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Louise Doughty Books in Order

Louise Doughty has written 12 books, published between 1995 and 2023. The first book is Crazy Paving (1995) and the newest is A Bird in Winter (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1995–2023
Pages on record
3,403 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
57–85 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,403 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Louise Doughty, author

Louise Doughty is an English novelist and screenwriter, born in 1963, best known for Apple Tree Yard (2013). Doughty has worked as a cultural critic for newspapers and magazines; her weekly Daily Telegraph column became the book A Novel in a Year in 2007, and she presented A Good Read on BBC Radio 4 from 1998 to 2001. Twelve titles are catalogued from Crazy Paving (1995) to A Bird in Winter (2023), among them Fires in the Dark (2004), Stone Cradle (2007), Whatever You Love (2010), Black Water (2016) and Terminus (2018).

How many Louise Doughty books are there?

Louise Doughty has 12 books, released between 1995 and 2023.

Louise Doughty Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Louise Doughty 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 Crazy Paving by Louise Doughty (1995)
  2. Cover of An English Murder / Honey-Dew by Louise Doughty (1998)
  3. Cover of Fires in the Dark by Louise Doughty (2004)
  4. Cover of A Novel in a Year by Louise Doughty (2007)
  5. Cover of Stone Cradle by Louise Doughty (2007)
  6. Cover of Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty (2010)
  7. Cover of Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty (2013)
  8. Cover of Black Water by Louise Doughty (2016)
  1. 1
    Crazy Paving1995 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995352
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  2. 2
    Dance With Me1996 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996245
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  3. 3
    An English Murder / Honey-Dew1998 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998240
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  4. 4
    Fires in the Dark2004 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004496
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  5. 5
    A Novel in a Year2007 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Stone Cradle2007 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007351
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Whatever You Love2010 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010307
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Apple Tree Yard2013 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013348
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Black Water2016 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016344
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Terminus2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Platform Seven2019 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    A Bird in Winter2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Louise Doughty 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

12 books

12 Louise Doughty titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Louise Doughty books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Louise Doughty books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Louise Doughty

Start with Crazy Paving (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Louise Doughty book?

A Bird in Winter (2023) is the newest Louise Doughty book released so far.

Is there a new Louise Doughty book coming?

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

Louise Doughty at a glance

Paused
No new Louise Doughty title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Louise Doughty books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,403 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 346 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Louise Doughty books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Louise Doughty books are about

10 of the 12 Louise Doughty 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 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.