Helen Fitzgerald Books in Order

Helen Fitzgerald has written 15 books, published between 2006 and 2023. The first book is Dead Lovely (2006) and the newest is Halfway House (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2006–2023
Pages on record
2,884 in 11 of 15 books
Reading time
48–72 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,884 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

Helen Fitzgerald, born in 1966, is an Australian novelist and screenwriter. Allen & Unwin published Dead Lovely, the Fitzgerald debut novel, and Faber & Faber published The Exit in 2015. Viral came out in 2016. The catalogue lists 15 books through Halfway House (2023), including The Devil's Staircase (2009), The Donor (2011) and The Cry (2013). Crime thrillers, Scotland, twins, fathers and daughters and female friendship are among the subjects.

How many Helen Fitzgerald books are there?

Helen Fitzgerald has 15 books, released between 2006 and 2023.

Helen Fitzgerald Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Helen Fitzgerald 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. 1
    Dead LovelyHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #12006 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006304
  2. 2
    My Last ConfessionHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #22007 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007240
  3. 3
    The Devil's StaircaseHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #32009 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009224
  4. 4
    Bloody WomenHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #42009 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009256
  5. 5
    Amelia O'Donohue Is So Not a VirginHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #52010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010
  6. 6
    Hot FlushHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #62011 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011128
  7. 7
    The DonorHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #72011 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011309
  8. 8
    DeviantHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #82013 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013248
  9. 9
    The CryHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #92013 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013307
  10. 10
    The ExitHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #102015 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015320
  11. 11
    ViralHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #112016 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016272
  12. 12
    Worst Case ScenarioHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #122019 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019276
  13. 13
    Ash MountainHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #132020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  14. 14
    Keep Her SweetHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #142022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  15. 15
    Halfway HouseHelen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels #152023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Helen Fitzgerald 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.

Helen Fitzgerald Standalone Novels

15 books

15 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Helen Fitzgerald books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 15 Helen Fitzgerald books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Helen Fitzgerald

Start with Dead Lovely (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Helen Fitzgerald book?

Halfway House (2023) is the newest Helen Fitzgerald book released so far.

Is there a new Helen Fitzgerald book coming?

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

Helen Fitzgerald at a glance

Paused
No new Helen Fitzgerald title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Helen Fitzgerald books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,884 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Helen Fitzgerald books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Helen Fitzgerald books are about

12 of the 15 Helen Fitzgerald books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.