Karen Perry Books in Order
Karen Perry has written 9 books, published between 2014 and 2023. The first book is The Innocent Sleep (2014) and the newest is The Worst Thing You Ever Did (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2014–2023
- Pages on record
- 2,190 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 37–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,190 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Karen Perry writes psychological thrillers, most of them set in Dublin. 9 catalogued books run from 2014, when both The Boy That Never Was and The Innocent Sleep appeared, to The Worst Thing You Ever Did (2023). Only We Know (2015), Girl Unknown (2016), Can You Keep a Secret? (2017), Your Closest Friend (2018) and Come a Little Closer (2019) fill the years between, and The Stranger is listed as The Guest as well (2021). Missing children, family secrets, revenge and marriage run through the subjects. No new title has appeared since 2023.
How many Karen Perry books are there?
Karen Perry has 9 books, released between 2014 and 2023.
Karen Perry Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Karen Perry 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 Innocent Sleep2014 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/420143232/4
- 2The Boy That Never Was2014 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420143842/4
- 3Only We Know2015 · 394 pages · confirmed 2/420153942/4
- 4Girl Unknown2016 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/420162892/4
- 5Can You Keep a Secret?2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420174002/4
- 6Your Closest Friend2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 7Come a Little Closer2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420194002/4
- 8The Stranger / The Guest2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 9The Worst Thing You Ever Did2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
Karen Perry 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
9 books9 Karen Perry titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Karen Perry books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Karen Perry books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Karen Perry
Start with The Innocent Sleep (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Karen Perry book?
The Worst Thing You Ever Did (2023) is the newest Karen Perry book released so far.
Is there a new Karen Perry book coming?
No next Karen Perry 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 Perry at a glance
- Paused
- No new Karen Perry title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Karen Perry books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,190 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Karen Perry books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Karen Perry books are about
8 of the 9 Karen Perry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dublin (ireland) is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dublin (Ireland) 3 of 8 books
- Thrillers 3 of 8 books
- English literature 2 of 8 books
- Missing children 2 of 8 books
- Missing persons 2 of 8 books
- Secrecy 2 of 8 books
- Suspense 2 of 8 books