still publishing
Carol Goodman published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Carol Goodman books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,512 pages across the 20 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carol Goodman books, 15 of 28, were published in the 2010s.

What the Carol Goodman books are about

23 of the 28 Carol Goodman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 6 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.