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Judith Kelman Books in Order

Judith Kelman has written 18 books, published between 1986 and 2007. The first book is Prime Evil (1986) and the newest is The First Stone (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
1986–2007
Pages on record
4,944 in 16 of 18 books
Reading time
82–124 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,944 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable Judith Kelman checklist

Judith Kelman's catalogue is psychological suspense. Her 18 books run from Prime Evil (1986) to The First Stone (2007) and include Hush Little Darlings (1989), Someone's Watching (1991), If I Should Die (1993) and One Last Kiss (1994). Sara Spooner is the one named series. Subject headings cover serial murders, false imprisonment, physicians and espionage thrillers.

How many Judith Kelman books are there?

Judith Kelman has 18 books, released between 1986 and 2007. 2 of them belong to the Sara Spooner series.

Judith Kelman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Judith Kelman 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 Prime Evil by Judith Kelman (1986)
  2. Cover of While Angels Sleep by Judith Kelman (1988)
  3. Cover of Hush Little Darlings by Judith Kelman, book 2 of the Sara Spooner series (1989)
  4. Cover of If I Should Die by Judith Kelman (1993)
  5. Cover of One Last Kiss by Judith Kelman (1994)
  6. Cover of More Than You Know by Judith Kelman (1996)
  7. Cover of After the Fall by Judith Kelman (1999)
  8. Cover of Summer of Storms by Judith Kelman (2001)
  9. Cover of Original Sin by Judith Kelman (2002)
  10. Cover of Every Step You Take by Judith Kelman (2004)
  11. Cover of The Session by Judith Kelman (2006)
  12. Cover of Backward in High Heels by Judith Kelman (2006)
  13. Cover of The First Stone by Judith Kelman (2007)
  1. 1
    Prime Evil1986 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986256
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  2. 2
    Where Shadows FallSara Spooner #11987 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    While Angels Sleep1988 · 339 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988339
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Hush Little DarlingsSara Spooner #21989 · 358 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989358
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Someone's Watching1991 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The House on the Hill1992 · 5 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19925
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    If I Should Die1993 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993333
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    One Last Kiss1994 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    More Than You Know1996 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996325
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Fly Away Home1996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    After the Fall1999 · 420 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999420
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Morphing the Millenium2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Summer of Storms2001 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Original Sin2002 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002310
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Every Step You Take2004 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004374
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    The Session2006 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006359
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Backward in High Heels2006 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006249
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    The First Stone2007 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Judith Kelman 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.

Sara Spooner in order

2 books
  1. 1. Where Shadows Fall
  2. 2. Hush Little Darlings

Standalone books

16 books

16 Judith Kelman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Judith Kelman books in order?

You only need to read Judith Kelman books in order within the Sara Spooner series, which holds 2 of the 18 Judith Kelman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Judith Kelman

Start with Prime Evil (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Judith Kelman book?

The First Stone (2007) is the newest Judith Kelman book released so far.

Is there a new Judith Kelman book coming?

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

Judith Kelman at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Judith Kelman title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Judith Kelman books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,944 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 329 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Judith Kelman books, 7 of 18, were published in the 2000s.

What the Judith Kelman books are about

15 of the 18 Judith Kelman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychological fiction is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.