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Jennifer McMahon Books in Order

Jennifer McMahon has written 16 books, published between 2007 and 2026. The first book is Promise Not to Tell (2007) and the newest is Stay Buried (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2007–2026
Confirmed
15 of 16 titles
Pages on record
2,990 in 9 of 16 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,990 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

See all 16 books in order Printable Jennifer McMahon checklist

Jennifer McMahon is an American novelist born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1968, and based in Montpelier, Vermont. McMahon graduated from Goddard College and studied poetry at Vermont College. Harper Paperbacks published the debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, in April 2007, and Publishers Weekly called it part mystery-thriller and part ghost story. The catalogue lists 16 books, including Don't Breathe a Word (2011), The Winter People (2014), The Night Sister (2015) and Stay Buried (2026). Horror, Vermont and cold cases feature in the subjects.

Jennifer McMahon's novels center on dark family secrets set against eerie backdrops, blending mystery with supernatural elements.

How many Jennifer McMahon books are there?

Jennifer McMahon has 16 books, released between 2007 and 2026.

Jennifer McMahon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Jennifer McMahon 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 Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon (2007)
  2. Cover of Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon (2008)
  3. Cover of My Tiki Girl by Jennifer McMahon (2008)
  4. Cover of Girl in the Woods by Jennifer McMahon (2009)
  5. Cover of Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon (2011)
  6. Cover of The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon (2013)
  7. Cover of The Invited by Jennifer McMahon (2019)
  8. Cover of The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon (2021)
  9. Cover of The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon (2022)
  10. Cover of My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon (2023)
  1. 1
    Promise Not to Tell2007 · 250 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007250
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  2. 2
    Island of Lost Girls2008 · 255 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008255
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    My Tiki Girl2008 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008240
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Dismantled2009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Girl in the Woods2009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Don't Breathe a Word2011 · 447 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011447
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The One I Left Behind2013 · 422 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013422
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Winter People2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Night Sister2015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Burntown2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Hannah-BeastDark Corners #12018 · confirmed 4/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Invited2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Drowning Kind2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    The Children on the Hill2022 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    My Darling Girl2023 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2023320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Stay Buried2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Jennifer McMahon 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.

Dark Corners in order

1 book
  1. 1. Hannah-Beast

Standalone books

15 books

15 Jennifer McMahon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jennifer McMahon books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 16 Jennifer McMahon books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Jennifer McMahon

Start with Promise Not to Tell (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jennifer McMahon book?

Stay Buried (2026) is the newest Jennifer McMahon book released so far.

Is there a new Jennifer McMahon book coming?

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

Award nominations for Jennifer McMahon

Wikidata records 2 nominations for Jennifer McMahon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Locus Award for Best Horror Novel2020Shortlistedfor The Invited
  • Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction2010Shortlisted

Jennifer McMahon at a glance

Still publishing
Jennifer McMahon published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jennifer McMahon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,990 pages across the 9 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jennifer McMahon books, 7 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
1 of the 16 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 15 in at least three.

What the Jennifer McMahon books are about

11 of the 16 Jennifer McMahon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.