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Maggie O’Farrell Books in Order

Maggie O’Farrell has written 14 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is After You'd Gone (2000) and the newest is Land (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2000–2026
Confirmed
12 of 14 titles
Pages on record
2,806 in 8 of 14 books
Reading time
47–70 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,806 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Maggie O’Farrell, author

Maggie O'Farrell writes psychological fiction about family secrets and the lives of young women, often in London. After You'd Gone (2000) opens the catalogue, followed by My Lover's Lover (2002), The Distance Between Us (2004), The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (2006) and The Hand That First Held Mine (2009). I Am, I Am, I Am (2017) sits among the 14 catalogued titles, which run to Land in 2026.

How many Maggie O’Farrell books are there?

Maggie O’Farrell has 14 books, released between 2000 and 2026.

Maggie O’Farrell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Maggie O’Farrell 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 My Lover's Lover by Maggie O’Farrell (2002)
  2. Cover of This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell (2016)
  3. Cover of Where Snow Angels Go by Maggie O’Farrell (2020)
  4. Cover of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (2020)
  5. Cover of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell (2022)
  1. 1
    After You'd Gone2000 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000372
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  2. 2
    My Lover's Lover2002 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002336
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  3. 3
    The Distance Between Us2004 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004384
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  4. 4
    The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  5. 5
    The Hand That First Held Mine2009 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009368
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  6. 6
    Instructions for a Heatwave2013 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013289
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  7. 7
    This Must Be the Place2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016400
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  8. 8
    I Am, I Am, I Am2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  9. 9
    Where Snow Angels Go2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    Hamnet2020 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020305
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  11. 11
    Hamnet and Judith2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    The Marriage Portrait2022 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022352
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  13. 13
    The Boy Who Lost His Spark2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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  14. 14
    Land2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Maggie O’Farrell 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

14 books

14 Maggie O’Farrell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Maggie O’Farrell books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 14 Maggie O’Farrell books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Maggie O’Farrell

Start with After You'd Gone (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Maggie O’Farrell book?

Land (2026) is the newest Maggie O’Farrell book released so far.

Is there a new Maggie O’Farrell book coming?

No next Maggie O’Farrell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Maggie O’Farrell has won

Wikidata records 5 awards for Maggie O’Farrell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Premio Arcebispo Xoán de San Clemente de novela estranxeira2024Won
  • Prix Libraires en Seine Corinne-Kim2022Wonfor Hamnet
  • Women's Prize for Fiction2020Won
  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2020Wonfor Hamnet
  • Somerset Maugham Award2005Won

Maggie O’Farrell at a glance

Still publishing
Maggie O’Farrell published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Maggie O’Farrell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,806 pages across the 8 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Maggie O’Farrell books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2020s.

What the Maggie O’Farrell books are about

9 of the 14 Maggie O’Farrell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family secrets is tagged on 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.