Hallie Rubenhold Books in Order
Hallie Rubenhold has written 8 books, published between 2005 and 2025. The first book is The Covent Garden Ladies (2005) and the newest is Story of a Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2005–2025
- Pages on record
- 512 in 2 of 8 books
Hallie Rubenhold, born 1971, is an American-born British popular historian whose work specialises in 18th- and 19th-century social history and women's history. The Five (2019), about the women murdered by Jack the Ripper, won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction and reached the Wolfson History Prize shortlist. Story of a Murder (2025) took a Clue Award for True Crime Book of the Year. The catalogue holds 8 titles from 2005 onward, among them The Covent Garden Ladies (2005), Mistress of My Fate (2011) and The French Lesson (2016), plus one listed series, Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot.
How many Hallie Rubenhold books are there?
Hallie Rubenhold has 8 books, released between 2005 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot series.
Hallie Rubenhold Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Hallie Rubenhold 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.
- 1The Covent Garden Ladies2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 2Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 3The Harlot's Handbook2008 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420081601/4
- 4Lady Worsley's Whim / The Scandalous Lady W / The Lady In Red2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 52011–1/4
- 62016–1/4
- 7The Five2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420193521/4
- 8Story of a Murder2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Hallie Rubenhold 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.
Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot in order
2 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Hallie Rubenhold titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Hallie Rubenhold books in order?
You only need to read Hallie Rubenhold books in order within the Confessions of Henrietta Lightfoot series, which holds 2 of the 8 Hallie Rubenhold books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Hallie Rubenhold
Start with The Covent Garden Ladies (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Hallie Rubenhold book?
Story of a Murder (2025) is the newest Hallie Rubenhold book released so far.
Is there a new Hallie Rubenhold book coming?
No next Hallie Rubenhold 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 Rubenhold at a glance
- Still publishing
- Hallie Rubenhold published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Hallie Rubenhold books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 512 pages across the 2 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Hallie Rubenhold books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Hallie Rubenhold books are about
2 of the 8 Hallie Rubenhold 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.
- Jack, the ripper 1 of 2 books
- London (england), history 1 of 2 books
- London (england), social conditions 1 of 2 books
- Murder victims 1 of 2 books
- Prostitutes 1 of 2 books
- Prostitution, great britain 1 of 2 books
- Victims of crimes 1 of 2 books
- Women, great britain 1 of 2 books
- Women, social conditions 1 of 2 books
- Working class, great britain 1 of 2 books