Gilly Macmillan Books in Order
Gilly Macmillan has written 9 books, published between 2015 and 2025. The first book is What She Knew / Burnt Paper Sky (2015) and the newest is The Burning Library (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2015–2025
- Confirmed
- 9 of 9 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,463 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,463 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.
Gilly Macmillan writes psychological suspense, opening with What She Knew, also published as Burnt Paper Sky (2015). DI Jim Clemo carries one strand; the rest of the books stand alone, among them The Perfect Girl (2016), The Nanny (2019), The Long Weekend (2022) and The Burning Library (2025). Missing children, mothers and sons, and family deception are the recurring subjects. Nine titles are catalogued.
Macmillan has a background in art history and journalism, which she draws on in her writing.
How many Gilly Macmillan books are there?
Gilly Macmillan has 9 books, released between 2015 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the DI Jim Clemo series.
Gilly Macmillan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Gilly Macmillan 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.
- 120154724/4
- 220164394/4
- 320174324/4
- 420183524/4
- 520194164/4
- 620203524/4
- 72022–4/4
- 82023–4/4
- 92025–4/4
Gilly Macmillan 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.
Gilly Macmillan Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
DI Jim Clemo in order
2 booksDo you have to read Gilly Macmillan books in order?
You only need to read Gilly Macmillan books in order within the DI Jim Clemo series, which holds 2 of the 9 Gilly Macmillan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Gilly Macmillan
Start with What She Knew / Burnt Paper Sky (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Gilly Macmillan book?
The Burning Library (2025) is the newest Gilly Macmillan book released so far.
Is there a new Gilly Macmillan book coming?
No next Gilly Macmillan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gilly Macmillan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Gilly Macmillan published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Gilly Macmillan books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,463 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 424 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gilly Macmillan books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 9 of the 9 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Gilly Macmillan books are about
6 of the 9 Gilly Macmillan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 3 of 6 books
- Suspense 3 of 6 books
- English literature 2 of 6 books
- Thrillers, psychological 2 of 6 books
- Thrillers 2 of 6 books