Margaret Leroy Books in Order
Margaret Leroy has written 12 books, published between 1990 and 2016. The first book is Miscarriage (1990) and the newest is A Brief Affair (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1990–2016
- Pages on record
- 3,540 in 10 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 59–89 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,540 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.
Margaret Leroy, a British romantic novelist born in November 1951, grew up in the New Forest and read music at St Hilda's College, Oxford. Trust (1999) became the 2003 British television film Loving You, with a screenplay by Matthew Hall. Later novels include The River House (2005), Yes, My Darling Daughter (2009) and The Soldier's Wife (2011), and A Brief Affair followed. The catalogue lists 12 Leroy books starting with Miscarriage (1990), with the Second World War, mothers and daughters, married women and psychology among the subjects.
How many Margaret Leroy books are there?
Margaret Leroy has 12 books, released between 1990 and 2016.
Margaret Leroy Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Margaret Leroy 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.
- 1Miscarriage1990 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/419901602/4
- 2Pleasure1994 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/419943302/4
- 3Some Girls Do1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419983202/4
- 4Trust1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419993522/4
- 5Alysson's Shoes2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420023202/4
- 6Postcards from Berlin2003 · confirmed 2/42003–2/4
- 7The Perfect Mother2003 · confirmed 2/42003–2/4
- 8The River House2005 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420054162/4
- 9Yes, My Darling Daughter / The Darling Girl2009 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/420093522/4
- 10The Collaborator / The Soldier's Wife2011 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/420114042/4
- 11The English Girl2013 · 422 pages · confirmed 2/420134222/4
- 12A Brief Affair2016 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/420164642/4
Margaret Leroy 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 books12 Margaret Leroy titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Margaret Leroy books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 12 Margaret Leroy books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Margaret Leroy
Start with Miscarriage (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Margaret Leroy book?
A Brief Affair (2016) is the newest Margaret Leroy book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Leroy book coming?
No next Margaret Leroy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Margaret Leroy at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Margaret Leroy title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Margaret Leroy books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,540 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Leroy books, 5 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Margaret Leroy books are about
11 of the 12 Margaret Leroy 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 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Psychological fiction 3 of 11 books
- Married women 2 of 11 books
- Mothers and daughters 2 of 11 books
- World War, 1939-1945 2 of 11 books