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Edward Carey Books in Order

Edward Carey has written 8 books, published between 2000 and 2023. The first book is Observatory Mansions (2000) and the newest is Edith Holler (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2000–2023
Pages on record
2,018 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
34–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,018 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.

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Photo of Edward Carey, author of the Iremonger Trilogy

Edward Carey, born in 1970 in North Walsham, Norfolk, is an English novelist and playwright. The stage work on record includes adaptations of Patrick Süskind's The Pigeon and of Robert Coover's Pinocchio in Venice, the original plays Sulking Thomas and Captain of the Birds, and Macbeth in the Shadows, a wayang kulit Macbeth made with Eddin Khoo. Eight books are catalogued: Observatory Mansions (2000), Alva And Irva (2003), Heap House (2013), Foulsham (2014), Lungdon (2015), Little (2018), The Swallowed Man (2020) and Edith Holler (2023). Recorded subjects run to twins, sisters, orphans, family secrets, historical and biographical fiction.

How many Edward Carey books are there?

Edward Carey has 8 books, released between 2000 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Iremonger Trilogy series.

Edward Carey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Edward Carey 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 Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey (2000)
  2. Cover of Alva And Irva by Edward Carey (2003)
  3. Cover of Heap House by Edward Carey, book 1 of the Iremonger Trilogy (2013)
  4. Cover of The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey (2020)
  5. Cover of Edith Holler by Edward Carey (2023)
  1. 1
    Observatory Mansions2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000368
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  2. 2
    Alva And Irva2003 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003224
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  3. 3
    Heap HouseIremonger Trilogy #12013 · 404 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013404
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  4. 4
    FoulshamIremonger Trilogy #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  5. 5
    LungdonIremonger Trilogy #32015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  6. 6
    Little2018 · 430 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018430
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  7. 7
    The Swallowed Man2020 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020192
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  8. 8
    Edith Holler2023 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2023400
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Edward Carey 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.

Iremonger Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Heap House
  2. 2. Foulsham
  3. 3. Lungdon

Standalone books

5 books

5 Edward Carey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Edward Carey books in order?

You only need to read Edward Carey books in order within the Iremonger Trilogy series, which holds 3 of the 8 Edward Carey books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Edward Carey

Start with Observatory Mansions (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Edward Carey book?

Edith Holler (2023) is the newest Edward Carey book released so far.

Is there a new Edward Carey book coming?

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

Edward Carey at a glance

Paused
No new Edward Carey title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Edward Carey books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,018 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Edward Carey books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Edward Carey books are about

4 of the 8 Edward Carey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.