Kimberly McCreight Books in Order

Kimberly McCreight has written 10 books, published between 2013 and 2026. The first book is Clara's Room (2013) and the newest is Someone Else's Husband (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2013–2026
Pages on record
2,147 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
36–54 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,147 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

Kimberly McCreight is an American author of psychological suspense. Reconstructing Amelia, McCreight's debut novel, became a New York Times bestseller, drew Edgar, Anthony and Alex Award nominations, was named Entertainment Weekly's favourite book of the year, and was optioned for television by HBO and Blossom Films. Where They Found Her followed as a USA Today bestseller and a Kirkus Best Mystery of the Year, and A Good Marriage was picked as a best book of the summer by the New York Times, People and Publishers Weekly. Ten catalogued books span 2013 to Someone Else's Husband (2026), the Outliers series among them.

How many Kimberly McCreight books are there?

Kimberly McCreight has 10 books, released between 2013 and 2026. 3 of them belong to the Outliers series.

Kimberly McCreight Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Kimberly McCreight 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. 1
    Clara's Room2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  2. 2
    Reconstructing Amelia2013 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013397
  3. 3
    Where They Found Her2015 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015326
  4. 4
    The OutliersOutliers #12016 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016352
  5. 5
    The ScatteringOutliers #22017 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017320
  6. 6
    The CollideOutliers #32018 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018352
  7. 7
    A Good Marriage2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
  8. 8
    Friends Like These2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021
  9. 9
    Like Mother, Like Daughter2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  10. 10
    Someone Else's Husband2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026

Kimberly McCreight 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.

Outliers in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Outliers
  2. 2. The Scattering
  3. 3. The Collide

Standalone books

7 books

7 Kimberly McCreight titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kimberly McCreight books in order?

You only need to read Kimberly McCreight books in order within the Outliers series, which holds 3 of the 10 Kimberly McCreight books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kimberly McCreight

Start with Clara's Room (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kimberly McCreight book?

Someone Else's Husband (2026) is the newest Kimberly McCreight book released so far.

Is there a new Kimberly McCreight book coming?

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

Kimberly McCreight at a glance

Still publishing
Kimberly McCreight published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Kimberly McCreight books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,147 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kimberly McCreight books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kimberly McCreight books are about

6 of the 10 Kimberly McCreight books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.