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Maile Meloy Books in Order

Maile Meloy has written 10 books, published between 2002 and 2021. The first book is Half in Love (2002) and the newest is The Octopus Escapes (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2002–2021
Total pages
2,769 across 10 books
Reading time
46–69 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,769 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 10 books in order Printable Maile Meloy checklist

Maile Meloy, born January 1, 1972, is an American novelist and short story writer. The 10 catalogued books run from Half in Love (2002) to The Octopus Escapes (2021). Liars and Saints (2003), A Family Daughter (2006), Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It (2009) and Do Not Become Alarmed (2017) are among them. Meloy also wrote the Apothecary series, and The Apothecary (2011), The Apprentices (2013) and The After-Room (2015) are listed. Catalogue subjects include families, adventure stories, the American West and parents and adult children.

How many Maile Meloy books are there?

Maile Meloy has 10 books, released between 2002 and 2021. 3 of them belong to the Apothecary series.

Maile Meloy Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Maile Meloy 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 Half in Love by Maile Meloy (2002)
  2. Cover of Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy (2003)
  3. Cover of A Family Daughter by Maile Meloy (2006)
  4. Cover of Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy (2009)
  5. Cover of The Apothecary by Maile Meloy, book 1 of the Apothecary series (2011)
  6. Cover of The Apprentices by Maile Meloy, book 2 of the Apothecary series (2013)
  7. Cover of The After-Room by Maile Meloy, book 3 of the Apothecary series (2015)
  8. Cover of Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy (2017)
  9. Cover of The Octopus Escapes by Maile Meloy (2021)
  1. 1
    Half in Love2002 · 172 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002172
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  2. 2
    Liars and Saints2003 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003272
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  3. 3
    A Family Daughter2006 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006325
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  4. 4
    Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009256
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  5. 5
    The ApothecaryApothecary #12011 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011384
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  6. 6
    Devotion2013 · 97 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201397
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  7. 7
    The ApprenticesApothecary #22013 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013407
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  8. 8
    The After-RoomApothecary #32015 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015448
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  9. 9
    Do Not Become Alarmed2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017368
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  10. 10
    The Octopus Escapes2021 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202140
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Maile Meloy 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.

Apothecary in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Apothecary
  2. 2. The Apprentices
  3. 3. The After-Room

Standalone books

7 books

7 Maile Meloy titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Maile Meloy books in order?

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

Where to start with Maile Meloy

Start with Half in Love (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Maile Meloy book?

The Octopus Escapes (2021) is the newest Maile Meloy book released so far.

Is there a new Maile Meloy book coming?

No next Maile Meloy 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 Maile Meloy has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Maile Meloy. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • PEN/Malamud Award2003Won

Maile Meloy at a glance

Paused
No new Maile Meloy title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Maile Meloy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,769 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 298 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Maile Meloy books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Maile Meloy books are about

All 10 Maile Meloy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: adventure stories is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.