Elisabeth Carpenter Books in Order
Elisabeth Carpenter has written 8 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is 99 Red Balloons (2017) and the newest is The First Husband (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2017–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,800 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 30–45 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,800 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Elisabeth Carpenter writes suspense and thrillers, with missing persons, families and mothers among the recorded subjects. Eight books are catalogued, one roughly every year from 99 Red Balloons (2017) to The First Husband (2025), taking in 11 Missed Calls (2018), Only a Mother (2020), The Vacancy (2021) and The Girl on the News (2024). A Carpenter book runs to about 352 pages.
How many Elisabeth Carpenter books are there?
Elisabeth Carpenter has 8 books, released between 2017 and 2025.
Elisabeth Carpenter Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Elisabeth Carpenter 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.
- 199 Red Balloons2017 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420173521/4
- 211 Missed Calls2018 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/420183761/4
- 3The Woman Downstairs2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420193201/4
- 4Only a Mother2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420203201/4
- 5The Vacancy2021 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420214321/4
- 6The Family on Smith Street2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 7The Girl on the News2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 8The First Husband2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Elisabeth Carpenter 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 books8 Elisabeth Carpenter titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Elisabeth Carpenter books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Elisabeth Carpenter books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Elisabeth Carpenter
Start with 99 Red Balloons (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elisabeth Carpenter book?
The First Husband (2025) is the newest Elisabeth Carpenter book released so far.
Is there a new Elisabeth Carpenter book coming?
No next Elisabeth Carpenter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Elisabeth Carpenter at a glance
- Still publishing
- Elisabeth Carpenter published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Elisabeth Carpenter books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,800 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elisabeth Carpenter books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
What the Elisabeth Carpenter books are about
5 of the 8 Elisabeth Carpenter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- English literature 2 of 5 books
- Suspense 2 of 5 books
- Thrillers 2 of 5 books
- Family life 1 of 5 books
- Missing persons 1 of 5 books
- Mothers 1 of 5 books