Karen Hamilton Books in Order
Karen Hamilton has written 4 books, published between 2018 and 2023. The first book is The Perfect Girlfriend (2018) and the newest is The Contest (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2018–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,072 in 3 of 4 books
- Reading time
- 18–27 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,072 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.
Karen Hamilton writes psychological thrillers. Four catalogued books make up the run: The Perfect Girlfriend in 2018, The Last Wife in 2020, The Ex-Husband in 2022 and The Contest in 2023. Nothing has appeared since, and the catalogue is recorded as dormant.
How many Karen Hamilton books are there?
Karen Hamilton has 4 books, released between 2018 and 2023.
Karen Hamilton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Karen Hamilton 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.
- 1The Perfect Girlfriend2018 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420183521/4
- 2The Last Wife2020 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420203841/4
- 3The Ex-Husband2022 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420223361/4
- 4The Contest2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
Karen Hamilton 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.
Standalone books
4 books4 Karen Hamilton titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Karen Hamilton books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 4 Karen Hamilton books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Karen Hamilton
Start with The Perfect Girlfriend (2018), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Karen Hamilton book?
The Contest (2023) is the newest Karen Hamilton book released so far.
Is there a new Karen Hamilton book coming?
No next Karen Hamilton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Karen Hamilton at a glance
- Paused
- No new Karen Hamilton title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Karen Hamilton books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,072 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen Hamilton books, 3 of 4, were published in the 2020s.
What the Karen Hamilton books are about
1 of the 4 Karen Hamilton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Psychological fiction 1 of 1 books
- Thrillers 1 of 1 books
- Thrillers, psychological 1 of 1 books