Jennifer Jaynes Books in Order

Jennifer Jaynes has written 8 books, published between 2011 and 2018. The first book is Never Smile at Strangers (2011) and the newest is Malice (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2011–2018
Pages on record
1,620 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
27–41 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,620 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Thrillers and psychological suspense fill Jennifer Jaynes' catalogue of eight books, published between 2011 and 2018. Murder in Louisiana, missing persons and crimes against women head the recorded subjects. Never Smile at Strangers (2011) opens the run and Malice (2018) closes it, with Ugly Young Thing (2015), Don't Say a Word (2016) and The Stranger Inside (2017) in between. Six books have a recorded length, at a median of 265 pages.

How many Jennifer Jaynes books are there?

Jennifer Jaynes has 8 books, released between 2011 and 2018. 4 of them belong to the Strangers series.

Jennifer Jaynes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Jennifer Jaynes 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
    Never Smile at StrangersStrangers #12011 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011308
  2. 2
    Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  3. 3
    Ugly Young ThingStrangers #22015 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015258
  4. 4
    Don't Say a WordStrangers #32016 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016256
  5. 5
    I Care About Me2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  6. 6
    Disturbed2017 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017238
  7. 7
    The Stranger InsideStrangers #42017 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017272
  8. 8
    Malice2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018288

Jennifer Jaynes 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.

Strangers in order

4 books
  1. 1. Never Smile at Strangers
  2. 2. Ugly Young Thing
  3. 3. Don't Say a Word
  4. 4. The Stranger Inside

Standalone books

4 books

4 Jennifer Jaynes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jennifer Jaynes books in order?

You only need to read Jennifer Jaynes books in order within the Strangers series, which holds 4 of the 8 Jennifer Jaynes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jennifer Jaynes

Start with Never Smile at Strangers (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jennifer Jaynes book?

Malice (2018) is the newest Jennifer Jaynes book released so far.

Is there a new Jennifer Jaynes book coming?

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

Jennifer Jaynes at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jennifer Jaynes title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jennifer Jaynes books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,620 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 265 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jennifer Jaynes books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jennifer Jaynes books are about

6 of the 8 Jennifer Jaynes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.