Margaret Millar Books in Order
27 books are credited to Margaret Millar, published between 1941 and 2004; 1 of them appeared after Margaret Millar's death in 1994. The first book is The Invisible Worm (1941) and the newest is The Couple Next Door (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1941–2004
- Pages on record
- 4,213 in 17 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 70–105 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,213 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Margaret Millar wrote mystery and suspense, 27 books catalogued from The Invisible Worm (1941) to The Couple Next Door, dated 2004. Millar was Canadian-American, born in Ontario in 1915 and dead in 1994, and was married to Kenneth Millar, who wrote as Ross Macdonald. Three series run through the work: Paul Prye, Inspector Sands and the lawyer Tom Aragon. Santa Barbara, where the Millars lived for decades, appears in later novels under the invented names San Felice and Santa Felicia. Psychological suspense, murder, mentally ill women and family relationships are the recurring subjects, with The Iron Gates (1945) and Do Evil in Return (1950) early in the run.
How many Margaret Millar books are there?
Margaret Millar has 27 books, released between 1941 and 2004. 1 of them were published after Margaret Millar's death in 1994. They include 3 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.
Margaret Millar Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Margaret Millar 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.
- 11941–2/4
- 21942–2/4
- 319423192/4
- 419431912/4
- 5Fire Will Freeze1944 · 158 pages · confirmed 2/419441582/4
- 619453192/4
- 7Experiment in Springtime1947 · confirmed 2/41947–2/4
- 8It's All in the Family1948 · confirmed 2/41948–2/4
- 9The Cannibal Heart1949 · confirmed 2/41949–2/4
- 10Do Evil in Return1950 · confirmed 2/41950–2/4
- 11Vanish in an Instant1952 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/419522452/4
- 12Rose's Last Summer / The Lively Corpse1952 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/419522232/4
- 13Wives and Lovers1954 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/419543842/4
- 14Beast in View1955 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/419551762/4
- 15The Soft Talkers / An Air That Kills1957 · confirmed 2/41957–2/4
- 16The Listening Walls1959 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/419592362/4
- 17A Stranger in My Grave1960 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/419603102/4
- 18How Like an Angel1962 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/419622782/4
- 19The Fiend1964 · confirmed 2/41964–2/4
- 20Beyond This Point Are Monsters1970 · confirmed 2/41970–2/4
- 21The Birds and the Beasts Were There1971 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/419712412/4
- 2219762242/4
- 2319792402/4
- 2419822152/4
- 25Banshee1983 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/419832022/4
- 26Spider Webs1986 · confirmed 2/41986–2/4
- 27The Couple Next Door2004 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/420042522/4
Margaret Millar 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.
Paul Prye in order
3 booksTom Aragon in order
3 booksInspector Sands in order
2 booksStandalone books
19 books19 Margaret Millar titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Margaret Millar books in order?
You only need to read Margaret Millar books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Margaret Millar
Start with The Invisible Worm (1941), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Margaret Millar book?
The Couple Next Door (2004) is the newest Margaret Millar book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Millar book coming?
No next Margaret Millar 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 Margaret Millar has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Margaret Millar. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- The Grand Master1983Won
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel1956Wonfor Beast in View
Margaret Millar at a glance
- Died
- Margaret Millar died in 1994, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Margaret Millar are still being published after Margaret Millar's death in 1994; the newest appeared in 2004.
- Release pace
- Margaret Millar books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,213 pages across the 17 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Millar books, 9 of 27, were published in the 1940s.
What the Margaret Millar books are about
20 of the 27 Margaret Millar books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 8 of 20 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 20 books
- Aragon, tom (fictitious character) 3 of 20 books
- Lawyers 3 of 20 books
- Mexican Americans 3 of 20 books
- Murder 2 of 20 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 20 books
- Sands, inspector (fictitious character) 2 of 20 books
- Women 2 of 20 books