Joy Fielding Books in Order
Joy Fielding has written 48 books, published between 1967 and 2025. The first book is The Transformation (1967) and the newest is Jenny Cooper Has a Secret (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 48
- Published
- 1967–2025
- Pages on record
- 7,456 in 20 of 48 books
Joy Fielding is a Canadian novelist and actress who writes psychological suspense. Her 48 catalogued books begin with The Transformation (1967) and reach Jenny Cooper Has a Secret (2025), with See Jane Run (1991) and Tell Me No Secrets (1993) among the earlier titles. Recurring subjects include mothers and daughters, deception, adultery and women sleuths. Fielding lives in Toronto and is actively publishing.
How many Joy Fielding books are there?
Joy Fielding has 48 books, released between 1967 and 2025. 17 of them belong to the Good Reads series.
Joy Fielding Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 48 Joy Fielding books in the order they were released, 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 Transformation1967 · confirmed 2/41967–2/4
- 2The Best of Friends1972 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/419722142/4
- 3Trance1978 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/419782752/4
- 4Kiss Mommy Goodbye / Take What's Mine1980 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/419803842/4
- 5The Deep End1981 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/419813842/4
- 6The Other Woman1983 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/419833502/4
- 7Life Penalty1984 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/419844002/4
- 8Good Intentions1989 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419893042/4
- 9See Jane Run1991 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/419914042/4
- 10Tell Me No Secrets1993 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/419934802/4
- 11Don't Cry Now1995 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/419954002/4
- 12Missing Pieces1997 · confirmed 2/41997–2/4
- 13The First Time1999 · confirmed 2/41999–2/4
- 14Grand Avenue2001 · 531 pages · confirmed 2/420015312/4
- 15Whispers and Lies2002 · 99 pages · confirmed 2/42002992/4
- 16Lost2003 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/420034482/4
- 17Puppet / A Mother's Shadow2005 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/420053852/4
- 18Mad River Road2006 · 484 pages · confirmed 2/420064842/4
- 19Heartstopper2007 · 387 pages · confirmed 2/420073872/4
- 20Charley's Web2008 · 437 pages · confirmed 2/420084372/4
- 21Still Life2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 222010–2/4
- 232010–2/4
- 242010–2/4
- 252010–2/4
- 26The Wild Zone2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 272011–2/4
- 282011–2/4
- 292011–2/4
- 302011–2/4
- 312011–2/4
- 32Now You See Her2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 332012–2/4
- 342012–2/4
- 352012–2/4
- 362012–2/4
- 37Shadow Creek2012 · 367 pages · confirmed 2/420123672/4
- 382013–2/4
- 392013–2/4
- 402013–2/4
- 412013–2/4
- 42Someone Is Watching2015 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/420153692/4
- 43She's Not There2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 44The Bad Daughter2018 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/420183542/4
- 45All the Wrong Places2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 46Cul-de-sac2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 47The Housekeeper2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 48Jenny Cooper Has a Secret2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Joy Fielding 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.
Good Reads in order
17 books- 2. In From the Cold
- 3. The Picture of Nobody
- 4. The Stalker
- 5. Easy Money
- 6. New Year's Eve
- 7. Home Invasion
- 8. Missing
- 9. The Day the Rebels Came to Town
- 10. Picture This
- 11. Tribb's Trouble
- 12. Listen!
- 13. The Break-In
- and 5 more in the table above
Standalone books
31 books31 Joy Fielding titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Joy Fielding Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Joy Fielding books run from The Transformation (1967) to Jenny Cooper Has a Secret (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Joy Fielding in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Joy Fielding books in order?
You only need to read Joy Fielding books in order within the Good Reads series, which holds 17 of the 48 Joy Fielding books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Joy Fielding
Start with The Transformation (1967), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joy Fielding book?
Jenny Cooper Has a Secret (2025) is the newest Joy Fielding book released so far.
Is there a new Joy Fielding book coming?
No next Joy Fielding book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joy Fielding at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joy Fielding published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Joy Fielding books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,456 pages across the 20 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joy Fielding books, 24 of 48, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joy Fielding books are about
27 of the 48 Joy Fielding 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 7 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 7 of 27 books
- Mothers and daughters 5 of 27 books
- Thrillers 5 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 27 books
- Deception 3 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 27 books
- Adultery 2 of 27 books
- Boston (Mass.) 2 of 27 books
- Crimes against 2 of 27 books
- Family life 2 of 27 books
- Female friendship 2 of 27 books
- Fiction in English 2 of 27 books