Caroline Kepnes Books in Order
Caroline Kepnes has written 9 books, published between 2004 and 2026. The first book is Stephen Crane (2004) and the newest is You First (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2004–2026
- Confirmed
- 2 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,176 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 36–54 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,176 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Caroline Kepnes, born in 1976, is an American novelist and screenwriter and a former entertainment reporter. The You series is Kepnes's best known work: You (2014) opens it, followed by Hidden Bodies (2016), You Love Me (2021), For You and Only You (2023) and You First (2026). Kepnes also wrote the standalone novel Providence (2018) and, earlier, Stephen Crane (2004) for the Classic StoryTellers series. Kepnes wrote for the television adaptation of You that ran from 2018 to 2025.
The You series follows Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager whose fixation on a woman he meets escalates into invasive behavior carried out partly through social media.
How many Caroline Kepnes books are there?
Caroline Kepnes has 9 books, released between 2004 and 2026. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Caroline Kepnes Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Caroline Kepnes 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.
- 12004482/4
- 220144482/4
- 4Providence2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420183842/4
- 52020–3/4
- 620214002/4
- 720234482/4
- 82024–2/4
- 92026–2/4
Caroline Kepnes 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.
You in order
5 books- 1. You
- 2. Hidden Bodies
- 3. You Love Me
- 4. For You and Only You
- 5. You First
Classic StoryTellers in order
1 bookOut Of Line in order
1 bookNever Tell Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Caroline Kepnes title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Caroline Kepnes books in order?
You only need to read Caroline Kepnes books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Caroline Kepnes
Start with Stephen Crane (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Caroline Kepnes book?
You First (2026) is the newest Caroline Kepnes book released so far.
Is there a new Caroline Kepnes book coming?
No next Caroline Kepnes book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Caroline Kepnes
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Caroline Kepnes. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Horror Novel2019Shortlistedfor Providence
Caroline Kepnes at a glance
- Still publishing
- Caroline Kepnes published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Caroline Kepnes books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,176 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 424 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Caroline Kepnes books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2020s.
What the Caroline Kepnes books are about
5 of the 9 Caroline Kepnes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romantic suspense is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romantic suspense 3 of 5 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 5 books
- Authors 1 of 5 books
- Biography 1 of 5 books
- Booksellers and bookselling 1 of 5 books
- Juvenile literature 1 of 5 books
- Man-woman relationships 1 of 5 books
- Paranormal romance 1 of 5 books
- Sexual attraction 1 of 5 books
- Suspense 1 of 5 books
- Thrillers 1 of 5 books
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