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Hallie Ephron Books in Order

Hallie Ephron has written 16 books, published between 2000 and 2019. The first book is Amnesia (2000) and the newest is Careful What You Wish For (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2000–2019
Pages on record
3,400 in 11 of 16 books
Reading time
57–85 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,400 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Hallie Ephron, born March 9, 1948, is an American novelist, book reviewer, journalist and writing teacher who writes mystery and suspense. Never Tell a Lie, There Was an Old Woman, Come and Find Me and Night Night, Sleep Tight were all Mary Higgins Clark Award finalists, and Never Tell a Lie became the 2011 Lifetime film And Baby Will Fall. The guide Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel received a 2006 Edgar Award nomination. The catalogue lists 16 books from Amnesia (2000) to Careful What You Wish For (2019), including the Dr. Peter Zak series, with forensic psychiatrists and Boston among the subjects.

How many Hallie Ephron books are there?

Hallie Ephron has 16 books, released between 2000 and 2019. 5 of them belong to the Dr. Peter Zak series.

Hallie Ephron Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Hallie Ephron 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 Amnesia by Hallie Ephron, book 1 of the Dr. Peter Zak series (2000)
  2. Cover of Addiction by Hallie Ephron, book 2 of the Dr. Peter Zak series (2001)
  3. Cover of Delusion by Hallie Ephron, book 3 of the Dr. Peter Zak series (2002)
  4. Cover of Obsessed by Hallie Ephron, book 4 of the Dr. Peter Zak series (2003)
  5. Cover of Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel by Hallie Ephron (2005)
  6. Cover of Guilt by Hallie Ephron, book 5 of the Dr. Peter Zak series (2005)
  7. Cover of 1001 Books for Every Mood by Hallie Ephron (2008)
  8. Cover of Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron (2009)
  9. Cover of The Bibliophile's Devotional by Hallie Ephron (2009)
  10. Cover of Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron (2011)
  11. Cover of There Was an Old Woman by Hallie Ephron (2013)
  12. Cover of Night Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie Ephron (2015)
  13. Cover of Careful What You Wish For by Hallie Ephron (2019)
  1. 1
    AmnesiaDr. Peter Zak #12000 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000320
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  2. 2
    AddictionDr. Peter Zak #22001 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    DelusionDr. Peter Zak #32002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    ObsessedDr. Peter Zak #42003 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel2005 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005298
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    GuiltDr. Peter Zak #52005 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005293
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    1001 Books for Every Mood2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Never Tell a Lie2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Bibliophile's Devotional2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Everything Guide to Writing Your First NovelEverything #1062010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Come and Find Me2011 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011276
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    There Was an Old Woman2013 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013293
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Photoplay2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Night Night, Sleep Tight2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    You'll Never Know, Dear2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Careful What You Wish For2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Hallie Ephron 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.

Dr. Peter Zak in order

5 books
  1. 1. Amnesia
  2. 2. Addiction
  3. 3. Delusion
  4. 4. Obsessed
  5. 5. Guilt

Everything in order

1 book
  1. 106. The Everything Guide to Writing Your First Novel

Standalone books

10 books

10 Hallie Ephron titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Hallie Ephron books in order?

You only need to read Hallie Ephron books in order within the Dr. Peter Zak series, which holds 5 of the 16 Hallie Ephron books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Hallie Ephron

Start with Amnesia (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Hallie Ephron book?

Careful What You Wish For (2019) is the newest Hallie Ephron book released so far.

Is there a new Hallie Ephron book coming?

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

Hallie Ephron at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Hallie Ephron title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Hallie Ephron books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,400 pages across the 11 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Hallie Ephron books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2000s.

What the Hallie Ephron books are about

14 of the 16 Hallie Ephron books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychological fiction is tagged on 7 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.