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Mary Beth Keane Books in Order

Mary Beth Keane has written 5 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is The Walking People (2009) and the newest is Whale Harbor (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2009–2026
Pages on record
1,098 in 3 of 5 books
Reading time
18–27 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,098 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Mary Beth Keane, author

Mary Beth Keane is an American novelist who writes about families, Irish America and New York. Five books stand in the catalogue: Whale Harbor (2026), The Half Moon (2023), Ask Again, Yes (2019), Fever (2013) and The Walking People (2009). Typhoid fever, family secrets and the lives of women are among the subjects. The National Book Foundation named Keane one of its 5 Under 35 in 2011, and a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction followed in 2015.

How many Mary Beth Keane books are there?

Mary Beth Keane has 5 books, released between 2009 and 2026.

Mary Beth Keane Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Mary Beth Keane 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 The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane (2009)
  2. Cover of Fever by Mary Beth Keane (2013)
  3. Cover of Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (2019)
  4. Cover of The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane (2023)
  1. 1
    The Walking People2009 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009392
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  2. 2
    Fever2013 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013306
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Ask Again, Yes2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Half Moon2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Whale Harbor2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Mary Beth Keane 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

5 books

5 Mary Beth Keane titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mary Beth Keane books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 5 Mary Beth Keane books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Mary Beth Keane

Start with The Walking People (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mary Beth Keane book?

Whale Harbor (2026) is the newest Mary Beth Keane book released so far.

Is there a new Mary Beth Keane book coming?

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

Mary Beth Keane at a glance

Still publishing
Mary Beth Keane published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Mary Beth Keane books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,098 pages across the 3 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 392 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mary Beth Keane books, 2 of 5, were published in the 2020s.

What the Mary Beth Keane books are about

3 of the 5 Mary Beth Keane books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.